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BYU Studies - 38:4

Articles

Bowels of Mercy

Page 27

Classic Maya Religion: Beliefs and Practices of an Ancient American People

Stephen D. Houston

Page 43

Rediscovering Ancient Christianity

C. Wilfred Griggs

Page 73

Tobacco-Related Cancers in Utah Compared to the United States: Quantifying the Benefits of the Word of Wisdom

Ray M. Merrill, Gordon B. Lindsay, and Joseph L. Lyon

Page 91

Hoping to Establish a Presence: Parley P. Pratt’s 1851 Mission to Chile

A. Delbert Palmer and Mark L. Grover

Page 115

Moses Thatcher and Mormon Beginnings in Mexico

Kenneth W. Godfrey

Page 139

By Study and Also by Faith: The Faculty at Brigham Young University Responds

Keith J. Wilson

Page 157

Documents

Shaping the Stones: Lorenzo Snow’s Letters to Priesthood Leaders of the London Conference, November 1842

Andrew H. Hedges and Jay G. Burrup

Page 6

Essays

“Islands of Peace, of the Blessed”

Janet Garrard-Willis

Page 107

Poetry

Page 26

Haeremai: A Maori Welcome

Norma S. Bowkett

Page 42

The Shell in Silk

Nancy Hanks Baird

Page 106

When Children Sang

Page 114

In a Time of Fall Plowing

Dixie L. Partridge

Page 156

Reviews

The Lord’s University: Freedom and Authority at BYU

Kent P. Jackson

Page 177

Joseph Smith Portraits: A Search for the Prophet’s Likeness

Robert O. Davis

Page 185

Utah’s Black Hawk War

Ronald O. Barney

Page 189

Mormon Midwife: The 1846–1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions

Carol C. Madsen

Page 192

The History of Louisa Barnes Pratt: Being the Autobiography of a Mormon Missionary Widow and Pioneer

Andrew H. Hedges

Page 196

Book Notices

Principles of Priesthood Leadership

Page 199

Religion, Mental Health, and the Latter-day Saints

Marvin E. Wiggins

Page 199

Sacred Places: New England and Eastern Canada

Larry W. Draper

Page 200

Henry William Bigler: Soldier, Gold Miner, Missionary, Chronicler, 1815-1900

Jed L. Woodworth

Page 201

Indexes

Index, Volume 38

BYU Studies Staff

Page 202

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