BYU Studies - 50:1

Articles

The Four Discourses of Mormonism

Joseph M. Spencer

Page 4

“With the Voice Together Shall They Sing”

Laurence P. Hemming

Page 25

Worlds Come and Pass Away: Evolution of Stars and Planets in the Pearl of Great Price?

Hollis R. Johnson

Page 46

“A Mother There”: A Survey of Historical Teachings about Mother in Heaven

David L. Paulsen and Martin Pulido

Page 70

Temple Elements in Ancient Religious Communities

Brent J. Schmidt

Page 127

Documents

“The Testimony of Men”: William E. McLellin and the Book of Mormon Witnesses

Mitchell K. Schaefer

Page 99

Diversity in Nineteenth-Century St. Louis: A Scotsman’s Description

Rachel Cope and Robert D. Palmer III

Page 111

Essays

How Country Music Can Improve Your Marriage

Greg Hansen

Page 65

Poetry

A Trick of Light

Kim Hancock

Page 69

"And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche"

Marilyn Bushman-Carlton

Page 98

Reviews

The Search for Mormon Literary Quality: Bound on Earth, Rift, Long After Dark, and The Best of Mormonism 2009

Jack Harrell

Page 154

American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

James W. Phillips

Page 159

Muhammad: Prophet of God

Thora Qaddumi

Page 164

God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says

Eric A. Eliason

Page 169

Book Notices

By What Authority?: The Vital Questions of Religious Authority in Christianity

Alonzo L. Gaskill

Page 172

Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery

Rachel Ozanne

Page 173

When the Saints Came Marching In: A History of the Latter-day Saints in St. Louis

Susan Easton Black

Page 174

Utopian Communities of the Ancient World

John W. Welch

Page 175

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