BYU Studies - 53:4

Introduction

From the Editor [53:4]

John W. Welch

Page 4

Articles

Physical Light and the Light of Christ

David A. Grandy

Page 6

Science as Storytelling

Barry R. Bickmore and David A. Grandy

Page 37

Violence and Disruptive Behavior on the Difficult Trail to Utah, 1847–1868

David L. Clark

Page 81

Mortality on the Mormon Trail, 1847–1868

Melvin L. Bashore, H. Dennis Tolley, and BYU Pioneer Mortality Team

Page 109

"The Redemption of Zion Must Needs Come by Power": Insights into the Camp of Israel Expedition, 1834

Matthew C. Godfrey

Page 125

The Children of Lehi and the Jews of Sepharad

D. Chad Richardson and Shon D. Hopkin

Page 147

Essays

Life Revised

Martha A. Parker

Page 75

The Tiptoe

Robbie Taggart

Page 168

Poetry

Jade Cabbage

Daniel Marriott

Page 74

Psalm of the Expectant Mother

Maria Davis

Page 124

Reviews

Goodness and Truth: An Essay on Ralph Hancock’s The Responsibility of Reason

Joseph M. Spencer

Page 61

The Mormons: An Illustrated History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Herman du Toit

Page 171

The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict

Bryan W. Cottle

Page 176

"A Peculiar People"

George L. Mitton

Page 180

Ender's Game

Scott R. Parkin

Page 184

Mitt

Hunter Phillips

Page 188

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