Through his personal interest in World War I, George S. Tate finds deeper meaning of D&C section 138. Remembering the circumstances of 1918—the war, pandemic flu, and Joseph F. Smith’s loss of a son—makes the assurance of divine love and ultimate redemption found in D&C 138 more poignant.

Poet Dixie Partridge is both a contributor and a subject of study in this issue. In an interview, Casualene Meyer probes Partridge’s process of writing and personal faith. Three poems and an essay by Partridge demonstrate her skill.

Research on the “Mormon outmigration”—the migration of young Latter-day Saints from the western United States to other areas of the country—has been collected by G. Wesley Johnson and Marian Ashby Johnson. In this issue they analyze their research and give three case studies on this little-studied time period.

Douglas Robinson’s recent publication Who Translates? analyzes the task of translation and uses Joseph Smith as a case study. Daryl R. Hague reviews the book, summarizes translation theory, and gives an alternative view.

In 1863 West Virginia in the midst of the US Civil War, LDS convert Agnes O’Neal wrote a letter to Brigham Young pleading to be remembered on the rolls of the Church. She relates the story of her conversion and laments that she had not yet been able to come to Zion. Fred Woods gives context and analysis to this letter.

Contents – Volume 46 Number 1 (2007)

Articles

• “The Great World of the Spirits of the Dead”: Death, the Great War, and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic as Context for Doctrine and Covenants 138 by George S. Tate
• On the Trail of the Twentieth-Century Mormon Outmigration by G. Wesley Johnson and Marian Ashby Johnson
• Generous Poetry: A Conversation with Dixie L. Partridge by Casualene Meyer
• Pandemonium: A Review Essay of Douglas J. Robinson, Who Translates? Translator Subjectivities beyond Reason by Daryl R. Hague

Documents

• “I Long to Breathe the Mountain Air of Zion’s Peaceful Home”: Agnes O’Neal’s Letter to Brigham Young from War-Torn Virginia by Fred E. Woods
• “It Seems That All Nature Mourns”: Sally Randall’s Response to the Murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith by Jordan Watkins and Steven C. Harper

Essays

• “God Works in Mysterious Ways” by Roger Terry
• From This Ground: Where a Continent Divides by Dixie L. Partridge

Poetry

• Watermark: The Reservoir by Dixie L. Patridge
• Pool of Aspen by Dixie L. Partridge
• Luggage: For One Leaving by Dixie L. Partridge

Reviews

• The Bible in English: Its History and Influence by David Daniell, reviewed by Richard Y. Duerden
• Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures through the Ages by Jaroslav Pelikan, reviewed by Gary P. Gillum
• The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History by Simcha Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino, reviewed by Kent P. Jackson
• The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition by Norman Russell, reviewed by Jordan Vajda
• Pedestals and Podiums: Utah Women, Religious Authority, and Equal Rights by Martha Sonntag Bradley, reviewed by Andrea G. Radke-Moss
• Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day Saints in Modern America by Claudia L. Bushman, reviewed by Armand L. Mauss

Book Notices

Cover Image

• The Artwork of Ron Richmond: Catharsis no. 27 and Triplus by Josh E. Probert