Laurie F Maffly-Kipp
Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp teaches American religious history at Washington University in St. Louis.
The Damnation of Theron Ware, by Harold Frederic
selected by Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp
September 29, 2015
In 1998, the SBC missions board distributed over 45,000 evangelistic kits titled “The Mormon Puzzle: Understanding and Witnessing to Latter-day Saints.” The kit included a video that depicted a typical Mormon family enjoying the weekly LDS ritual of “family home evening.” The commentator noted that the Mormon family “could be the family across the street—wonderful, law-abiding people who adore their children, instilling values we all love and cherish.” But, the commentator continued, this family would be “lost for eternity.” The message was that though Mormons may look clean and righteous on the outside, on the inside they are in the grip of dark forces.
August 21, 2007
Runaway Slaves, by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger
reviewed by Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp
August 29, 2000