By Kate Maryon Herrick The day had started out as most of our days in Bahia did. After a breakfast of mostly fruit in the small common area of our hotel, I, along with the ten other students from my master’s program, our professor Sheryl, translator Melanie, and guide Rita, loaded ourselves into a …
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Update: Issue 162
Mormons: Friendly But Friendless The Mormon blogosphere is buzzing with the release of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. Co-written by political scientists Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell, the book chronicles recent shifts occurring in the U.S. religious landscape and includes some revealing statistics about Mormons. “The bottom line for Mormons, …