Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:

Alma’s Reality: Reading Alma as Sinful, Repentant, Traumatized, Questioning, and Righteous

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Published:
8/6/2021
Specs:
Digest / 5.25" x 8.25"
8 pages Saddle-stitched
Category:
Religion
Tags:
Book of Mormon, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, lds, Mormonism, Repentance, RIGHTEOUSNESS

Abstract: Kylie Nielson Turley delves deep into the conversion and ministry of Alma the Younger, reading new life into a well-known narrative. By analyzing Alma’s story with the full weight of his humanity in mind, she breathes emotion into Alma’s conversion and missionary efforts. Her efforts to read Alma without a veneer of superhumanity result in a highly relatable figure who has known wickedness, repentance, loss, depression, and righteousness.

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Alma’s...


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