By: Steve Fleming
W. K Jordan, The development of religious toleration in England, 4 vols, 1902. I haven’t read it but its a classic. It’s useful to distinguish between religious tolerance and religious freedom....
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To illustrate further, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony executed 4 Quakers in 1660, the King (who of course hated the Puritains) revokes their charter and told them they were not aloud to execute...
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What I’d love to see is a pageant about Pendle Hill: Catholic resistance, cunning-folk, George Fox, all leading up the Mormons’ success at Chadburn and Downham. It would be really cool to do it on...
View ArticleBy: Brooke
While I am not personally familiar with them, I know the church has put on a number of successful cultural pageants before the dedications and rededications of temples worldwide. Rumor has it they’re...
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9 and 13) Aaron and David- no pressure then:) don’t forget applications for auditions are still open!!!
View ArticleBy: Allen
There are some wonderful examples of English communities recently resurrecting mystery plays on a very low budget. Even more to the point, one can look to something like the late Peter Bellamy’s folk...
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James, on your head be it. Expect a scathing personal attack if this fails to meet the exacting standards of the BCC community…
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I grew up in Oregon, and still live here. Because of the Oregon Trail connection, I think we come in before Utah for the number of pageants. When the church did a multi-stake pageant about 15 years...
View ArticleBy: Geoff - A
In 1965 there was a pagent called PROMISED VALLEY which was presented in the Glascow Concert Hall. I had a part and still remember some of the choruses. It was “The story of the mormon pioneers...
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