Kate Holbrook

Joseph Smith's observation that "by proving contraries, truth is made manifest" has become a beloved aphorism of Latter-day Saint thought. Both Things Are True is an experiment upon these words. Most aspects of a covenant life are lived in the tense space between contrary ideas that are equally valid but individually incomplete. When we learn to hold true things together in their natural tension, we find our hearts and souls stretched wide. The process...

This collection of primary sources opens a window into the fascinating and largely unknown early history of the women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Published in 2016, the volume provides an authoritative history of the first fifty years of the Relief Society through transcripts of seventy-eight key documents, accompanied by introductions, annotation, and hundreds of biographical sketches.This collection of

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