Item Detail
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20795
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9
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English
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Remembering the Pioneer Legacy
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Religious Educator
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2010
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11
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2
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Provo, UT
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Religious Studies Center, BYU
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163-173
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Timothy Merrill debates the contrast between history and memory as it applies to the pioneer legacy. Over the years the pioneers have become model saints, and a pioneer character is held up as the template for all Latter-day Saints. The challenge in the twentieth century was to make the pioneer heritage meaningful and relevant to the youth of the Church, to new members, and to those who lived outside of the Mormon cultural corridor. Today, "many modern Saints do their pioneering on the frontiers of their own attitudes and customs" (Elder Dallin H. Oaks), and "for each of us is a pioneer in our lives" (President Gordon B. Hinckley).
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