Books By Orson Scott Card - A Storyteller in Zion
A Storyteller in Zion
Essays & Speeches
ward-winning science-fiction writer Orson Scott Card candidly admits
that he is no scholar and that his role in the Church gives him no special claim to
inspiration for the body of the Saints. And yet, in A Storyteller in Zion, Card uses
his unique perspective as a storyteller to provide readers with a priceless collection
of insights and wisdom, defining and strengthening the community of Saints as
they seek to build Zion.
Broad in scope and deeply relevant to all Latter-day Saints, this volume
includes speeches and essays on such topics as the complexity and internal
integrity of the Book of Mormon as a story, the importance of moral storytelling,
the role of the artist in Mormon society, and the importance of creating Zion, first
in the hearts of the Latter-day Saints and then in their communities. Fundamental
to all his writings is Card's belief that LDS storytellers, artists, and other members
must learn to put the Lord first and avoid the temptation to become
"assimilationists" who "long to reconcile the world and the Church by changing
the Church to fit the world." Instead, Card argues, as the Saints begin to establish
Zion among themselves, the good people of the world will be drawn to assimilate
with them and accept the laws of the Lord.
"There's a chance," writes Card regarding his hopes for this book, "that
when I speak the truth I've learned in my limited experience, there will be readers
who have been waiting to hear it in the way I've learned to say it." All such
readers will find a wealth of important, edifying insights in A Storyteller in Zion.
Contents
The Coming of the Nonmembers
Part One: Some Gospel Views
The Book of Mormon -- Artifact or Artifice?
Sunday Meetings: A Preparation for Work
Family Art
Part Two: Moral Storytelling
The Problem of Evil in Fiction
On Art, Morals and Morality
Part Three: The Artist in Mormon Society
Art as an Act of Charity
Sermons in Critical Form
Walking the Tightrope
Prophets and Assimilationists
Science Fiction and the Mormon Religion
Part Four: Building Zion
Consecration: A Law We Can Live with
Eugene England and the Lighted Lamp
The Hypocrites of Homosexuality
Living in Zion
Copyright © 1993 Orson Scott Card
Published by Bookcraft
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