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

Title

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

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2021

Authors

Journal

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

Pagination

249-252

Volume

46

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Bibliographic Citation

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.

Repentance
Righteousness
Alma the Younger

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