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How to bury a prophet

Published: Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 12:16 a.m. MST
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From the Washington Post's "On Faith" Web site comes this poignant commentary by Kathleen Flake, associate professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University. Flake uses the recent funeral of President Gordon B. Hinckley as a metaphor for explaining "what makes Mormonism tick." To read the column from the Web site please click here.

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