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\u201cThey cast their eyes as if to behold from whence the voice came.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Book of Helaman marks a dramatic reversal.\u00a0 The spiritual tables turn.\u00a0 While the Lamanites righteously cast their eyes toward heaven, the Nephites take their first steps toward a surprising precipice where final destruction awaits.<\/p>\n

In this brief theological introduction, Kimberly Matheson Berkey underscores an often unnoticed theme that plays throughout the book of Helaman \u2014 a book she calls \u201ca masterclass in sight.\u201d What does this history teach us about visibility?\u00a0 What is the spiritual threat behind secret combinations? What can the eyesight of the Lamanites show readers about their own religious journeys?<\/p>\n

Berkey takes us chapter by chapter through the book of Helaman, identifying how much remains to be discovered in this slim record.\u00a0 On each page she invites us to become more aware of the hidden and often overlooked things that shape our lives as disciples of Christ.<\/p>\n

Kimberly Matheson Berkey is a doctoral student in theology at Loyola University Chicago, where she studies the philosophy of religion. She serves on the boards of the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar and the Book of Mormon Studies Association and has contributed several articles to the\u00a0Journal of Book of Mormon Studies<\/i>. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n

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