The Firegiver
May 4, 2018God, forgive my pen its trespass, And I forgive thee the sweet burning That drives it on through thy dominion. God, if what it might encompass, If shapes of love, thy face, or being Itself are challenged in its…
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Joseph Smith and the Sources of Love
May 4, 2018My brothers and sisters, today we reach into a realm that is subtle and intricate, all intertwined with feeling. More than usual I pray that you will be forgiving if my own feelings are apparent.…
A Standard of Objectivity
May 4, 2018The appearance of Sterling McMurrin’s new book The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion will be regarded as an event of first importance by anyone who has a serious interest in this subject. Mormon readers…
The Strength of the Mormon Position
May 4, 2018The reader of Theological Foundations will see for himself that Mormonism is a religion of intellectual adventure. Joseph Smith reported divine instructions not to rely on traditional theologies, and Professor McMurrin shows how radical are…
A New Step in Understanding
May 4, 2018To the non-Mormon, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints is usually a very mysterious entity. His knowledge of Mormonism is roughly the following: (a) Utah is the center of the Mormon universe,…
The Student: His University and His Church
May 4, 2018In an attempt to encourage wider reading about issues raised in a class discussion, I once suggested that the students read an article which I referred to as a philosophic analysis of the subject. After…
The Quest for Religious Authority and the Rise of Mormonism
May 4, 2018If there is to be any honest dialogue whatsoever between educated members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and outsiders, the question of the historical origins of Mormonism must ever remain…
The Faith of a Psychologist: A Personal Document
May 4, 2018In 1933 James Leuba[1] conducted a survey of the beliefs in deity held by scientific and professional men. He found that only ten per cent of the psychologists surveyed admitted to a belief in God.…
The Challenge of Honesty
May 4, 2018Both the Protestant and Catholic communities are being swept by a passion for honesty. They are scrutinizing centuries-old suppositions and re-examining current attitudes and goals. In the Protestant world, the writings of Bultmann, Bonhoeffer, Tillich,…
The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt: Some Literary, Historical, and Critical Reflections
May 4, 2018I suppose by this time the reader has either forgotten the circumstances in which he took leave of myself, or else is somewhat weary with the winding of the narrative and impatient for it to…