The Blasphemy of Indifference
May 4, 2018In December of 1945, when the nuclear age was hardly launched, an L.D.S. Servicemen’s Group in Europe met regularly to take comfort in the Sunday rituals of the Church and to congratulate each other on…
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In Opposition to the Two-Party System
May 4, 2018Certain segments of the American voting public will be in a real dilemma next year. We don’t yet know which segments, but following are three hypothetical cases to illustrate: a) if the Democrats nominate candidate…
Racial Integration and the Church — A Comparative Note
May 4, 2018The Mormon position on certain racial issues is being given attention in the popular press and has become a matter of concern to various segments of the whole nation—Mormon and non-Mormon alike. There is a…
The Founding of the L.D.S. Institutes of Religion
May 4, 2018An important facility near the campuses of colleges and universities in areas where there are substantial numbers of Mormons is the L.D.S. Institute of Religion.[1] In numbers of students the Institutes represent the most important…
Finding Yourself at the Movies | John Huston, dir., The Bible: In the Beginning . . .
May 4, 2018I have seen The Bible and I believe in it as far as John Huston has translated it correctly. He is sometimes like DeMille and other scriptural movie makers—sugar coating, sentimentalizing, pompous piety—but most of…
Hymns to the Gods | Clinton F. Larson, The Mantle of the Prophet and Other Plays
May 4, 2018The publication by Deseret Book Company of the work of a serious Mor man poet or playwright is not an event to be dismissed lightly, if only because it happens so seldom. Clinton Larson is…
A Help Meet for Man | Helen B. Andelin, Fascinating Womanhood
May 4, 2018The opening statement of the introduction to this book declares: “To be loved and cherished is woman’s highest goal in marriage. This book is written to restore your hope in such a goal—and to suggest…
Liberals, Conservatives, and Heretics | Hyrum Andrus, Liberalism, Conservatives, and Mormonism
May 4, 2018Among the issues which interest and divide men, none, with perhaps the exception of religion, seems so conducive to the use of labels as politics. Each phase of American political life has had its own…
The Happiness Bird
May 4, 2018“Hefner,” I says. “Your own daughter lies dead still so still (not a breath of the autumn ruffles her lips) and you aimin’ to go on out huntin’ like a fool.” Hefner turns from lacing…
Toward a Positive Censorship
May 4, 2018The argument over censorship and pornography is necessarily a muddled one. The factors involved are matters of taste and principle which do not lend themselves to simple logical treatment. The matters of taste concern aesthetic…