Scholars and Prophets
May 4, 2018Professor Snell’s article, “The Bible in the Church,” leaves me with very mixed feelings. On the first page of his essay he implies that his criticisms are intended to be constructive and that he seeks…
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The Bible in the Church
May 4, 2018My apologia—if one is needed—for this essay may be presented and done with at once. I have been aware, as a member of the Church,[1] of its great resources as a moral and spiritual force…
Art and Belief: A Critique
May 4, 2018The recent exhibit of paintings by Mormon artists held at the Salt Lake City Public Library was not, as many people hoped or expected, a confirmation of what might be called a Mormon style. The…
Art and Belief: A Group Exhibition
May 4, 2018Could there be a “Mormon Art”—something different, vital, worthy of both words, Mormon and art? During the school year 1965-66 this and related questions were being discussed much around the B.Y.U. art department, mostly on…
An Honorable Surrender: The Experience of Conversion
May 4, 2018Not infrequently a Mormon convert thinks back on those events and feelings which preceded his decision to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He may wish to recall these things not so…
Christ Without the Church: The Challenge of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
May 4, 2018On August 24, 1932, Dietrich Bonhoeffer began an address at the International Youth Conference in Glad, Switzerland, with the words, “The Church is Dead.”[1] Today, 1966, Bonhoeffer is dead, yet the church lives. However, a…
Morality or Empathy? A Mormon in the Theater
May 4, 2018Late one night last November, after a visit to Utah, I was driving across the New Mexico desert. It’s a long way from Ogden to Dallas, especially in a Volkswagen, but I’ve always found the…
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…
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…