The Moral Dimensions of Man: A Scriptural View
May 4, 2018Like beauty, the moral nature of man is in the eye of the beholder; there is no one description of that nature that will prove acceptable to everyone. The view presented in this article is…
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A Mormon Concept of Man
May 4, 2018I Mormonism has often been described as the most completely indigenous of all the religions originating in America. The Mormon movement has been called the typical American religious movement. Mormons do not object to these…
The Accommodation of Mormonism and Politico-Economic Reality
May 4, 2018One of the greatest challenges facing the membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the accommodation of revealed, eternal gospel principles with contemporary political and economic institutions. Accommodation can mean one…
Prospects for the Study of the Book of Mormon as a Work of American Literature
May 4, 2018Dialogue 3.1 (Spring 1970): 42–45
No one will want to deny that the Book of Mormon has been a book
of considerable impact and importance in America, insofar as it has
affected the lives of many millions of citizens; yet it has never really been
counted in the canon of American literature.
Mormon Architecture Today: The Temple as a Symbol
May 3, 2018Dialogue 3.1 (1968): 9–19
Bergsma argues that, to anybody passing by the temple, even if they are not a member, that the temple stands as a a symbol of our devotion to the faith
Mormon Architecture Today: The Lamps of Mormon Architecture, A Discussion
May 3, 2018FERGUSON: Most Mormons are basically ignorant of architecture and the idea of architecture as much as they are ignorant of art and the idea of art, and there is no chance in the public schools…
Morality on the Campus
May 3, 2018Headlines in the newspapers seem to tell us that among the most distressed and confused members of our troubled society are the college students. Re search of my own, reported at a meeting of the…
Profile of a Mormon Student
May 3, 2018My position on this program includes an obligation to “represent” the young people here—the high school seniors, college students, and college age non-students—and I think that means I should do a couple of things in…
Some Reflections on the Kingdom and the Gathering in Early Mormon History
May 3, 2018Dialogue 9.1 (Spring 1976): 34–42
Historical studies embrace the most extensive, intensive, and well-matured of the scholarly endeavors which have the Restoration as their subject. The paucity of critical writings in the various fields of theology and philosophy is by comparison especially striking.
Among the Mormons: A Survey of Current Literature
May 3, 2018The difficulty in life is the choice. George Moore, Bending of the Bough In this year’s survey of theses and dissertations on Mormon or Utah subjects the reader’s attention is called to the vastly expanded…