Under an apparently cavalier assumption that form and substance do not go well together, Karl Keller has heaped undeserved praise on the New English Bible. In so doing, his mood seems similar to that of…
A descendant of Orson Pratt, Dale L. Morgan was blessed with the same keen intellect and inquisitive mind as his illustrious ancestor. And although Dale had an early and abiding interest in the church of…
When Dialogue editors invited me to respond to Julian Durham’s and Gordon Thomasson’s critiques of my article on Mormon neo-orthodoxy, they indicated that I must reply immediately. Assuming the critiques would be published in the…
The bibliographical listing which follows includes books, pamphlets and reprints on Mormon topics, most of which were published in 1970. Because of the time lag between the last book bibliography printed in Volume 5, No. 1 and this issue the following bibliographical listing is longer than usual. We could have eliminated some of the ephemera but decided that this would detract from the value of our service. Rather than resort to paring the bibliography, the superfluous introduction has been minimized and concludes here.
Intensive research in the area of Mormon origins in New York in recent years has resulted in a significant addition to the source material available to scholars. One who has contributed significantly to this effort…
The word “crisis” usually signifies a crucial point or situation in the course or history of something. It implies an unstable condition in a certain state of affairs in which an abrupt and decisive change…
A review of this book is naturally divided into two phases: Joseph Fish as an observer and recorder of his times, and John H. Krenkel as editor of Mr. Fish’s voluminous writings. Since the latter…
This small publication makes available in useable form the printing of two documents which deal with the first Masonic Lodge organized at Nauvoo and the rapidity with which it grew. At Nauvoo in 1841 there…
In the field of Mormon history, perhaps more so than in other areas of historical inquiry, some excellent contributions have been made by “amateurs,” as the holders of the Ph.D. are inclined to call those…
Robert Flanders, an exceptionally articulate and perceptive insider in RLDS matters, introduced readers of the Autumn, 1970, issue of this journal to the pilot issue of Dialogue’s RLDS cousin, Courage. What follows is an analysis…