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General Authority Bibliography
April 25, 2018The dispensation of the fulness of times has brought a proliferation of books “written according to the word of God” such as Nephi and John the Revelator could not have begun to fathom. From the…
Among the Mormons: A Survey of Current Literature
April 25, 2018Only rarely does a piece of writing capture the imagination of both novice and professional alike. Even more infrequently does such a work begin as a Ph.D. dissertation or master’s thesis. Certainly the most renowned…
Response to Freud and Jung
April 25, 2018The two figures cleverly depicted on the cover of the Autumn, 1978 cover of Dialogue are unquestionably among the most important individuals in the field of psychoanalysis. Both were trained in the medical profession and both considered their research and theoretical work to be scientifically grounded.
Women Under the Law
April 25, 2018Dialogue 12.2 (Summer 1979): 82–91
Any constitutional amendment unavoidably casts a shadow of uncertaintyover its future interpretation and implementation. The Fourteenth Amendment, for example, has far exceeded the originally perceived purpose—elevating thestatus of blacks—and has come to serve as a tool of justice for many oppressedpersons and groups.
When Are the Writings or Sermons of Church Leaders Entitled to the Claim of Scripture?
April 25, 2018When are the writings and Sermons of Church Leaders entitled to the claim of being scripture?
I assume the scripture behind this question is the declaration of the Lord in a revelation given through Joseph primarily to Orson Hyde, Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson, and William E. M’Lellin, who were to engage in missionary work. After addressing a word first to Orson Hyde, the Lord continued:
The Negro Doctrine — An Afterview
April 25, 2018On June 8, 1978, word of a revelation to President Spencer W. Kimball and the ruling councils abruptly removed one of Mormonism’s more uncomfortable teachings and relegated it to the archives. As we bade farewell…
A Note on the 1963 Civil Rights Statement
April 25, 2018On the Tuesday before the 1963 October General Conference, Mr. Stephen Holbrook called on me at the University to tell me that the local NAACP was planning a civil rights demonstration sometime during the coming…
Bedouin Lullaby
April 25, 2018Here at my breast, my dark-eyed child,
Taste of your worth and sleep a while.
Under the tent of the black goat’s wool
Safe from the cold and the wind, be full.
To the Bedouin Woman
April 25, 2018Let me bring home your dark eyes
and the secret of their holiness,
your quick fingers and your fine
pride in the black tent they weave.