Missiology is the scholary study of missions. In an attempt to explain religious interactions, missiology uses an interdisciplinary approach, drawing upon fields such as theology, sociology, anthropology, history, geography, communications, and statistics. Missiology, of necessity,…
Dialogue 16.4 (Winter 1983): 33–42
About ten years ago the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints decided that its 1956 hymnal was already becoming out of date. An RLDS Hymnal Committee was commissioned to begin work on a new volume, and the result, Hymns of the Saints, was published in 1981. Hymns of the Saints is more than just a revision or reediting of the 1956 hymnal; out of 501 hymns and responses, more than a third are new to this collection.
Dialogue 16.4 (Winter 1983): 22–31
This study addresses poetry within the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and defines an RLDS poet as someone who belongs to the RLDS church and who has published poetry in some form or other.
Twenty-three years ago on this same occasion I gave the opening prayer in which I said: “We have met here today clothed in the black robes of a false priesthood … ” Many have asked…
For many, Kirtland is viewed as the genesis of Mormonism as a viable church and perhaps the best test case of Joseph Smith’s prophetic claims and personal integrity. As such, interest in the history of…
For most of us, mention of the Ku Klux Klan conjures up visions of the Deep South—night riders in white robes, burning crosses, and, as the lyrics of “Strange Fruit,” Billie Holiday’s jazz classic, state,…
This small (126 pages) book written for juveniles, is one person’s view of a thorny issue in America today. Mormons will be interested to read Ms. Weiss’s first three chapters discussing historical events leading up…
A new Mormon poetry is beginning to emerge from the shadow of traditional, more bardic Mormon verse. Peeping about in the bright sun, blinking a bit and rubbing its eyes, it shows itself in poems…
What is this human intimacy, this condition that human beings seek “at every stage of life .. . as urgently as we seek food and drink . . . this need so powerful that we…
It is easy for me to be enthusiastic about this relatively short, readable volume, which in many ways breaks new ground in Mormon historiography. It is a book for all fascinated with Mormon health attitudes…