Douglas D. Alder

DOUGLAS ALDER is associate professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Utah State University, and president of the Mormon History Association.

A New Look at Repentance: Encounter

Articles/Essays – Volume 05, No. 3

That night I was sustained as bishop many students came to offer their congratulations. One couple added, “Bishop, we’re engaged!” I had not yet learned to catch that hint which actually meant, “Keep your eye…

Common Beginnings, Divergent Beliefs

Articles/Essays – Volume 11, No. 1

Dialogue 11.1 (Spring 1979): 19–31
Within two years of his assasination, however, the Church was torn by succession struggles that led to dispersion. Almost a century and a half later, the whereabouts of many of these saints is still unknown.