Contents

Articles/Essays

The Challenge of Honesty



Both the Protestant and Catholic communities are being swept by a passion for honesty. They are scrutinizing centuries-old suppositions and re-examining current attitudes and goals. In the Protestant world, the writings of Bultmann, Bonhoeffer, Tillich,…



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Editor's Note

Editorial Preface



Mormons have long remained isolated from their neighbors by choice and by necessity. Today is not the past, however, and most Mormons live outside of Utah. Los Angeles and New York are as important subsidiary…



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Letters to the Editor

Notes

Notes and Comments



Notes and comments are not merely short articles or long letters; they are varied, informal glimpses of Mormon thought and life. The Editors welcome news, profiles, opinions, accounts, speeches and other items that seem appropriate.



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Poetry

The Firegiver



God, forgive my pen its trespass, And I forgive thee the sweet burning That drives it on through thy dominion.  God, if what it might encompass, If shapes of love, thy face, or being Itself are challenged in its…



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The New Covenant



Bowed in the sacred ark on knees Of ophiolatry I have burned a virgin candleTo the desert flatness of my forehead and in curiousAttrition bent, arms stretched With spread palms down, leaving In the yet warm hardening seal Of…



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Reviews

Roundtable

A Standard of Objectivity



The appearance of Sterling McMurrin’s new book The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion will be regarded as an event of first importance by anyone who has a serious interest in this subject. Mormon readers…



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Sermon