Volume 20, No. 4
Winter 1987
Contents
Articles/Essays
The Development of the Mormon Temple Endowment Ceremony
David John BuergerDialogue 20.4 (Winter 1987): 75–122
Buerger outlines the history of the endowment ceremony but does not share anything that he has covenanted not to divulge.
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Culture, Charisma, and Change: Reflections on Mormon Temple Worship
Armand L. MaussDialogue 20.4 (Winter 1987): 33–76
Mauss encourages an openess about the temple to help better prepare future endowment holders and to create a better understanding among members and nonmembers.
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Methods and Motives: Joseph Smith III’s Opposition to Polygamy, 1860-90
Roger D. Launius
1987: Roger D. Launius, “Methods and Motives: Joseph Smith III’s Opposition to Polygamy, 1860-90,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 20 No. 4 (1987): 77-85. When Joseph Smith III preached his first sermon as a leader of the Reoganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Amboy, Illinois, on 6...
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On Fidelity, Polygamy, and Celestial Marriage
Eugene England
1987: Eugene England, “On Fidelity, Polygamy, and Celestial Marriage“ Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 20 No. 4 (1987): 138–154. England shares his reasons for why Joseph Smith introduced polygamy and then removed it as one of the commandments. England argues that polygamy was a faith testing experience which lead them to...
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Burden or Pleasure? A Profile of LDS Polygamous Husbands
Jessie L. Embry
1987: Jessie Embry, “Burden or Pleasure? A Profile of LDS Polygamous Husbands“ Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 20 No. 4 (1987): 158–166. Despite what researchers have said over the years regarding for why men married plural wives, Embry argues that a significant portion of husbands married plural wives because of their...
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