[…] substantiate the correctness of the present Book of Mormon text—fully 99.9% of the text is published correctly. In textual criticism, however, evidence should be weighed, not counted, since a unique reading in a reliable […]
[…] and demographic perspectives to provide an overview of the dynamics operating to shape the configuration of Mormondom—the world’s Latter-day Saint population—for the period 1950- 2020. First, we regionalize the highly uneven distribution of the […]
<i>Dialogue 50.3 (Fall 2017): 89–115</i><br>I thus argue that Mormonism exists wherever there is belief in the Book of Mormon, even though many adherents reject the term “Mormonism” to distance themselves from the LDS Church […]
[…] preferred the absolute to the personal because, as Sterling McMurrin observed, “their god must have the whole world in his hands for they do not propose to take their problems to a god who […]
[…] understand the structure the book would ultimately take. He did not know that the first part of the manuscript would be lost, resulting in a major structural change in the first quarter of the book.
[…] capacities until late in 1969. From 1979 to 1981, he served as alternate executive director of the World Bank. King also has a long and distinguished record of service as a Church executive. Following […]
[…] cross around his neck, each on a separate silver chain and hanging outside his T-shirt for the world to see. He was our mother’s little brother by more than ten years. Ally had asked […]
<i>Dialogue 57.3 (Fall 2024): 39–80</i><br> In what follows, I will suggest that Alma 5, somewhat like Lehi’s dream, begins with an account of the forefathers (men and women) passing through a wilderness only to […]
[…] one or a combination of several processes—the adjustment of the gospel to or in harmony with the world, or the adjustment of politico-economic institutions to conform to the gospel principles. If the membership of […]
[…] That is, should the Church shape itself to the pressing and sophisticated needs of the contemporary urban world, as well as attempt if it can to shape the world in the traditional Mormon image? […]