In one of his fascinating scientific survey books, this time dealing with the latest discoveries about the brain, Nigel Calder notes, “Two of the most self-evident characteristics of the conscious mind are that […]
[…] in Mormon scriptures. B. H. Roberts, The Mormon Doctrine of Deity (Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret News, 1908), pp. 95-96. Neal A. Maxwell. All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience (Salt Lake City: […]
<i>Dialogue 26.3 (Fall 1993): 119–140</i><br> In fall 1993, TJ O’Brian wrote, “You are Not Alone: A Please for Understanding the Homosexual Condition.” O’Brian was a gay man and this esay addresses how church members […]
[…] evil. So why should there be any evil? This problem is, by far, the most discussed subject in the philosophy of religion. In this paper, I argue that rejecting the traditional notion of God […]
In 1989, the Primary Association released a new songbook for Mormondom’s children, its first since 1969. Evaluating it for a professional hymnody publication, one reviewer commented: “This handsome volume’s 8V2 x 11” pages […]
[…] excited to attend church with my parents at their LDS ward. Regular attendance at my own ward in Minneapolis has become an important part of my life. But perhaps because of the unique role […]
[…] every five or six years, allowing new blood to provide fresh perspectives and ideas to what was, in actuality, a labor of love. When the Newells stepped down in 1987, they, like their predecessors, […]
<i>Dialogue 53.2 (Summer 2020): 1–35</i><br> This article will explore how one of the most open-ended psychological interpretations of Smith’s prophetic leadership and motivation might contribute to better understanding the trajectory of this extraordinarily talented […]
[…] Not very long after the death of Sidney Rigdon, the influential preacher and compatriate to Joseph Smith in the first years of the Church, his son, John Wickliffe Rigdon, wrote an apology for his […]
[…] become a national issue, requiring careful scrutiny of alternatives and possible outcomes. An editorial in The Deseret News has already come out against such income maintenance programs. Such programs may have far-reaching consequences for the […]