[…] an ideal time to edit an independent Mormon periodical like Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Linda and Jack Newell of Salt Lake City were about to finish their five-year tenure as editors, and […]
My brothers and sisters, today we reach into a realm that is subtle and intricate, all intertwined with feeling. More than usual I pray that you will be forgiving if my own feelings are […]
[…] York presented the L.D.S. Church eleven papyrus fragments, which were once in the possession of Joseph Smith and some of which were apparently used by the Prophet in preparing the text of one of […]
[…] and Society: Considered in the Light of the Question of Women’s Ordination (Mahwah, N.J.: Darlington Seminary, 1978); National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Theological Reflections on the Ordination of Women (Washington, D.C.: USCC, 1972); Carroll […]
[…] members to various public officers throughout the United States and boasted legislative representation on both state and national levels. In 1912, at the peak of Socialist political influence, party nominee Eugene V. Debs polled […]
[…] has a remark able past. Nourished on the spectacular, the faith can count heroic martyrs, epic treks, and seemingly supernatural manifestations. Deep in the Mormon psyche is an attraction to prophetic posturing and swagger. […]
[…] Latter-day Saints, we are under obligation to fulfill three specific missions: perfecting the saints, spreading the gospel, and redeeming the dead. As LDS writers, we add a particular covenant and mission to “the word […]
[…] never heard me say so. I say that I am a good hand to keep the dogs and wolves out of the flock. —Brigham Young (I860) Mormonism, America’s unique religious manifestation, has a remark […]
[…] lighted swimming pool glimmering through the fence of a large apartment complex on North Temple. Norman smiled and continued to drive. “I’m serious,” Carolyn said. “We did it all the time at BYU. Walk […]
[…] This essay explores conflicting messages within LDS teaching on LGBT rights, when it both opposed same-sex marriage and in the wake of Prop 8 also came out in support of other LGBT rights that […]