[…] who falsely supposed that setting himself apart from seeming impurity constituted holiness. In one of his short stories, the Welsh author and mystic Arthur Machen explored this misguided assumption: We are naturally inclined to […]
[…] others on this campus to be contaminated by your presence.”27 The speech, published in the church-owned Deseret News, also signaled a growing belief that homosexuality was a sort of communicable disorder or disease that […]
<i>Dialogue 52.2 (Summer 2019):37–58</i><br>Ryan Thomas highlights the different metal writing cultures from around the same time as the Book of Mormon periods to see if it is historically likely for the Gold Plates to […]
[…] or art or theater or . . . allied fields. . . .” (Italics added). The Deseret News report of the Wilkinson statement continued: “Talented young people who belong to the Church . . […]
<i>Dialogue 18.3 (Fall 1985): 67–83</i><br> Van Wagoner defines polyandry as having two or more husbands at the same time. He identifies women who ended up marrying members of the Twelve or Joseph Smith while […]
[…] (Summer 1994): 83–153</i><br>Believing that a more efficient approach could be used to the church’s advantage, he proposed that the Relief Society organize a social service department where these new techniques could be tested and implemented.
[…] only a few years ago, faster almost than we can respond. It has also made us the target of anti-American sentiment and violence. Yet, in spite of all, church membership has now reached nine million.
Hugh Nibley lives in a world of serendipity. As his son-in-law and intended biographer, I have discovered that, time and time again, he has miraculously avoided some catastrophe or dropped in on some fortunate […]
<i>Dialogue 36.3 (2003): 53-80</i><br> Compton considers priesthood as portrayed in Old Testament texts and how women are underrepresented in today’s discourse.
The history of empires and nation-states is often a chronicle of wars, as this sprinkling of names clearly evokes: Ghengis Khan, Attila the Hun, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, William T. Sherman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, […]