[…] and the open market, whether in or outside the various communitarian arrangements known generically as the United Order. To those who accept this framework, the conclusions in The Kirtland Economy Revisited are welcome improvements […]
[…] that when they came through the door, I was supposed to stop what I was doing in order to give them a full debriefing after their foray into the outside world. While this was […]
[…] if Lyn were to go to the hospital they would most likely remove the left breast in order to extricate the infection. But Lyn would rather take the slow and natural but more painful […]
[…] supply table of the army. His Medical Inspectors had found too many “occurrences of mercurial gangrene.” The order whipped up a furious action on the part of organized medicine, with the American Medical Association […]
[…] have joy.” They have likewise taught us to avoid extremes and “be temperate in all things” (D&C 6:19; Alma 38:10). This advice applies to our health habits as well. But sick people should be […]
[…] willing and capable as Orson Pratt to combine empirical and theological insights have all but disappeared from the Mormon scene. His successors have retained the enthusiastic optimism of early Mormonism, but they have not […]
[…] captures the polarized points of view between those who are in tune with the new and emerging order and those who would rather see the status quo maintained. Even though the volume includes some […]
[…] his statements on Mormon polygamy. He accepts the view that it was introduced by Brigham Young in order to accelerate the birth rate and thereby increase the economic and military strength of the isolated […]
[…] provided the Church with the expertise it needed to cross the Spanish language barrier. Having resettled in order to practice their faith in safety and peace, they also found it both convenient and necessary […]
For some years I have been working on Jungian interpretations of history, not in order to lay claim to any special insight into historical events, but as a way of enriching our experience of […]