[…] writers of every description, and some who defied description, flocked to its standards. Before 1936 was over, 6,600 “writers” were enrolled, most of them certified as in need of relief, along with more than […]
[…] the German Mission president, reinitiated efforts to seek legal recognition for the Church in Hungary (Millenial Star, 6 Oct. 1904, 636). While the decision was pending, a lone missionary reentered the country: Mischa Markow, […]
[…] 317-22.) Having said so much, I admit, with equal cheerfulness, that Franklin Fisher displays a very high order of religious imagination. The high points of the novel for me are precisely those scenes in […]
[…] their sons and daughters on missions. My own father had been having rather severe financial difficulties. In order to send the monthly checks needed for my support, he sometimes had to borrow money from […]
Dialogue 24.3 (Fall 1991): 21–39 Lyman discusses the political pressures from the United Government which led to the church issuing the First Manifesto.
[…] organized public protests opposing a violent resolution of the crisis (Hinds 1991). Once President Bush gave the order to begin bombing, however, most of the opposition seemed to dissipate, and the moral elements of […]
[…] take place in the deep past, reveal ultimate truths, and usually explain the cosmological, social, and moral order. Thus the Bible, for instance, is myth for many Christians and Jews. Coyote stories function like […]
[…] same time, Janet and Amy were firm enough to control the chaos, keep the house in reasonable order, and remain calm in a crisis. One winter night when the power went out, my husband […]
[…] ambivalence is a phenomenon typical of new religious movements whose tension with society requires periodic adjustment in order to survive. Movements which maintain too much tension may stagnate; movements which are too accommodating lose […]
[…] discovered by Colum bus; his comparison of Joseph Smith with Don Bosco, the founder of the Salesian Order who is a canonized saint of the Catholic church; and his mention that Emilio Salgari, a […]