Dialogue 52.2 (Summer 2019):37–58 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 […]
[…] attitudes and behavior were firmly rooted in a biblically oriented Calvinism or Anglicanism and in a social order reflecting the values of these religions. Fornication and adultery, as well as other less common sexual […]
[…] for question as to his intentions: “The views of the Saints in regard to the ancient Patriarchal Order of Matrimony, or Plurality of Wives, as developed in a Revelation, given through JOSEPH the SEER, […]
[…] and poorly informed psychobiographies of their founders. The treatment of Joseph Smith, which is basically a warmed- over version of Fawn Brodie’s interpretation, is characteristic of the veneer of scholarly objectivity combined with self-righteous […]
Mormonism seems to have adopted a position on the relation between reason and revelation. The two concepts frequently appear alongside each other in publications and talks by church apostles, officials of Brigham Young University, […]
Dialogue 36.3 (Spring 2003): 71–87 Watson shares why early fundamentalists broke off from the main church and decided to leave Utah and settle Short Creek.
[…] aspects of reality, the relationship of justice and mercy can only be understood ontologically, that is, in order to understand this relationship we need to understand the structure of reality. I have some grasp […]
Quakers, often called Friends, have several core “testimonies” that can be remembered by the mnemonic “SPICE”—Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, and Equality. Each of these interrelated testimonies is essential to our identity as Friends, but we […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a strong authority structure. Power seemingly originates at the center of the Church, with the prophet and apostles, and radiates outward from there. This […]
[…] this essay, I shall begin by describing what we can learn about our Mother in Heaven from the scriptures. I then will draw from those descriptions some (very modest) suggestions for how we might […]