[…] me, cannot be sanctified (D&C 101:4-5)” (CES 1980-81, 79). The student is thereby instructed that God, in order to test those who would be members of his Church, may command and cause severe physical […]
[…] at the feed store. She had worn a shirt open at the collar today. Filling out his order, she leaned forward and he could see where her breasts flattened against each other. She had […]
The idea for this panel sprang from last year’s western Pilgrimage reunion, an annual meeting of women. We were sitting around observing who’d become a Relief Society president and being amazed. We tried […]
[…] for arbitrarily deciding to damn some persons. The Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon reversed the order of states of grace posited by Augustine. In the Book of Mormon, humankind lacked moral freedom before […]
[…] a member’s livelihood, good name, temple recommend, or even a well-earned pension after years of service in order to silence an alternate voice, to compel obedience, or force compliance with a certain leader’s personal […]
[…] until they actually revolt (and risk becoming tyrannical themselves), they primarily acquiesce to or support the ruling order (Lears 1985, 568-78). For us the ruling order is a white, Euramerican, middle-class, male-dominated, capitalistic system […]
<i>Dialogue 27.3 (1994): 289–298</i><br> Over time Joseph Smith changed his stance on freemasonary, which led to him being included as part of the group. Some of the common aspects of freemasonry introduced into the […]
[…] his personal business interests above the good of the Mormon kingdom and the cooperation doctrine. But in order to finalize the deal Hollister needed other Iron County property owners to bond their land also. […]
<i>Dialogue 29.2 (Summer 1998):129–154</i><br>WHEN JOSEPH SMITH BEGAN TO DICTATE the Book of Mormon, he did not understand the structure the book would ultimately take. He did not know that the first part of the […]
[…] for the dead. Her teacher, Mrs. Dixon, had read down the roll, asking the girls in alphabetical order. She had moved into Julie’s neighborhood, just up the street in a new house built with […]