The study of churches and religious movements is especially prone to the issues of bias and selective presentation due to researcher position and organizational politics. Like many other religions, Mormonism as an object […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has experienced stable growth in Taiwan since the first four missionaries arrived in 1956. Even in recent years, when the growth of the Church has […]
[…] been conditioned to something more lock-step in support of the soothing status quo, something more “conservative” of order. I saw this Constitutionally guaranteed dissent as somehow a bit unpatriotic! The distance between Provo and […]
[…] two of them stood there and stared at the lot. Tim said, “Well, I guess the first order is to see if that truck’ll start. We’ll get that load out first.” He had brought […]
[…] barbecue meat were supposed to be at the theater, it was a host family’s bathroom out of order. Finally, she tucked the extra tickets in her purse. She had promised them all around the […]
Contemplating the 1952 U.S. general elections, David O. McKay, lifelong Republican and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, eagerly anticipated a Republican sweep. At the news of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s […]
[…] From Puritan to Yankee was that many in the population had resisted the authority of the standing order–in moving out of the town centers, in breaking from the churches, in seeking wealth over piety. […]
[…] Lee’s paintings have appeared in many group and individual exhibitions and have achieved a number of awards. Over a hundred images dating from 1983 to 2008 are available for viewing on their joint website. […]
[…] we see a convergence in predictions between apostles and sociologists, though, to be sure, this is not the first prediction from Rodney Stark that has proved pleasing to the LDS leadership. Yet, for today’s […]