[…] religious? He seems to have insisted that everyone has some ultimate concern and is, therefore, religious in order to argue that the important question is not whether one should or should not have a […]
[…] few chapters of his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. And so likewise with God. Hume observed that in order to make any sense of God having purposes we must conceive of God having a mind […]
Dialogue 3.2 (Summer 1968): 41–55 Zucker describes the efforts that Joseph Smith went through to study Hebrew. Joseph Smith’s personal behavior was apparently not changed, but in other aspects in later years there is […]
This study was conducted at Brigham Young University in order to assess student views toward the war in a subculture where the norms of Mormonism are overwhelmingly dominant. Brigham Young University is perhaps the […]
[…] specifically, we should define our level of acceptance through faith and then apply our reasoning powers in order that the essential in question may have meaning in our lives. Here the Church may adjust […]
[…] Warsaw had marched north toward Golden’s Point and had been met “at the shanties” with the governor’s order to disband, and the news that the governor had left Carthage for Nauvoo and that the […]
[…] Old Testament. Plural wives could be accepted only by a people who believed that the Old Testament order had not been replaced. Then, too, the Mormons had cause enough for special identification with the […]
[…] of Joseph Smith, associated himself with James J. Strang.[2] However, Briggs parted with Strang in 1850 in order to affiliate with the faction led by the deceased prophet’s brother, William B. Smith. Briggs’ attraction […]
Our understanding of the American past has been greatly enriched in recent years by studies which have made use of literary sources. Few works, for example, surpass the challenging insights and interpretations of Henry […]
[…] or teaching. It could be a matter of interpretation and emphasis. “God’s house is a house of order.” “If there be anything virtuous, lovely, of good report, or praise worthy, we seek after these […]