[…] one sense the spirit of ultimacy so characteristic of the nineteenth century—the ideal of an ultimate universal order, an ultimate law giver, ultimate cultural coherence, ultimate goodness or progress, ultimate meaning to life, or […]
[…] community at large to change the law. The objective was not the overthrow of the established legal order by revolution, but rather reform. King’s nonviolent demonstrations, freedom rides, and sit-ins in violation of state […]
[…] General Authorities to some Sunday School teachers, are generally impressed with and concerned about “scientific proof” of the Book of Mormon. As a practicing scientist and Church member, I am singularly unconcerned about such […]
For the better part of a month, I was with a group of young Mormons bent on giving the Church a vigorous expression in all the arts. We were not very clear as to […]
[…] discussion of the issues he raises. Usually, however, an abashed silence has followed his scholarly contributions. In order to see what he is up to in the closing portion of Since Cumorah, which is […]
What do we do when we have agreed to participate in an experiment under the auspices of a prestigious university (and are getting paid for it) and we are asked to do something objectionable? […]
[…] neither. I’ll just have to wait and see. Meanwhile Earth carries its own explanations—and compensations—for the ecclesiastical order of the Church. As I grew up, the priesthood meant having more time in the bathroom […]
[…] Restoration the outspoken have pled for excellence in worship. The Prophet Joseph Smith spoke of the “ancient order” of services in Adamic times, wherein worship was conducted with “such propriety that no one was […]
The Mormon Church is a formidable broadcast institution. Through subsidiary corporations and institutions it owns sixteen radio and television stations, a sophisticated international broadcast distribution system, a Washington news bureau, a cable TV […]
[…] these authors. Perhaps the most successful of these later “experiments”—which came to be known as the United Order—was at Orderville in southcentral Utah. From 1874 to 1885 this small, poor, but marvelously unified village […]