[…] Hecate, act as agents of fate. The three “weird sisters” deliver cryptic prophecies that unravel the natural order, guiding Macbeth toward his inevitable end.[50] Likewise, the three sorority sisters at the crosswalk serve as […]
[…] his analysis of LDS depictions of Jesus between 1900 and 1999, Noel Carmack notes that the “formal order of Thorvaldsen’s work exemplifies the symmetry and balance admired by mainstream Church members. This high regard […]
Dialogue 54.3 (Fall 2021): 1–40 The debate about Joseph Smith’s translations have primarily assumed that the translation was commensurable and focuses upon theories of authorial involvement of Joseph Smith.
Dialogue 20.1 (Spring 1987): 69–75 EVEN A CASUAL REFERENCE to studies treating the Book of Mormon reveals a range of divergent explanations of its origins. At one extreme are those who are skeptical of […]
America is currently in the midst of state-by-state political activism and judicial appeals to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriage. In 1996 the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated one example of the related effort to […]
[…] desires for righteousness and the divine willingness to be bound by covenant. This point has remained constant, even though emphases in the church have changed over time, also bringing change to the endowment ceremony itself
[…] JOSEPH SMITH GREW UP in a time and place where folk magic was an accepted part of the landscape. Before he was a prophet, he was a diviner, or more specifically, a scryer who […]
[…] Authorities, 1992, 2002, see PDF below, p. 68] While my analysis seems valid, certain caveats are in order: (1) The assumption that ethnic group growth rates will remain identical to the growth rates seen […]
Dialogue 39.3 (Fall 2007):188–206 Others, including Wunderli, hold that the proposed chiasms in the Book of Mormon are not deliberate applications of the chiastic form and ascribe their chiastic structure to the ingenuity of […]
[…] for rupturing boundaries, extra-canonical precedent. Joseph showed himself to be quite happy trolling every possible resource in order to reclaim what he considered was most plain and precious (D&C 91:1).[8] Joseph’s theology was Trinitarian, […]