At a session of general conference in 1949, Elder John A. Widtsoe shared an interesting message with the assembled Saints—a message that contained, so far as I have been able to discover, the strongest […]
Carol Lynn Pearson, in her delightful musical, The Order is Love, has managed to put her finger on the pulse of Mormon history and discover a vigorous throb of universality which is at times […]
[…] there is little doubt that science was victorious in its centuries-long warfare with theology. From Galileo—kneeling in the robes of a penitent criminal before his Inquisitors, pleading for mercy on the grounds of age […]
Section 82 of the Doctrine and Covenants, dated 26 April 1832, guided the formation of a united order in the Joseph Smith era. Until recently, code names were shown for the nine participants: Ahashdah […]
[…] campus. This student also enrolled in a political science course taught by professor J. D. Williams in order to monitor this liberal Democrat’s classroom statements. This student-spy adds that “I transferred to Brigham Young University, […]
[…] 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 […]
[…] debates have emerged as transgender visibility gains prominence in American and global political discussions, leading to conflicts over access to long-standing medical protocols, bathrooms, sports participation, housing, employment, religious belonging, and more. The heightened […]
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 […]