The Challenge of Honesty
May 4, 2018[…] simply the profound experience of those who seek God. The man who blots out internal awareness in order to maintain to himself and to others the appearance of absolute certainty, who refuses to examine […]
[…] simply the profound experience of those who seek God. The man who blots out internal awareness in order to maintain to himself and to others the appearance of absolute certainty, who refuses to examine […]
[…] Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois—a conflict produced by the Mormons’ peculiar religious ceremonies, peculiar marriage institution, distinct economic order, and the unique lay priesthood hagiography; a second stage of conflict with nature, as the pioneers […]
[…] without the “law of stewardship,” which Joseph Smith promulgated in the very early revelation on the “United Order of Enoch” (Doctrine and Covenants, Section 42, Feb. 9, 1831). Indeed, Leonard Arrington’s socio-economic history of […]
[…] sparse liturgy to make use of a panoply of wondrous objects; we can regret that standard, “mail- order” objects of architectural decoration too often substitute for the skilled creations of a master craftsman in […]
[…] men that they may have faith unto repentance.” In other words, the forgiveness must be accepted in order to be efficacious: “For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon […]
Dialogue 1.3 (Fall 1966): 29–46 In this early article, Allen shows that the First Vision was not well known during Joseph Smith’s lifetime. It became well known after the Prophet’s death, which is when […]
[…] Mormons of darkest possible hue passing the sacramental bread and water” (pp. 270-271). Of a far different order is The Mormon Establishment by Wallace Turner. Authored by an Alabama-born New York Times correspondent in […]
[…] that universe. But our very awareness of that disintegration or distortion must prelude the search back toward order—if we have lost it. The vicarious experience of the tragedy of being caught in an amoral […]
[…] to define how man is different from woman and to discuss what a woman must become in order to captivate a man. Sprinkled liberally throughout the book are assignments like this one: “If your […]
[…] such matter is seldom, if ever, accompanied by overtly anti-social conduct which disturbs public tranquillity or good order. Censorship laws aimed at smut typically seek to impose broad controls or prohibitions keyed to the […]