[…] because he had not published for the benefit of Church members a clearly stated outline of the order and precedence of presidential succession, there was a succession crisis following his death. For most members […]
[…] beliefs to influence the narrative. In general, he simply relies on stereotypes of social structure, discipline, and order. Philip Jose Farmer’s Flesh (New York: Signet, 1968) does, on the other hand, incorporate specific Mormon […]
[…] of overcoming the atmosphere of mistrust in the ministry of reconciliation, in the strengthening of the international order, and in a change of human mentality. Implicit here was also a kind of grace period. […]
Dialogue 18.2 (Summer 1985): 116–127 Women in the Mormon Church are encouraged toward traditional roles and attitudes that discourage personal, familial, and societal change. The ideal female role is that of a non-wage-earning wife […]
[…] was given, as the revelation of 1841 declares, by blessing and by right, for such is the order of this evangelical priesthood handed down from father to son. .. . It is the duty […]
[…] of Grace was the most important Mormon fiction to appear in 1982. Modesty may have been in order. Apology was not. Furthermore, the other manuscripts I mentioned are, with out equivocation, as significant in […]
[…] are carried to term. Thus, the pre and postnatal survival rates are inherently of an entirely different order of magnitude. New developments in medical sciences also have undermined other aspects of our traditional understanding. […]
[…] an hundred-fold in gratification. For unlike Walter, who merely tolerated his wife’s sacrificial devotions to a higher order of nutrition, and unlike her children, who, she knew, cheated, Thelma embraced vegetarianism as sincerely and […]
Dialogue 18.4 (Winter 1984): 65–80 Shortly after the church was organized, one of Joseph Smith’s main priorities during his lifetime was preaching to the Native Americans, who he believed to be the descendants of […]
[…] Sutter’s mill to the final withdrawal of the Saints from California as a result of Brigham Young’s order to return to Utah when Albert Sidney Johnson’s Army approached the territory in 1857. Some good […]