[…] 39–45 This paper examines Isaiah’s prophecies in their historical context and compares their meaning as a message for his time with the expanded meaning that Christians — and specifically Mormons — have since applied […]
[…] to several plural wives, including Mary Ann Sheffield, Mary Jones, Priscilla Mogridge, and Sarah and Hannah Libbey.[ 6] He died at Osterdock, Iowa, 13 November 1893, at the age of eighty two, a member […]
Dialogue 16. 3 (Autumn 1983): 68–69 I would like to discuss teh social experience of historical Latter-day Saint single women in the context of five questions: (1) Does she have an acceptable reason for […]
The Doctrine and Covenants contains extremely specific instructions concerning marriage for men: In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;
[…] branch” of learning (9:189). As such it must remain segregated from amusements or recreations which include dancing,[ 6] theater,[7] and works of fiction,[8] but not music or painting.[9] It is useful to compare Young’s […]
[…] Jesus Christ himself, promising the faithful they are sealed up unto “eternal life” (D&C 131:5, 130:5, 88: 3-4; John 14:23). It may be well to remind ourselves again that even church leaders who demand […]
[…] shop or from neighbor to neighbor, to borrow and return, to ask for help and give, to buy and sell, I saw him doing the truth and felt safe. One June dawn we drove […]
[…] vulnerable. Her frequent tears, and his own apologies and conjured explanations left him perplexed and humiliatingly insecure over a physical attraction which had once seemed obvious and elemental. It is true Ellen did not […]
Since the pioneering work of Orson Pratt, little advancement has been ‘made in the area we will refer to as celestial demography.
[…] Ritual Ritual serves both to mark accession to membership and to maintain a sense of group identity.[ 6] A number of rituals are important in the Mormon context: Blessing and naming of children, baptism, confirmation, […]