[…] count heroic martyrs, epic treks, and seemingly supernatural manifestations. Deep in the Mormon psyche is an attraction to prophetic posturing and swagger. In particular, Joseph Smith, Jr., and Brigham Young are icons who have […]
[…] … and then said I, ‘Woe is me! because I am a man of unclean lips’” [ 6:1,5])? (2) Should we consider the word of God as absolute and unimprovable (“We have the mind […]
[…] declare their sin as sodom; ROM 1:27 men burned in their lust one towards another; 1 COR 6:9 nor abusers of themselves with mankind; 1 TIM 1:10 them that defile themselves with mankind; JUDE […]
[…] pounding bent nails straight again, only to go with Dad to the lumber yard where he would buy brand-new ones, while my refurbished nails languished, unused. In later years I came to understand why […]
[…] had left off, without either seeing the manuscript or having any portion of it read to him.[ 3] The first thing that struck me in reading this testimony is that if Joseph Smith was […]
[…] J. Hamblin have claimed that Oliver Cowdery first christened the upstate New York hill “Cumorah” in 1835.[ 6] I cited a source from January 1833 in which William W. Phelps explicitly identified the New […]
[…] nineteenth-century quests of Reimarus, Schleiermacher, and Strauss,[5] or the twentieth-century quests of Giinther Bornkamm and Ben Meyer,[ 6] most quests are actually philosophical or theological projects incorporating historical insights rather than purely historical research. […]
[…] a more rigorous criticism. Do we consider our “Mormon-ness” a fascinating feature of ethnography with which to buy fifteen minutes of fame on the academic stage? Or do we use it to ground ourselves, […]
[…] national leaders; that was simply not a prominent issue in the rigidly defined world of Israelite society.[ 6] But in Henry’s own era, women were beginning to envision a different world for themselves, albeit […]
[…] slap. Clair ducked behind the steps as Brother Pratt walked toward the dance. He called back, “Courtship’s over, Sofie. I’ll tell your pa when I see him in the field.” She waited for Sofie […]