[…] the use of pseudonyms. This makes for a bit of stylistic awkwardness, but has merit. [11] Deseret News 2005 Church Alamanc (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 2004), 278. [12] Calculation mine, based on figures […]
[…] much of what presently constitutes Mormon studies has so far been conducted from a comparatively narrow North American perspective. Research on Mormonism’s history, for instance, has been filtered mostly through a narrative centered on […]
[…] the kingdom to his fellow Jews, because they already knew what it meant. The gospel, the good news of Jesus of Nazareth, is the old priestly and prophetic ideal of the holy nation, the […]
[…] is the decreased popularity of the U.S. in Europe, where Mormonism is still seen as an essentially American religion.[29] Despite this, voices in the church’s administration cry out for a “second harvest” in Europe. […]
[…] “Joseph Smith ever taught or practiced plural marriage.” A report of their experience, published in the Deseret News, stated that “Cutler himself had three wives before he left the Church, two of whom he […]
[…] directing, “Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly” (D&C 121:45). In Joseph Smith’s famed 1844 letter to Chicago news editor John Wentworth, he declared that the Saints believed in being “honest, true, chaste, benevolent and […]
[…] posts, and sometimes even unruly debates have not stopped since. Dialogue both views and participates in this online dialogue, submitting archival references to current discussions and writing pieces in concert with the printed prose […]
[…] after their apologies from those who were skeptical that they would be followed by action. The good news for The Church of Jesus Christ is that it has already begun taking some of the […]
[…] 2020). [5] Jana Riess, “New LDS Handbook Softens Stance on Sexuality, Doubles Down on Transgender Rules,” Religion News Service, Feb. 19, 2020. [6] “Transgender Individuals,” General Handbook of Instructions, 2020. [7] J. Sumerau and […]
[…] God has sometimes withheld his power (i.e., priesthood) “because they were not prepared to receive it.”[23] The latest edition of Berrett’s The Restored Church, published in 2017, includes similar ideas. In it he posits […]