[…] The circle within which they seek to restrict the human intellect ought therefore to be carefully traced, and, beyond its verge, the mind should be left entirely free to its own guidance.” Joseph Smith […]
[…] of the Revelation it would be quite clear,” “the second beast probably represents the priesthood of the national cultus,” “any modern commentary will trace these,” and “they point unmistakably [how?] to Domitian,” etc. Finally, […]
Dialogue 4.2 (Summer 1971): 65–68 If there is no history of ancient Antarctica, there is a valid reason for it. Stone Age man penetrated every continent except Antarctica, and until modern times, Antarctica was unexplored
[…] denounced and caricaturized by the press, when their public image was pitifully negative, here were men of national renown who treated them politely, recognized intelligence and strong character in their leaders, and were remarkably […]
[…] of the world is unique in modern Christianity. Mormons have rejected the Creator/creature dichotomy of Patristic theology and its logical correlaries, creatio ex nihilo and the idea of God as a single, infinite Absolute. Mormons […]
[…] on 17 January 1844, to “be my successor to the Presidency of the High Priesthood: a Seer, and a Revelator, and a Prophet, unto the Church; which appointment belongeth to him by blessing, and […]
[…] . and he retired to his own house .. . in peace.” (Alma 62:43), though as the national hero he could have had any office or honor. For his motto was, “I seek not […]
Late in the nineteenth century, thousands of Indians resentful of reservation life gathered in groups to chant and dance themselves into hypnotic trances until they collapsed from exhaustion. Some Plains Indians, while shuffling steps […]
Dialogue 23.4 (Winter 1990): 47–82 In this essay, I will analyze recent Church discourse against a pattern of constricting employment options for women and will discuss the implications of that pattern.
[…] years, though I have also come to understand that he was the closest thing to a truly national political figure that Utah has produced. When I began my research in the early 1970s, the […]