By adopting the above-cited definition of mysticism, the compilers of the “Topical Guide” (LDS Edition 1979) distance Mormonism from a religious heritage which is perhaps as old as any other of record. The most […]
[…] up for the Word of Wisdom. He stoutly maintained—puffing vigorously at his pipe all the while—that the world would be a better place if tobacco and alcohol had never been discovered. These views did […]
[…] they usually only talked on holidays, but Leanne had an announcement to make. “I’ve joined the New World Church. And I want you to learn about it, too.” They had been best friends since […]
Editing William Clayton, James B. Allen A Response: The Politics of Mormon History, George D. Smith A Reply, James B. Allen A Rejoinder, George D. Smith
[…] been away most of the summer in Wisconsin, where it seemed he had a girlfriend. This was news, and his mother, like any mother was all inquiry. What was she like? Was she in […]
I hope I’m not extending the metaphor too far, but it seems apparent the field is less white and more colorful as the church moves into the twenty first century. Most church members are […]
[…] “What’s a testimony?” she asked. “It’s a witness that you have had a message from the other world. Mark my word. Carol has had a big one.” “They both seem like awfully decent people,” […]
One month after Sidney Rigdon’s conversion to Mormonism, he visited Joseph Smith in New York, occasioning the following revelation: I say unto my servant Sidney, I have looked upon thee and thy works. I […]
Dialogue 36.4 (Winter 2004):109–128 DID JOSEPH SMITH WRITE the Book of Mormon? To this over-familiar question the orthodox Latter-day Saint answer is a resounding “No” because the official belief is that a series of […]
[…] from Rabbi Isaac Luria in which God’s divinity is shattered into pieces at the beginning of the world. I told our boys that our job as human beings is to gather the pieces of […]