[…] if a person assents undoubtingly to what they think true, though he has no knowledge whatever of the grounds of the opinion. . . . This is not knowing the truth. Truth, thus held, […]
[…] published my essay entitled “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview”and forty years since Official Declaration 2 ended the priesthood/temple ban. It seems like a good time to take stock of where we are: what […]
[…] seen and performed miracles, and has a strong belief in Jesus Christ. But he has also struggled at times with doubt, which he says has “come along in many different forms” throughout his adult life.
Dialogue 50.1 (Spring 2017): 193–200 In looking at the definition of Mormon womanhood, it seems to me that the boundaries of that community have shifted over the past almost two hundred years from being […]
[…] Pioneers of Sound With The Darkest Abyss set to launch a US tour, can a popular, ground breaking noise band made up of Mormon musicians lead to a thaw in US–Nipponese relations? head and […]
Dialogue 49.2 (Summer 2016): 1–24 The November 2015 LDS handbook policy change that identified mem- bers who participate in same-sex marriages as “apostates” and forbade children in their households from receiving baby blessings or […]
The first time I remember seeing a baptism was at a tiny Southern Baptist chapel in Chiefland, Florida. All dolled up in my frilly pastel dress, white buckled shoes, and lacy socks, my […]
[…] the Church is attempting to spread its word to as many people as it can in the world and to change the lives of those people with its gospel. I think the brethren recognize […]
Dialogue 3.2 (Summer 1968):67 – 85 The Joseph Smith Egyptian papyri once consisted of at least six separate documents, possibly eight or more.
[…] is laid off and supplied, lay off another in the same way, and so fill up the world in these last days; and let every man live in the city for this is the […]