[…] for buried treasure. These affidavits portrayed Joseph Smith as perpetrating the hoax of Mormonism on an innocent world. Published in 1834 in E. D. Howe’s Mormonism Unvailed, this view of the Prophet was accepted as truthful […]
[…] Battle, things American rode an unprecedented crest of popularity in Australia. The missionaries, always beloved, returned after World War II as confident young American ambassadors and the mission presidents and their wives were benevolent […]
[…] effectively presents Wood ruff as a devout follower of a nineteenth century Mormon religion which promoted “a world view that unified the temporal and spiritual realms in God’s kingdom and in the lives of […]
[…] that any exposed “differences of opinion” would undermine the “united front” Mormons like to present to the world. In the end, the chapter stayed in the book with majority approval, written as fairly to […]
[…] of the New Mormon History that has been writ ten by men and women who have since World War II brought professional credentials and LDS testimonies to the task. Other authors explore with varying […]
I was in a school bus with fifty other adults headed down to Harlem. At the time, we didn’t know our destination. The invitation had read only, “April Fool’s Day Party.” Our host, the […]
[…] that his exceptional imagination qualified him psychologically for the experience which he had in presenting to the world the Book of Mormon and that the plates with the Urim and Thummim were not objective.” […]
[…] even in my silent personal musings. Their ideal, as it unfolded in subsequent conversations, was a theocratic world made safe and sure not only by the absence of dissenting voices, but also by the […]
[…] members and leaders to respond meaningfully to economic need, not only in LDS communities but around the world. Such efforts have hardly added up to an all-out “war,” but there has certainly been a […]
[…] scriptures say there’ll be wars and plagues, but that doesn’t mean everywhere. We have AIDS, but the world keeps going on. We have terrorist attacks, but life doesn’t really change. The scriptures say the […]