[…] whole human race such as we bring by Spiritualism, it is tending towards the discredited and old world idea of a special priestly caste, of formal sacraments, and of a new sect, complete in […]
[…] It was an opportunity to think seriously about our faith and explore its dialogue with the larger world. It was empowering to see people trying to live reflective lives that honestly integrated their scholarship […]
Dialogue 29.2 (Summer 1998):129–154 WHEN JOSEPH SMITH BEGAN TO DICTATE the Book of Mormon, he did not understand the structure the book would ultimately take. He did not know that the first part of […]
[…] womanhood.[16] Underneath contrived plot lines and lofty language, Mormon women’s fiction reveals how its authors understood the world and their place in it. Their work, however stylistically immature, emerges as a valuable source for […]
[…] Joseph Smith at Nauvoo, when the prophet said: He believed that among all the Churches in the world the Methodist was the nearest right, and that, as far as they went, they were right. […]
LDS attitudes towards war and peace in general have been covered fairly comprehensively in the past decade or so. The attitudes are complex and generally attempt to strike a balance between the duty to […]
[…] leaders simply admitted the essential accuracy of the charge. “I call upon the weak things of the world, those who are unlearned and despised, to thresh the nations by the power of my Spirit,” […]
Dialogue 25.1 (Spring 1992): 13–36 A historical analysis of the globalization of the Church. Under President David O McKay, the Church was able to reach out to more people beyond North America and Europe, […]
Legend has it that in the year 988 A.D., Prince Vladimir, ruler of ancient Kievan Rus’, brought Christianity to the Slavs. The apparent catalyst for his own conversion was a plea from Emperor Basil […]
Dialogue 43.2 (Fall 2010): 45–63 Mormon women weren’t passive recipients of the new feminism. We helped to create it.