[…] this reviewer, together with many others who descended from polygamous families, would still be in the spirit world. As far as the law was concerned, plural marriages were unrecorded civil and religious contracts. Probably […]
[…] grace of Christ which is implied in that beautiful declaration of John: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but […]
The title of the book is appropriate: It is the name of a certain fictional mound or tell—layers on layers of rubble left by successive inhabitants who clustered near a typical water-source in […]
[…] state of scholarship in Mormon circles. The books are more substantial: Lehi in the Desert and The World of the Jaredites (1952), which in a somewhat different form appeared as two series in the […]
The Mormon position on certain racial issues is being given attention in the popular press and has become a matter of concern to various segments of the whole nation—Mormon and non-Mormon alike. There […]
[…] angelic Agnes could have given. This part of the situation is real enough to occur in today’s world. But no woman who is by nature like Agnes can assume the mannerisms of Dora without […]
[…] frame? Stucco? Rock? Old Brick? Modern red brick? Guessing at the architectural style. Colonial? Schoolhouse? Barnyard? Post World War II Wurlitzer? Neo-Ramada Inn? Indescribable Mormon eclectic? Scanning the line of the town as we […]
[…] oracle for a free man’s God. [1] Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1938), pp. 156-7. Italics are mine. [2] Matt. 26:69-75. [3] Gal. 2:11-16. [4] Gal. 2:11. […]
Dialogue 9.1 (Spring 1976): 34–42 Historical studies embrace the most extensive, intensive, and well-matured of the scholarly endeavors which have the Restoration as their subject. The paucity of critical writings in the various fields […]
[…] understanding and sym pathetic treatment of polygamy. Ironically, his objective attitude regarding plural marriage outraged the Gentile world, so City of the Saints fell between two stools. In recent years Burton’s book has been […]