[…] Nephi, his Mahonri, and his Stephen are all ascetic, mystical figures who demonstrate little touch with the world about them. It is as if the ideal spiritual state removes men so thoroughly from the […]
[…] it important to prove the Mormon doctrine that “the wicked go to . . . a spirit world prison house after mortal death” (p. 251), he cites Isaiah 24:22 as support: “And they shall […]
Dialogue 3.2 (Summer 1968):89 – 92 It appears that in time the mystery of the Book of Abraham will be unveiled. Meanwhile, it is significant for the Reorganized Church that undue haste and overzealous […]
[…] in my creative art. My habit of seeing only the good, pleasant, lovely, and nice in the world clashes with the reality surrounding me. Sometimes I feel slightly removed from the mainstream of secular […]
“What’s your name?” “Are you coming back?” “I love you.” These are the words of a Hopkins House child. Being young, very young, living in a poverty-ridden neighborhood . . .
[…] and which are given concrete expression in the Constitution, are universal principles which can benefit all the world. “Come—yea, come Texas, come Mexico, come Canada; and come, all the world: let us be brethren, […]
[…] brief autobiography of Alan Cherry, a young black man who grew up in New York City, entered the Air Force in Texas after a year and a half of college, was court martialed and […]
[…] as it were, with both one’s religious commitments and with the ways of learning in the academic world. In my own life, thus far, I have chosen the third model. I have had a […]
In the field of Mormon history, perhaps more so than in other areas of historical inquiry, some excellent contributions have been made by “amateurs,” as the holders of the Ph.D. are inclined to call […]
[…] be both truthful and significant. Harker’s roots are in the Mormon communities of Southern Alberta; his adult world has expanded far beyond small-towns into modern urban Mormonism. He knows Mormon subjects, and he can […]