Hugh Nibley lives in a world of serendipity. As his son-in-law and intended biographer, I have discovered that, time and time again, he has miraculously avoided some catastrophe or dropped in on some fortunate […]
[…] with the Poplars in her country lanes, They have known exile too And reach for their Old World home As you might for your in absentia. If by Richards’s own hand, these might be […]
[…] spokesmen for the Church. But now comes Mr. Udall with some pertinent observations designed to let the world know that all Mormons are not unenlightened die-hards. It’s too bad the world doesn’t know that […]
[…] order to judge the text’s accuracy—this was a new idea about the relationship between narratives and the world. Making the question of scriptural truth a positive question—a question about posits—reflected a wholesale change that […]
[…] victims of some other tragedy. They might just be confused youngsters, fighting to make sense of a world that seems cruel and unfeeling. Joining a strange Church is not a risk simply because these […]
<i>Dialogue 23.1 (Spring 1990): 11–36</i><br>A history of Black LDS social groups and organizations. The Genesis Group gave African Americans a better chance to connect with fellow African Americans through frequent socials. The first group […]
[…] scope to include Jews and non-Jews, empowering the fledgling movement to grow gradually into one of the world’s greatest religions. Jesus left no writings behind, and the information provided about him in the Gospels […]
[…] by natural law; (2) is explanatory by reference to natural law; (3) is testable against the empirical world; (4) reaches conclusions that are tentative; and (5) is falsifiable. How does creationism, new or old, […]
[…] willingness based on the perceived need to identify, monitor, and punish “enemies.” After the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I was troubled by the talk about retribution and retaliation and […]
<i>Dialogue 39.1 (Spring 2006): 1–18</i><br>Perhaps no other moral issue divides the American public more than abortion. In part, the controversy hinges on the question of when the spirit enters the body. If a spirit […]