[…] known that early Christian theologians were heavily influenced by Greek Platonic philosophy, which viewed qualities of this world as mere shadows of “ideals” that exist in an unseen world. Thus even by 413 C.E., […]
[…] techniques developed by their powerful company and they insisted, “Her place will be great in the new world order.” Over the last few days, however, they had lied to me so often I knew […]
[…] president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, eagerly anticipated a Republican sweep. At the news of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s decisive win as the thirty-fourth American president, McKay was elated. “In my […]
[…] M. McMurrin has been a leading philosopher and educator for many years. Among his publications pertaining to the philosophy of religion are Religion, Reason, and Truth (1982) and The Theological Foundations of the Mormon […]
[…] Saint theologies of race and lineage. This stands in stark contrast to other Indigenous groups throughout the world, particularly within the Pacific and the Americas, whose ethnic identity has been cosmologically deliberated since the […]
[…] the purpose and significance of their mission: The Saints in Turkey, as in other parts of the world, have a strong desire to gather with their co-religionists, but as it is understood that emigration […]
[…] true to life as they knew it and faithfully taught his views to their students. Shortly after World War II, however, the temper of the times changed. Business interests no longer appeared so malevolent […]
Dialogue 15.2 (Summer 1982): 48–68 Van Wagoner and Walker focus on the seer stones that Joseph Smith used in the Book of Mormon translation process.
[…] role of ideology (belief/ doctrine) in securing full commitment. Ideological indoctrination creates a separate moral and intellectual world for the believer, which helps insulate him/her from external influences and at the same time facilitates […]
[…] was that they were unfaithful in the pre-existence—in other words, that people come color coded into the world, exhibiting in their very flesh that God has differing opportunities and expectations for them, that he […]