[…] and Ho Chi Minh. The twentieth century, the bloodiest and most war-crazed in the history of the world, has alone been responsible for combat in which “not less than 62 million civilians have perished, […]
Many Utahns may call the Utah War of 1857-58 “Johnston’s Army,” but the U.S. Army and most historians surely do not. It seems to me that this shorthand label for the war trivializes, personalizes, […]
[…] set of contradictions. Men should be steely, resolved, and assertive; women ought to be reserved, flighty, and, under the right conditions, sexually explosive. As historian Karen Lystra has observed, “There are no sexual absolutes. Sexual […]
[…] scholarship.[23] In 1938, Clark instructed Church educators that “You are not to teach the philosophes of the world. . . .Your sole field is the gospel.”[24] Ecclesiastical leaders who supported Clark’s positions became known as “Clark men,” […]
[…] God who acts in history. He led ancient Israel; He came to earth to re deem the world; he guides prophets in our time; and He helps individuals day by day with mundane problems. […]
[…] the other way around, the adaptation of the doctrines and practices of the Mormons to the secular world in which they live.[19] Several events of intellectual importance have taken place during these 72 years. […]
[…] The Twelve Apostles and Counselors to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in all the World,” Woman’s Exponent 6 (1 Oct. 1877) : 65. [12] The movement is described in detail by […]
Growing old in the last part of the twentieth century is unlike anything that has gone before. The population of older people in the United States has increased dramatically, rising from 18 million in […]
Dialogue 24.1 (Spring 1991): 13–35 However, during the mid-1800s, speaking in tongues was so commonplace in the LDS and RLDS churches that a person who had not spoken in tongues, or who had not […]
[…] Mom didn’t like feeling like “a zombie”; she missed feeling energetic and ready to take on the world. Since the lithium pulls her out of her fantasy world and makes her drowsy and a […]