[…] twenty Book of Mormon personalities and found them as diverse as many of those found in the world’s other scriptures. The Book of Mormon is a very complex canon of scripture that ought not […]
[…] England shares his reasons for why Joseph Smith introduced polygamy and then removed it as one of the commandments. England argues that polygamy was a faith testing experience which lead them to in his […]
The unifying thesis of the twelve essays contained in When Prophets Die: The Post Charismatic Fate of New Religious Movements is that most new religious movements, though heavily dependent on a single dominant […]
[…] real bishopric. I call him Charlie. He appears in the tales as one wanting to leave the world a better place than he found it. An old sheepherder just off the range came down […]
[…] 27.2 (Summer 1994): 197–230 I am astonished that it took so many readings and a focus on the question of using gender-inclusive language in the simplified version to discover something that should have been […]
[…] 27.3 (1994): 289–298 Over time Joseph Smith changed his stance on freemasonary, which led to him being included as part of the group. Some of the common aspects of freemasonry introduced into the endowment ceremony.
[…] society. Church leaders constantly teach us we must counteract the unhealthy messages taught by our society. The world is always ready to teach children violence as a problem-solving skill, self-absorption and materialism, substance abuse […]
[…] tirelessly with him to help his transition into society as a silent participant, Morgan retreated into a world of books and studies where he felt safe and in control. He later explained to his […]
[…] would be released as wartime shipping and immigration regulations made the possibility of new missionaries shrink.[5] As World War I overtook Europe, the number of missionaries dwindled until finally Nicholas was left alone, a […]
[…] compatibilist assertion of the compossibility of determinism and human freedom, insisting that both are actualized in the real world. Some thirty-odd years ago Sterling McMurrin accused his contemporaries in Mormondom of confusing the freedom at […]