Stephen L. Tanner

Toward a Positive Censorship

The argument over censorship and pornography is necessarily a muddled one. The factors involved are matters of taste and principle which do not lend themselves to simple logical treatment. The matters of taste concern aesthetic…

Obscenity and the Inspired Constitution: A Dilemma for Mormons

One of the most prominent tenets of Mormonism emphasizes moral purity as essential to the Christian life. Self-mastery over physical appetites and passions is regarded as a fundamental aspect of the doctrine of eternal progression;…

Spiritual Problems in the Teaching of Modern Literature

There are certain problems which a Mormon must cope with in teaching any secular literature. What does he do, for example, with a literary work which expresses ideas and attitudes in opposition to his theology?…

Spiritual Empiricism

We Are What We Remember: Frost in the Orchard by Donald Marshall

A Rummage Sale with Music: The Rummage Sale: A Musical in Two Acts by Donald R. Marshall