Todd M. Compton

A Trajectory of Plurality: An Overview of Joseph Smith’s Thirty-three Plural Wives

Preliminary Considerations: Counting Wives Some readers may regard the accompanying chart of Joseph Smith’s plural wives as overly conservative. Fawn Brodie counted forty-eight wives in her biography of Joseph Smith; more recently D. Michael Quinn…

Scripture, History, and Faith: A Round Table Discussion

Participants

Todd Compton: Ph.D., classics, University of California, Los Angeles. Dean, Graduate Studies, Park College, Independence, Missouri; Director, Temple School Center, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri. 

Steven Epperson: Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, specializing in American religious history and history of Christian doctrine. 

Mark D. Thomas: Scriptural Studies Editor, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 

Margaret Toscano: Ph.D. candidate, comparative literature, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. 

David P. Wright: Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Heaven and Hell: The Parable of the Loving Father and the Judgmental Son

Recently I taught the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) in priesthood meeting and was, as always, impressed by its beauty, simplicity, and profundity. It seemed to me as if this was the central…

Was Jesus a Feminist?

Textual Tradition, the Evolution of Mormon Doctrine, and the Doctrine & Covenants

A Positive View: Polygamy in Nineteenth Century Manti: More Wives Than One

John Willard Young, Brigham Young, and the Development of Presidential Succession in the LDS Church

“Kingdom of Priests”: Priesthood Temple and Women in the Old Testament and in the Restoration

Dialogue 36.3 (2003): 53-80
Compton considers priesthood as portrayed in Old Testament texts and how women are underrepresented in today’s discourse.

A Playwright with a Passion for Unvarnished Depictions: An Interview with Tom Rogers

Becoming a “Messenger of Peace”: Jacob Hamblin in Tooele

The Beginnings of Latter-day Plurality Nauvoo Polygamy: “…but we called it celestial marriage.” by George D. Smith