Wesley P. Walters

who is pastor of the United Presbyterian Church in Marissa, Illinois.

A Reply to Dr. Bushman

I appreciate the magnanimous spirit of Dialogue in printing my essay and this reply. Dr. Bushman’s courteous and able polemic is regrettably marred by some historical inaccuracies and by a tendency to set aside historical…

New Light on Mormon Origins from the Palmyra Revival

Articles/Essays – Volume 04, No. 1

Since the year 1838, when Joseph Smith, Jr., set down the official account of his first vision, the story has continued to grow in importance in the eyes of Mormon leaders until it has come…