Summer 1969
This issue begins with Richard Lloyd Anderson examining the reliability of early accounts related to Lucy and Joseph Smith, offering insights into the historical context of their lives. James B. Mayfield discusses the Arab-Israeli conflict, framing it as a dilemma for Mormons and exploring its implications for the faith. Keith Huntress delves into the actions of Governor Thomas Ford concerning the murderers of Joseph Smith, providing a historical analysis of this critical moment. In the "From the Pulpit" section, Lenet H. Read reflects on the biblical figure Lot's wife and her relevance to contemporary Latter-day Saints. The poetry of Clifford Huntsman, titled "Ouroboros," adds a creative element to the collection, presenting thematic explorations of cyclical existence and renewal. A roundtable discussion titled "The Prospects for New World Archaeology" features various contributors, including Cyrus H. Gordon, who offers insights into ancient American history. Dee F. Green addresses myths and alternatives surrounding Book of Mormon archaeology, while John L. Sorenson revisits the relationship between ancient America and the Book of Mormon, engaging in a critical examination of archaeological evidence and interpretations. And more!
Dialogue 4.2 (Summer 1971): 13–28
Mormon history is a part of this magnificent proliferation of data and research techniques. Its own archives are in the midst of classification by professionally competent standards. There is hope for a new era, in which Mormon and non-Mormon may meet on the common ground of objective fact.
The power struggle inherent in the Arab-Israeli confrontation is taking place in a deep chasm of conflicting goals and aspirations. The visible issues that separate the Arabs and Israelis may not seem overly complex to…
Dialogue 4.2 (Summer 1969): 41–52
Member and non members have criticized Governor Thomas Ford of Illinois for his inability to save Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. Huntress was arguing that Governor Ford had a lot of difficulties that he had to deal with at that time.
Dear Sirs: We enjoyed your recent satire on provincial Mormonism (published as a review of The Graduate by one Rustin Kaufman). H. L. Mencken could not have inserted the knife more deftly. It takes an…
Today the Church finds itself in an environment far different from that of fifty years ago. Gone are the simple orthodoxies of the nineteenth century which included the literal interpretation of the Bible and the…
Of the subject of my study, only fragments and copies of fragments are left. These are “Joseph Smith’s Egyptian Papyri” numbers 1, 10 and 11, and the three Facsimiles of the Pearl of Great Price. But these are enough. I have glued them to a roll of paper 10×150 centimeters long (according to Doctor Baer’s indications), and I have a pretty good idea of what PJS (as I shall call this document) must have looked like before it broke into pieces over a century ago.
Dear Sirs:
I am responding to your invitation to those who have “something to say.” By way of identification, I am a returned missionary from Chile, a graduate in History from BYU, a former President of the Young Democrats at BYU, and currently in my second year as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English in Lesotho.
In farewell, my lips touch yours.
Tongue jabs tongue, you’re in my arms.
We stand bound: God’s will
closed to our vote, but, accepting, we mime
Kekule’s benzene snakes.
Almost three years ago I agreed to review Perry Miller’s posthumous publication, The Life of the Mind in America, From the Revolution to the Civil War, and Daniel J. Boorstin’s The Americans: The National Experience,…
One of the certain harbingers of a presidential election year is the spate of campaign biographies about the major combatants. In fact, the publication of such books seems to be the sine qua non of…
Sacred or Secret is one of the first books, written specifically for the L.D.S. audience, to tackle the problem of sex education in the home. It is, according to the author, “an attempt to give…
In an effort to keep Dialogue’s readers abreast of current research on the subject “Mormons and Mormonism,” the second issue of each volume (Summer issue) is devoted to a listing of theses and dissertations accepted by Ameri can colleges and universities on the aforementioned subject. Our sources of information are primarily Mormon Americana, a bi-monthly bibliography prepared at Brigham Young University, Dissertation Abstracts, a publication of University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and commencement programs of the Utah universities.
Dialogue 4.2 (Summer 1971): 65–68
If there is no history of ancient Antarctica, there is a valid reason for it. Stone Age man penetrated every continent except Antarctica, and until modern times, Antarctica was unexplored
Dialogue 4.2 (Summer 1971): 73–76
Church members, from some General Authorities to some Sunday School teachers, are generally impressed with and concerned about “scientific proof” of the Book of Mormon. As a practicing scientist and Church member, I am singularly unconcerned about such studies — in fact, when it comes to such matters, I am hyper-conservative.
Dialogue 4.2 (Summer 1971): 82–85
Secular scholarship and L.D.S. studies of archaeology and the Book of Mormon have had a discordant dialogue for some time. The scripture asserts, for example, that the civilizations it describes in ancient America had their fundamental inspiration in migrations from the Near East.
My dear brothers and sisters, this evening marks the end of a cycle in my life. Five years ago my husband and I left Durham, with his law degree and a lot of expectation. We…
