“The question of the ultimate origin of a purported revelation,” writes Grant Un derwood, “is ultimately beyond the scope of academic analysis.” Professor of religious studies James D. Tabor concurs: “We can evaluate what […]
Di alogue 26.3 (Summer 1995):163–180
FOR TRADITION-MINDED MEMBERS of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints the Book of Mormon’s historicity is a given: Book of Mormon events actually occurred and its ancient participants […]
Di alogue 36.4 (Winter 2004):109–128
JOSEPH SMITH GREW UP in a time and place where folk magic was an accepted part of the landscape. Before he was a prophet, he was a diviner, or more […]
Di alogue 29.2 (Summer 1998):129–154
WHEN JOSEPH SMITH BEGAN TO DICTATE the Book of Mormon, he did not understand the structure the book would ultimately take. He did not know that the first part of […]
Di alogue 31.4 (Winter 1998): 31–42
A series of questions began to occur to me: If I hate my mother, can I love the Heavenly Mother? If I hate my mother, can I love myself? […]
Dialogue 51.4 (Winter 2018): 171-174 Heavenly Mother is a cherished doctrine among many Latter-day Saints. Her unique esthetic of feminine deity offers Latter-day Saint women a trajectory for godhood—the ultimate goal of Mormon theology.
Dialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 19–38In the years since this event, I’ve found that there are a number of members who believe that evolution is a doctrine of the devil.
Dialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 39–59This paper will deal with a more specific form of creationism, which is often termed “creation science” or “scientific creationism” (these terms will be used synonymously).
Di alogue 55.2 (Spring 2022): 37–72
Joseph Smith’s teachings on God found in his preaching at the April 7, 1844 general conference, known as the King Follett Sermon, and Smith’s Sermon in the Grove, […]
[…] of the book, it is only known in its complete form today in Ethiopic manuscripts. It is designated 1 Enoch to distinguish it from 2 Enoch, an ancient Jewish text preserved in old Slavonic, and […]