[…] change. Innovation could not be introduced easily. Besides institutional blocks to development of new methods, there was human fear of change or, more accurately, the fear of failure and inevitable hunger if the customary […]
[…] government or majorities. War is ugly and far from glorious. It often robs those involved of any human sentiment and pity and permits one to be “objective” about cruelty and pain. In the beatitudes […]
A superlative is an automatic challenge, and when Mrs. Brodie calls City of the Saints “the best book on the Mormons published during the nineteenth century,” my impulse is to disprove it. At surface glance…
If you like fresh air, 25¢ hamburgers, and security, New York may not be the place for you. If you want a Rinso-clean wash you can hang in the backyard, where crickets sound at night, and neighbors who are people much like you, the city probably isn’t your bag.
. . . one key to urban development should be plain—it lies in the widening of the circle of those capable of participating in it, till in the end all men will take part in the conversation. Lewis Mumford…
[…] awaiting man’s pedestrian efforts to uncover it. Rather, the meaningful ordering of the world itself is a human enterprise, an undertaking which Man assumes as God’s partner.” “Secular” no longer has unpleasant connotations in […]
Are Mormons Christians? The official name of the Church includes the words “Jesus Christ” within it, and we consider Him our Savior. Our scriptures include the Bible, and, as Anthony Hoekema suggests, “Many people have the impression that the Mormon teachings are not basically different from those of historic Christianity.” Yet Dr. Hoekema has decided that “The Christ of Mormonism is not the Christ of Scripture.” The good doctor came to this conclusion by asking—and himself answering—the following ten questions: …
[…] The Church Standards and attitudes seem to influence the dramaturgy, especially in relation to the goals of human understanding and intellectual exploration. Chief among the possible influencing factors are: (1) the concept of mass-participation; […]
[…] the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and all in a twinkling the dead town is alive and moving. . . . […]
[…] it lies in the terribly conflicting opinions about Joseph Smith from the beginning. But one seasoned in human experience is hardly shocked to find vigorous reformers at the heart of controversy. In terms of […]