[…] The theological richness, the overpowering devotion to Christ and gratitude for His atonement, the narrative complexity and human interest — all these seem to elude non Mormons. De Pillis is not to be blamed, […]
[…] “self-appointed prophets” who sought to displace Jesus. “Christian humility,” he argues, “makes it unlikely for a mere human to pretend to a better insight into the mind of God than Jesus had.” Even though […]
[…] frees and limits a writer. She is free to create observing, sensitive, analyzing spirits who can study human failure, but she also divorces herself from systems of thought that might lead her characters to […]
Throughout the nineteenth century, the Church and its leaders were regularly involved with federal and state law. The recent article by Professor Dallin H. Oaks[1] is a prudent, well researched attempt to deal with one…
Polygamy, contrary to popular opinion, probably seduced few men into the seraglio that was Mormonism in the mind of a prurient, Victorian America. Yet it lured several generations of historians — not to speak of…
[…] reputation than could result from any disclosures from the archives; and this is no mere generalization about human nature. Mormon history has already been largely re-written in my lifetime. Scholars are no longer obsessed […]
[…] in history, whether entrepreneur or not, who makes the wheels go around and directs the course of human destiny. Doubtless there is merit in this approach. In fact, it is refreshing to find a […]
The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use . . . Henry James. The Aspern Papers History is bunk. Henry Ford The books, periodicals, and manuscripts listed in bibliographies are of little value…
The emergence of Michigan’s Governor George Romney as a strong contender for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1968, the popular Mormon exhibit at the New York World’s Fair, and the spread of Mormon buildings and…
In Professor Snell’s article and in the response to it by Professor Sperry, one finds the work of two committed members of the Church, who nevertheless appear to differ greatly on their interpretation of the…