[…] 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 […]
[…] have lost the case on its legal merits is to attribute to the Illinois courts a civil -libertarian attitude characteristic of the period since 1930, rather than the attitude of the nineteenth century, which […]
[…] of Fifty, their projected inclusion in the “Government of God” was absolutely essential, for it allowed the Mormons to insist that at least theoretically they observed the sacred American doctrine of separation of church […]
[…] 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 […]
[…] of materials about the Mormons exists… in the archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints. . . .” However, the Church Historian’s Library is a “private facility” with the right […]
[…] have aroused widespread interest in the beliefs and practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints. In recent months long articles on the Church have appeared in leading national newspapers and […]
[…] the former problem. Snell’s major point is that the Bible has been used exclusively as a “proof text,” and that this method is in general a very bad one. We become angry with the […]