[…] belief in the western hemisphere model seems to have persisted, however. In Dean C. Jessee, The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1984), 213-20, is a letter Joseph Smith wrote […]
Dialogue 51.3 (Fall 2018): 131–153
This essay provides an outline for how to have a more robust intrafaith dialogue about race among members of the LDS church. Using principles from Martin Luther King, Jr. about […]
[…] vain that his success as a minister might be impaired. Joseph Smith III expressed his concern when writing to Evans’s wife in May 1896, asking her to help R. C. maintain a proper perspective. […]
[…] (and I like Ellis Craig’s evaluation of it: “Mary Astor ran the Church”). The unproductiveness of Mormon writing appears strange on the face of things, because the story of the Mormon people is a […]
[…] who can “produce a major study that will be a real history of Utah.” Thousands of book reviews have been written and read by persons who appreciate their inspiration and moral uplift, but never […]
[…] Authority The systematic study of organizational power began at the beginning of the twentieth century with the writings of Max Weber, whose studies focused on formal authority. Acknowledging that formal power was often derived […]
[…] By 1979, it had gone through its sixth printing. Yet her most substantial contribution was in the writing of biographies and the editing of pioneer diaries. Among her biographies, two are out standing: Dudley […]
[…] This section bears the history of the history, and the parallel iterations show the difficult mechanics of writing and refining the narrative of the Restoration to capture both the revelation and experience of JS. […]
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These special Dialogue podcasts, released in honor of our Dialogue Jubilee on September 30, has writers, thinkers, scholars, historians, advocates, editors and leaders presenting their ideas on what has made Dialogue strong in the past 50 years and what will continue it’s legacy in the coming decades. In this first session, essayists and bloggers discuss “Grappling with Groupthink: Dialogue’s Role in Addressing Critical Social Issues.”
[…] For years, especially during the time I served as church historian, I was involved in researching and writing about and speaking about and debating about and defending Latter-day Saint history and doctrine. And admire […]