The publication of two biographies of major figures in Mormon history within a year is no small event. That both Donna Hill’s Joseph Smith (Doubleday, 1977) and Samuel W. Taylor’s Life of John Taylor have…
[…] a youth? Why did he lack knowledge of “church doctrine in general” as he left for missionary service? And, more important, how did these attitudes affect his views as a government official as he […]
[…] take in Africa? Will missionary work include food production, health clinics and programs to induce reading and writing, or will the emphasis be entirely upon the spiritual deliverance of Africans? I have had the […]
Most writing about the Church’s sacred architecture of the nineteenth century (mainly theses and dissertations) has been restricted to the study of a single temple and tends to be historical rather than critical. Laurel […]
[…] in western Missouri where Williams covenanted that he would be willing to consecrate his all to the service of the Lord. Williams was soon functioning as Second Counselor to Joseph. Dr. Williams remained a […]
[…] the stand. A clerk, appointed for the occasion, steps up and hands Jeddy a folded piece of paper on which is written the text for his sermon. The audience titters as the green preacher […]
These three brief reprints provide interesting insights into early Mormon medicine. The first piece, from an essay entitled “Millerism” in The American Journal of Insanity (January 1845), although not directed at Mormons is relevant […]
[…] Their preaching has such great underlying themes as the ethical character and will of God and man’s service to such a being—but the presentation is always dynamic, emotional, urgent and inseparable from the historical […]
[…] essential if an organization is to be called an international one. In the Roman Catholic Church, the College of Cardinals who have the right to elect a new Pope, are composed of various nationalities. […]
Afuture B. H. Roberts writing the history of the Church of our times will point out that the decsion to carry the Mormon gospel and culture beyond the traditional confines of language, boundaries and […]