[…] the most objectionable characteristics found in a great deal of so-called “sacred” music is sentimentality. The mawkish, over-ripe harmonies frequently en countered in music dealing with worship belie the sturdy, vigorous, straight forward honesty […]
[…] a son, hold him, feel his weight, hear his sounds, see his face, choose his name ( over the front-room desk his mother had the framed family pedigree chart, little oval face pictures by […]
[…] Mormon emphasis on avoiding sexual activity out of wedlock has been effective, I have, on three occasions over a twenty-two year period (1950, 1961, and 1972), surveyed several thousand college students (8,584 total respondents). […]
[…] the reverse held for the two American samples. Midwestern respondents showed only a slight excess of experience over approval, but the Intermountain (largely Mormon) picture showed great discrepancy—especially with women. By 1968 both American […]
[…] any capitalist country.” Lang criticizes the Church’s numerous commercial interests, its policy toward Blacks, its theocratic control over education in Utah, its “suzerainty over the western media, inequitable welfare program, and complete dominance of […]
[…] of Provo, a creature named Carter, officiated at the funeral of Nash, and after concluding the prayer over the dead body of the father, turned to the weeping girl, informed her that she was […]
[…] and began digging into local and national problems. I read extensively, attended numerous press conferences and chewed over current events and public issues. The work was heavy and sometimes bewildering. As Bennett was often […]
<i>Dialogue 10 .4 (Fall 1977): 130–132</i><br> MacMurray cautioned against people labelling themselves or others “homosexuals.” He argued that it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy and that it was an impediment to a cure. This […]
[…] hostility one dares not express openly. Often directed toward individuals or institutions upon which a person is over-dependent, it is one of the more widespread phenomena observed by mental health professionals. Typical examples include […]
Late in the summer of 1833 one Doctor Philastus Hurlbut, recently excommunicated from the Mormon church for “unchristianlike” conduct toward some of the sisters, learned of a manuscript written some twenty years before by […]