[…] Smith’s youth and in the Mormon church of his maturity. Quinn suggests that Joseph Smith, Jr.’s rec overy of the golden plates culminated several generations of preparation by a family committed to the experimental pursuit […]
Dialogue 3.1 (Spring 1970): 42–45
No one will want to deny that the Book of Mormon has been a book of considerable impact and importance in America, insofar as it has affected the lives of […]
[…] of their storage, some books were stored in places of odd appropriateness; Hardy’s The Waiting Supper was over the stove, and Johnson’s The Tale of the Tub was in fact in the bathroom. “Barchester […]
[…] doing what’s right, but he was countered by the logic of refusing to support a corrupt g overnment that funded such abominations as abortion clinics, deviant artists, and welfare moms. My father then quoted […]
[…] to be defender of the faith—his oratorical skill, polemical ability and total lack of aversion to contr oversy—suited him as well for public life. Roberts was also a politician. Not surprisingly, politics and religion […]
[…] would be manifestly unwise and would greatly narrow the possibilities for uplifting experiences through music. We must overcome the popular misconception that any piece of music written by a “famous” composer is automatically stuffy, […]
[…] Kimball about internal Polynesian migration and settlement are equally at odds with the academic community. A brief overview of both sides of the issue is needed to understand and appreciate the little-known but extremely […]
[…] allegations as true. Writing to Brigham Young from Boston 9 October 1844, he said: I soon disc overed from various sources that the conduct of Wm. Smith, Adams, Brannan, Ball and others had been […]
The impact of the Spanish-American War on the people of the American West has been overshadowed by its profound effect upon the American nation as a world power. A little-known sidelight to the war […]
[…] restored God’s ways. In all this, he claimed a central role. His money had been crucial. More over, he had seen the golden plates, spoken with an angel, and literally heard the voice of […]