[…] which Joseph Smith always represented as ancient and divinely inspired. Of course, using a first-person narrator in writing fiction does not make one a charlatan. But writing fiction and falsely testifying that the fiction […]
[…] gay priesthood. He was “warmly applauded” when he announced to the St. Louis Stake at a fellowship service that as a matter of conscience he would leave his new appointment as stake president if […]
[…] been honored and pleased as our two faiths have worked together on issues of faith, morality and service to the poor and needy.” Service to the poor and needy is evident. Humanitarian cooperation should […]
[…] blessings during the time between apostasy and restoration.” Taylor’s “dark age” remark has also been put into service by Robert Millet, a prominent BYU religion professor (now retired) who has had a long-standing dialogue […]
[…] I am a social Mormon. Furthermore, to a considerable extent, I have participated in Mormon life by writing fiction about Mormons. It was Lavina, I want to emphasize, who first made me realize that […]
[…] shaping early Mormonism, never letting the divine voice stand without its companion, the secular language of humankind. Writing about his prophetic role to produce revelation, Joseph wrote that “it was an awful responsibility to […]
[…] and setting them on fire. I cannot now remember whether I realized as much when I was writing. Certainly I realized it soon afterward. I believe that everything I have written about Utah and the […]
[…] of Israel, then the recipient was cleared for the priesthood and, as was often the case, missionary service. As one scholar wrote: “It was a very simple method to dispose of the difficult administrative […]
[…] Before Decker’s column, the editorial department had been changed with ivory tower isolationism and with Afghanistanism (the writing of strong, confident editorial solutions to problems half a world away, while hewing a safely vague […]
Davis Bitton, writing in 1966, noted that “there is no reliable study of Mormon exegesis. .. . I can think of no single area of exploration which promises to be so fruitful in understanding […]