[…] American Cyclopedia, which informed its readership that “as early as 1813 this work was announced in the newspapers as forthcoming, and as containing a translation of the ‘Book of Mormon.’” Another example of the […]
[…] Mormons will remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the news. I was in a school meeting some ten miles away from my home when a secretary […]
[…] before we left for Utah. Although George Romney was the governor of Michigan when we lived there, newspaper coverage guaranteeing that everyone knew the state’s chief executive was an “active Mormon” made little impression […]
[…] of it. And through the states the local units of government gain strength in their ability to finance their own programs to deal with these problems. (3) Tax Credits, where the local and state […]
[…] Iowa, a steamboat later purchased by Joseph Smith. In April of 1843 he took a boatload of English converts under the leadership of Parley P. Pratt up to Nauvoo where he met Joseph Smith […]
[…] a meticulous and scholarly fashion. Both Souls in Transition and Shield of Faith reveal some very good news about LDS youth; however, it is the BYU volume that reveals the group’s most significant challenges. […]
As a followup to Michelle Inouye’s Winter 2012 Letter to the Editor about the International Mormon Studies Book Project, here is a Patheos post with more information on how to donate. “As Mormonism continues […]
[…] others, pleas for understanding have either been ignored or unheard. Most Mormons rely heavily on the Church News and Ensign for answers, and these publications have never dealt with the homosexual condition. When first […]
[…] Saints, 2020). Jana Riess, “New LDS Handbook Softens Stance on Sexuality, Doubles Down on Transgender Rules,” Religion News Service, Feb. 19, 2020. “Transgender Individuals,” General Handbook of Instructions, 2020. J. Sumerau and Ryan Cragun, […]
On April 23, 1983, a ground breaking ceremony for the only temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built behind the Iron Curtain was held in the city of Freiberg, in […]