[…] world encroach on the spiritual sphere, or when the oracles of God feel obliged to intervene in politics, separating church and state becomes a truly troublesome and frustrating task. Where do loyalty and duty […]
[…] a session of general conference. He intended to preach several discourses, he said, and as the Deseret News observed the following week, “the Holy Ghost upon in great power, while he revealed some of […]
[…] moral claims and its attempt to control people’s behavior, there are constant conflicts with religion in the market place, with religion in the educational system, and with religion in science. These contact/conflict points are […]
[…] about Warren Jeffs, Tom Green, and the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart comprised twelve of the total twenty-five. Headlines such as “American Top Ten Most Wanted: 80 Wives 250 Children, Polygamous Head Arrested,” “Self-Proclaimed President […]
[…] of aversion to controversy—suited him as well for public life. Roberts was also a politician. Not surprisingly, politics and religion in Roberts’ career were closely connected; by force both of circumstances and his own […]
[…] before the rise of homophobia in the post-WWII period. It is a fascinating study of changing norms and practices that once allowed for a huge range of bonding practices between people of the same-sex. […]
Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six was not a dull year for the 127-year-old Deseret News. Melvin Dummar, a Box Elder County service station operator, was named, along with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
[…] a revelation which established the doctrine of “gathering” the new church’s members at a headquarters area: ” And again, a commandment I give unto the church, that it is expedient in me that they […]
[…] voice of God.” Needless to say, Hooper was “elected.” As long as the Council of Fifty controlled politics, Mormon elections were hardly anything more than a “sustaining” of the official candidates. If, however, on […]
<i>Dialogue 10.2 (Summer 1977): 12–46</i><br>The extensive national attention had a demonstrable impact in Utah. In 1876 the territory’s first anti-abortion law was enacted, carrying a penalty of two to ten years for performing an […]