[…] for all practical purposes, inactive. Many lodges closed; Masons’ renouncements of affiliation were widespread. A number of newspapers dedicated to exposing Masonry were established in New York and other states. The anti-Masonic movement led […]
[…] he did visit Palmyra for a speech to the Youth missionary society in October 1822, the Palmyra newspaper still describes him as “Rev. Stockton of Skaneateles.” The earliest contemporary reference to his ministering in […]
Dialogue 40.1 (Spring 2007): 83–136Watson explains how the secret marriage of Louis J. Barlow to a 15-year-old girl caused a major rift among fundamentalists. Today’s fundamentalist members are still experiencing the effects of that marriage.
[…] than 300,000 images describing and illustrating events, important sites and teachings of the faith,” stated a Church Newsroom press release. “Such a resource, according to Allan R. , director of graphic design and production […]
[…] 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 […]
[…] on the subject over the preceding five decades. Apostle Mark E. Petersen, as author of the Church News editorials for much of this time, also waged a highly visible “Church” campaign against birth control […]
[…] Children?: An Examination of the LDS church’s position on homosexuality” divides it up into a “doctrinal, moral, and empirical perspective.” Cook’s goal is to understand, to encourage empathy, and to encourage people to see […]
Dialogue 48.2 (Summer 2015): 1–57Although race and gender are connected in 2 Nephi 26:33, the historical origins of the gender ban have not yet been addressed with the same degree of attention in Church discourse.
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As an alternative to myopic polarization, this essay provides new ways of underst anding Joseph’s narrative, analyzes previously neglected issues/data, and establishes a basis for perceiving in detail what the […]
[…] in 1826 for being a “disorderly person and a juggler” (under a statute similar to vagrancy statutes today which particularly included a prohibition against treasure-digging seership) Joseph and his father, Joseph Sr., lamented that […]