[…] and readers of the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is a text unusually focused on human suffering: war, rape, famine, abuse, murder, slavery, natural disasters, and other forms of violence all occur […]
[…] from the exhibit’s tenure at BYU MOA, but one factor was certainly Mormonism’s complex reverence for the human body coupled with its leaders’ long-standing assumptions about the purpose and value of art. Though this […]
[…] My dear brother David Holland at Harvard, who was a distinguished historian. He was just a magnificent human being in terms of kindness. He was my dear colleague, has always treated me with deep […]
[…] Scientific Understanding In my professional work as a molecular pathologist, I have the privilege of looking at human DNA sequences and investigating the medical implications of human population genetics. As I gathered data to […]
[…] unless it is developed within the bounds of the concrete, material, physical, and practical experiences of our human experience. Theosis, or the process of becoming gods, implies a polytheism filled with generational gods as […]
[…] extremely provincial and anti-ecumenical. The most one could infer is (1) the Church is not concerned with human (civil) rights, (2) a Negro “Ghandi” cannot be recognized as such by Mormon leaders, and (3) […]
[…] He argues that recognizing the worth of all people, irrespective of race, is essential for the Church to fulfill its spiritual and moral ideals and to contribute positively to society’s progress toward greater human brotherhood.
[…] an acceptable goal, when the Church as a group becomes irrelevant as a force for peace and human brotherhood, then the individual’s need to examine his own commitments to God and the Church and […]
[…] causation of delinquency and crime. In summary, it would appear safe to say that most students of human behavior consider the primary social interactions of the person (within the family, with age-mate associates, and […]
[…] the eternal and the infinite, the omniscient and the omnipotent succeeded, over the milleniums, in exalting the very possibilities of human existence . . . Lewis Mumford One of the most pressing theological questions of our time […]