[…] Eliza Webb, a disgruntled wife suing Brigham Young for divorce and hefty alimony, defrayed her expenses by writing a mildly scandalous pot boiler called Wife Number Nineteen (1876) in which she claimed (incorrectly) to […]
[…] numerous, to have them pronounce upon their validity (Juvenile Instructor 26 : 13-14). Elder Bruce R. McConkie, writing before he was called to the Twelve, sup ports Cannon’s thinking: Revelations given of God through […]
[…] away, are replaced by a constant swirl of limousines and money, jet planes and prepared statements, secret service men and gorgeous political groupies. There is almost an infinite sense of power and prestige. It […]
This is an essay in speculative theology. In it I explore an idea—the general Mormon expectation of future polygamy—that has important religious and moral implications but about which there is little definite scriptural direction […]
[…] of dendrochronology (the study of growth rings in trees) and carbon-14 dating combined, language history, the Nephite writing history, and biological characteristics we could expect from the Semites of Lehi’s area in the Old […]
[…] nineteenth-century politics including the role of lobbyists and the debts that they expected to collect for their services. They will also find that the political opponents of Utah’s statehood were not so much anti-Mormon […]
Update: you can now watch Terryl Givens and Matthew Grow discuss the life and theological musings of Parley P. Pratt courtesy of this YouTube video from Benchmark Books.
[…] past. For example, he too readily accepts the official version of the 1911 evolution controversy at BYU, writing that “these teachers were dismissed” (p. 116). Actually, two of the teachers resigned, one was fired, […]
[…] emphasis on putting family and church first, on wariness about “worldly” rewards, and on the importance of service to others. All of these values would modify a single-minded pursuit of career success. In short, […]
[…] the five million widows,” and the fact that “war has never settled anything satisfactorily” (p. 712). But writing from the perspective of the gospel, he was still more concerned with the moral effects on […]