[…] their lives to Joseph Smith’s service. A Temple was building in Kirtland, and Zion was preparing in Missouri. Such were the accomplishments of this young man of thirty, in his imagination but the beginnings. […]
In an attempting to un derstand the early promulgation, development and significance of Mormon plural marriage, the scholar encounters great difficulties. Among them is the almost total lack of direct, detailed statements shedding light […]
In this paper I will attempt to consi der priesthood as portrayed in Old Testament texts. One of the common fallacies of historical interpretation is to base our understanding of an early phenomenon on […]
[…] why build it?” Such comments may be typical of LDS responses to the RLDS temple in Independence, Missouri—the place Joseph Smith, Jr., designated as the “Center Place of Zion.” I am not surprised that […]
[…] rock music as a teenager? After the press conference, there was a whirlwind photo-op tour of the city, including all of the members of the band posing around a small, worn plaque marking the […]
Introduction I wrote this story under a spell. I was living in Salt Lake City, not in the sprawl of the new suburbs, nor even in the politically correct neighborhoods of the East Bench […]
[…] her waking reality. Was it possible that five days ago they were all together in Salt Lake City? It seemed like years since Musa had informed her that he would be delayed a week […]
[…] George Washington, the medieval papacy, or Egyptian burial rites. Historians constantly duplicate the work of their pre decessors, and for reasons that are not always clear. The discovery of new materials does not satisfactorily […]
[…] of these doctrines. Certainly the fulfillment of these goals was uppermost in their minds throughout the Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and pioneer Utah periods of Church history. An examination of the Mormon family and its […]
On April 15, 1972 the Mormon History Association held a notable convention at Independence, Missouri. Some 130 members and friends of the Association visited historic Mormon sites and heard discourses from scholars representing both […]