[…] respectable to be a Mormon, another skeleton is dragged out of our ecclesiastical closet for all the world to see. The world has begun to react with the equalitarian indignation appropriate to these times; […]
[…] story, the product of a primitive, superstitious mind, without the benefit of science to explain how the world works. History is often characterized as the opposite of myth because history deals in the scientific […]
[…] strong contender for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1968, the popular Mormon exhibit at the New York World’s Fair, and the spread of Mormon buildings and missionary work into many parts of the world […]
[…] It might be best to illustrate my thesis by explaining the somewhat parallel circumstances I encountered during World War II at London headquarters of the Air Force Public Relations Office. On the ground floor […]
[…] and more deaths. That is, all except the Mormons. As usual, the Mormons had a prearranged two-hour world-wide coverage for morning conference. A grieving, frightened world heard our Mormon leaders, in both opening and […]
[…] not, have entered the Secular City. This term, coined by Harvey Cox, expresses (in “secular”) a “this worldness”—meaning that the work of the world must be done by man himself, and (in “city”) all […]
[…] of God. No other work of literature has presented the Mormon story more forcefully to the non-Mormon world. Not surprisingly, however, Mormons have never made a cult of Vardis Fisher. Reared a Mormon, Fisher […]
[…] never be deep peace between two spirits, never mutual respect, until, in their dialogue, each stands for the whole world. Emerson, “Of Friendship,” Essays. Over a year ago this column called attention to three new journals […]
[…] our century make it possible for the LDS Church to reach a wide audience indeed, even a worldwide one, and the revolution in delivery systems is still in its infancy. It is sometimes suggested […]
[…] perspective and how this “revelation” is akin to or different from the revelations spoken of in other world religions. The following is an over simplified statement of a complex topic, but it may provide […]