[…] that this was a necessary starting point for a theological redescription. I recall feeling that I was breaking some new ground, though I was building on decades of previous work. While I think “Toward […]
[…] and I will try to characterize the difference between a temple in Deseret and one in the international church. Here I find echoes of the First and Second temples in Jerusalem, which tie our […]
[…] gendered belief systems, that spun out phrases like “girls can’t” and “women should.” I hit a breakthrough— breaking point?—a few years ago when I visited my parents in Florida, where they served an eighteen-month […]
[…] 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 […]
[…] biased and unreliable. While they are likely correct in some of their assertions, other firsthand accounts and newspaper articles predating the affidavits have provided independent support for many of the claims. One likely reason […]
[…] a new country and expend the energy necessary to establish themselves socially, economically, spiritually, and linguistically. Upon breaking many of the barriers necessary for such establishments, they are then able to facilitate the arrival […]
[…] the Oneida community was disbanded. In 1837, when Mormon headquarters was located in Kirtland, Ohio, a Cleveland newspaper fifteen miles away printed a letter which argued for polygamy as a remedy for the “distress” […]
[…] the word of. Although a small and common preposition, of has a knack for introducing ambiguity into English prose. As linguist Dallin D. Oaks has observed: “Many prepositions can in fact represent a variety […]
[…] Luther made the same points, he said, “I got to break.” He said, “No, Luther, I’m not breaking with you.” James Buchanan, another great figure, held on as long as he could, and then […]
[…] Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith, 5th ed. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1919), 136. Alan K. Parrish, “Keys of the Priesthood,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by […]