[…] 1975): 45-50. Authority, Doctrine, and Theology Benz, Ernst. “Mormonism and the Secularization of Religions in the Modern World.” BYU Studies 16 (Summer 1976): 627-639. Bunker, Gary L., and Davis Bitton. “Mesmerism and Mormonism.” BYU […]
[…] in the chauvinistic sense of zealous loyalty to one’s country in relation to other countries of the world, but in that kind of patriotism espoused by the early American revolutionaries which expresses itself in […]
[…] share some of the ultimate objectives of proponents of school prayer and have little doubt that the world would be better if people moved closer to God. Nevertheless, I am convinced that the school […]
[…] of science fiction frequently argue that including religion in science fiction vitiates the power of the imagined world; and since, as James Gunn has stated, “religion answers all questions that science fiction wishes to […]
[…] Variants in Book of Mormon Manuscripts.” Since then, so much more has been done, especially the back breaking work of Royal Skousen, to establishing a workable text critical edition. But Larson paved the way […]
[…] knows of our loneliness and longing and sorrows over our broken hearts and weeps over our broken world, wouldn’t she (doesn’t she?) at least equally do the same? If faith and reason tell us […]
[…] names, names, and legitimacy in the Latter-day Saint context extends back to the early history of the World Wide Web. In this section, I show how the development of lds.org and mormon.org illustrate this […]
[…] before they were taken back into the custody of the angel. The story is fantastical and other worldly and has sparked both devotion and skepticism as well as widely varying assessments among historians. Critical […]
Dialogue 39.1 (Spring 2006): 1–18
Perhaps no other moral issue divides the American public more than abortion. In part, the controversy hinges on the question of when the spirit enters the body. If a spirit […]
[…] itself has no philosophy about the modus operandi employed by the Lord in His creation of the world.” Then in 1913, in a conference address in Arizona, President Smith added another interesting comment to […]