It is probably a distressing turn of events for most Mormons to see the “Negro issue” replacing the “polygamy issue” as the one feature most likely to cross the popular mind whenever Mormonism is […]
[…] socials. The first group was founded in Salt Lake City. Even being based in Utah, they couldn’t depend on a lot of outside support from other members or Church leaders, which became isolating for them.
[…] entirely out of it the supremest of all his delights, the one ecstasy that stands first and foremost in the heart of every individual of his race—and of ours—sexual intercourse!” In heaven, “prayer takes […]
[…] to discuss the church’s cooperative work with the Red Cross. The church had agreed to assume responsibility for looking after the welfare of LDS servicemen and their families soon after the onset of World […]
[…] (il)logical conclusions? These are, I believe, important questions that are neither neatly con templated nor readily answered. For the history of the Reorganized Church, a field of study where I have invested considerable effort, […]
[…] to the “RLDS church” rather than the new name because virtually everything I write about happened be fore April 6, 2001, the date on which the name change became official. Clearly one reason for […]
[…] B, shows him pouring out water beside a fire. Such changes are also a limited criterion for dating. The vignettes for Documents A and C are a little crude in drawing, as though they […]
Dialogue 4.2 (Summer 1969): 41–52
Member and non members have criticized Governor Thomas Ford of Illinois for his inability to save Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. Huntress was arguing that Governor Ford had […]
[…] archaeology is largely useless — even a delusion — and that there are far more important things for Church anthropologists to worry about is not currently popular in the Church. Nevertheless, the conservative position […]
[…] Christ of Latter-day Saints given to the visual arts in Utah?” One would hardly consider as fields for fruitful exploration Baptist support of the arts in Mississippi, Lutheran encouragement in Oregon, or Methodist patronage […]