[…] God, Mormon neoorthodox theologians rely heavily upon the early Lectures on Faith. In these lectures, God is de scribed in the normal vocabulary of traditional Christianity. He is omni potent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He […]
[…] “a prominent and sanguine gentleman promised to eat all the snow the emigrants would find between the Missouri and Salt Lake” Another told the emigrants that they were the children of God, and promised […]
[…] Jennie F. Willing observed that “both systems are polygamous; and promise their votaries a sensual, material heaven.” De-emphasis of Christ. Arbaugh thought that “the hopes of the ‘one mighty and strong’ shows how Mormonism […]
[…] educator. Trained at Syracuse (New York) Teachers College, they had accepted positions to teach at St. Louis, Missouri, where they were converted to Mormonism. Upon reaching Utah they set up a model school with […]
[…] Mormonism was propelled into the national and even international spotlight as social and political conflict in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Utah attracted unusually wide attention. In addition, through its Far Western colonizing activities Mormonism […]
[…] above another,” and to lay the economic groundwork for the Second Coming. The authors of Building the City of God suggest that there were also more practical reasons for this revelation. They argue that […]
[…] larger donations. The tithing funds which local members also pay are forwarded to Church headquarters at Independence, Missouri for support of a paid missionary force, partial support of two colleges and general administrative uses. […]
[…] Robinson, contested Mormon land claims at Warm Springs and after being evicted, filed a suit against the city in federal court. Such emotional incidents did nothing to mitigate the negative associations already established in […]
[…] tell how much of the radioactive substance one has. As the substance continues to decompose, the counts de crease, always remaining proportional to the number of particles not yet decomposed. Now the particles that […]
[…] had been a university president and a renowned scholar in his own right, occupied the position of de facto theologian for the Church because of his widely acclaimed series of articles, “Evidences and Reconciliations,” […]