[…] particular. Assuming historicity and that the peoples of the Book of Mormon were constrained and inflected by human culture and technology, we should expect to find circumstantial corroboration within the available historical record for […]
[…] believe there is a connection between theway influential supporters of the amendment think about equality and abor -tion, and I believe that the drive for a particular definition of equality (which includes the right […]
[…] concepts that our people have traditionally taught or believed. But I also see such things as the human cloning controversy, stem cells, debates over resource management and human populations, and continuing brain research as […]
[…] held by some that Adam was not the first man upon this earth, and that the original human being was a development from lower orders of the animal creation. These, however, are the theories […]
[…] public reaction to plural marriage among the Cutlerites in an effort to understand how a religious movement conceptualizes and re -conceptualizes its past in order to solidify its identity in the present. Studies of […]
[…] discrimination and asserted its heavenly and deep historical origins, Berrett also argued against the whole notion of human equality. He defended the Church’s racial restrictions, insisting: “There is no equality.” “Men are not equal […]
Standing before the Mormon congregation, the young man exhibited the excitement and appreciation for life most fourteen -year–old teenagers have. One could sense the willingness, even yearning, to confront the challenges which would be […]
[…] that we may converse with him and that he was once a man like us, and the Father was on an earth like us.” He also said, “If men do not comprehend the character […]
Dialogue 23.4 (Winter 1990): 83–96This essay explores some of the strengths of deliberately choosing to relate to our world with gender–inclusive language in three areas
[…] was convinced that “no work could be more important and satisfying than that of helping to raise human life to its highest level.” Yet these seeds planted in 1902, which sank roots deeply into […]