The Kingdom of God in Illinois: Politics in Utopia
May 1, 2018[…] V, 259). In August of the same year, Smith declared, “I am above the kingdoms of the world, for I have no laws. I am not come to tell you to vote this way, […]
[…] V, 259). In August of the same year, Smith declared, “I am above the kingdoms of the world, for I have no laws. I am not come to tell you to vote this way, […]
[…] I mean those who are trained in the doctrines and philosophies of men now taught in the world, the less regard I have for them. Modern theories which are so popular today just do […]
[…] a personal choice, the second a national or even universal choice. Given what has happened in the world since the fifties, we may already have made that choice. By building and deploying and stockpiling […]
[…] dependent as it is on lay leadership, cannot thrive on the models and methods of the commercial world. The state of the church in Japan as elsewhere, both at present and in the future, […]
[…] as the specific forms of secularization, affect only the main population; and the traditional mono-ethnic situation is breaking down in many countries. Not only does this engender the rebirth of ethnicity, currently the scourge […]
[…] why are they not chosen? Because their hearts are set so much on the things of this world” (D&C 121:34-5). God calls many of us, but we usually default on his label of “chosen” […]
[…] off from such a dialogue—and too often feel forced to choose between their heritage and the larger world. We are now preparing to publish a journal designed to meet the needs of both these […]
[…] was like old Wylie, welcoming a young missionary home, shaking his hand, sending him out into the world to find a wife and build a life. And he had a vision of himself, rising […]
[…] I smoked and studied the lace drapes on the windows behind him. Unlike Jonas who covets the world’s beautiful artifacts, I am simply amazed that the living-who-will-die go to such efforts to create it […]
[…] Riess, “Forty Years On, Most US Mormons Still Believe the Racist Priesthood/Temple Ban Was God’s Will,” Religion News, June 11, 2018, https://religionnews.com/2018/06/11/40-years-later-most-mormons-still-believe-the-racist-priesthood-temple-ban-was-gods-will/. Howard A. Christy, “Open Hand and Mailed Fist: Mormon-Indian Relations in Utah, […]