[…] undergone in the history of the nation.” The project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and administered by the American Association for State and Local History as part of the bicentennial […]
[…] rich symbolism and indispensable reality of the ordinances and the significance of the temple in binding the human family together. The point here is that Joseph Smith gave us the whole thing, and it […]
[…] discriminating individual who sees himself as serving God through the avenue of ministering to the needs of humanity.” Reflecting on the significance of these shifts, and interpreting this for the American public, Russell concludes […]
[…] the eighteenth century was to rid the world of superstition. It questioned all assumptions, all propositions about human life that were not verified by the senses—the common senses that we all share. It was […]
[…] down their cheek.” This, he concluded, would secure to a parent “one of the greatest sources of human happiness, to have his family without reproach, without shame, without contempt, and his house a house […]
[…] we see evidence that God’s love and power have frequently broken in upon the ordinary course of human affairs in a direct and self–evident way, our caution in declaring this is reinforced by our […]
Religion is, undeniably, an ever–present part of human life. And the several eastern and western religions are like colors of the same rainbow of spiritual and moral truths. The literatures of belief and faith […]
[…] mental factors undermine the arts, particularly literature, in Mormondom. The first is scriptural completeness which renders any human-made text ultimately superfluous. She writes that “the sacred texts of Mormonism — the standard works — […]
[…] to faith. Of course we early discovered, if we had not already known, that our ancestors were human; but within that framework there was ample evidence of faith and devotion. One of my projects, […]
[…] earth is but a great record, each continent but a page, each community but a paragraph, and each human being’s body but a sentence.” Maeser and the members of the academy board were so pleased […]