[…] flat-earth cosmology of antiquity into the doctrinal system of the Christian Church. Early Christian theologians found support for this worldview, which everyone at the time assumed to be literally valid, in biblical references to […]
David S. King has led a life exceptional for its combination of public and ecclesiastical service. His parents were Vera Sjodahl King (1891-1955) and William Henry King (1862-1949), a four-term U.S. Senator from Utah. […]
In 1989, the Primary Association released a new songbook for Mormondom’s children, its first since 1969. Evaluating it for a professional hymnody publication, one reviewer commented: “This handsome volume’s 8V2 x 11” pages exude […]
[…] and his situation at least half a dozen times. During dessert, she told Alicia she had gone online and Googled “lithium,” and she said, “It doesn’t sound all that bad to me. It’s a […]
[…] review for the Journal of the Early Republic by situating Refiner’s Fire in a history of polemics dating back to the very beginnings of Mormonism. Davis Bitton, writing for BYU Studies, was openly aggrieved. […]
[…] fascination with such topics? Richard: The easy answer is because there’s no other subject matter so prevalent for the average American—other than looking at the TV. It should be painted by someone. I like […]
[…] the third and last paragraph of the letter, which became Section 144, Israel A. Smith erred by dating the “Letter of Instruction” as having been published in the Saints’ Herald for March 12, 1913; […]
[…] Andes and Central America, instead of the Wasatch Front. Rodney Stark is exaggerating, however, when he labels Mormonism the next world religion, since he ignores a drop-out rate for converts that generally exceeds 50 percent.
[…] Smith, Smith’s deceased brothers (Hyrum, Don Carlos, and Samuel), and current Mormon leaders. He also composed pseudonyms for the twelve apostles, the group which assumed the leadership of the Mormon Church following Joseph Smith’s […]
[…] Eisenhower’s decisive win as the thirty-fourth American president, McKay was elated. “In my opinion,” the venerable seventy-eight-year-old Church leader recorded, “it is the greatest thing that has happened in a hundred years for our country.”