[…] for a prophet to receive revelation without imposing some interpretation upon it. All revelation is shaped by human experience. The model of revelation I propose here is that of creative co-participation. It seems to […]
[…] a project commissioned by Alvin R. Dyer to produce for the Church an educational manual entitled “ Human Maturity.” Although hundreds of hours were devoted to its production, the manual was never published. Cannon […]
[…] or by accident but through deliberate thought and action to correct what is all too natural in human behavior. Participating in real democratic processes can be very frightening. Participants must be informed on issues […]
[…] the organization should not be so constructed as to assume their possession. Given the ubiquitous and inevitable human desire to control, a more realistic solution would be to lower the expectations of leader-Saints to […]
[…] 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 […]
Dialogue 27.2 (Summer 1994): 15–40
It would seem that Mormons who have believed for over a hundred years in the real existence of the Goddess, the Mother in Heaven, should be far ahead of other Christians in developing a theology of God the Mother. However, our belief in her as a real person puts us at a disadvantage. If the Goddess is merely a symbol of deity, as the male God is also a symbol, then certainly God can be pictured as either male or female with equal validity.
[…] set you free from the law of sin and death. What the law could not do, because human weakness robbed it of all potency, God has done: by sending his own Son in the […]
[…] this period brought a crisis of religious authority within popular culture. Many religious leaders were throwing away human creeds and returning to the Bible as the sole source of faith and practice. Having said […]
Dialogue 30.2 (Summer 1997): 47–65
Born into a Canadian family living in St. Andrews, Ontario Province, on 20 October 1861 , Richard C. Evans rose to fame and power experienced by few other members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
[…] portrayal of prayer parallels Somerset Maugham’s portrait of Philip Carey, who, as the central character in Of Human Bond age, prays night after night that his club foot will be made whole. After persistent […]