[…] end of the world, the true centre of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried. In contrast, Joseph Smith’s formulation places an enormous amount […]
[…] Shipps called for a more fully integrated view of Smith, one that allows for the complexities of human personality. More than twenty years later, Smith remains an enigma for historians, believer and skeptic alike. […]
[…] as well as by physical attraction,” adding that “Intellect and breeding are vital and important in the human family.” David O. McKay became the dominant figure not just within his own immediate family, but […]
[…] is to find a dignity that might include all living things. And one of the greatest of human longings must be to bring such dignity to one’s own dreams, for each to find his […]
[…] it would subvert the foundation of that order which is essential to the peace and happiness of human society, and which Nature has laid in the physical and mental superiority of the man. Even […]
Membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints is expanding rapidly. As the church passes the ten–million member milestone, social science researchers have raised a number of important questions about the […]
Consider the Restoration of the gospel as a paradigm for Mormon criticism. Sensing some apostasy from truth, the critic rectifies this falling away through an act of restoration. As Joseph Smith sensed something incomplete […]
[…] in society. If we wish to wipe out certain differences from what we think of as normal human behavior, such as homosexuality in relation to heterosexuality, we pretend that these differences do not exist […]
[…] I believe that oversimplified views of revelation—the view that revelation is absolute and unmixed with any limited human com ponent—will not square with Joseph Smith’s method of revising his revelations. Certainly, this will come […]
In October of 1993 Dallin H. Oaks, an apostle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -Day Saints, and Steve Benson, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Republic and eldest grandson of former LDS […]