Literature, Mormon Writers, and the Powers That Be
May 3, 2018For the better part of a month, I was with a group of young Mormons bent on giving the Church a vigorous expression in all the arts. We were not very clear as […]
For the better part of a month, I was with a group of young Mormons bent on giving the Church a vigorous expression in all the arts. We were not very clear as […]
[…] we . . . feel . . . a confidence in your good intentions” (DHC, III, 3 66-67). Many circumstances in the succeeding years would prompt Smith to alter his apolitical statements. Both Whigs […]
Late in October 18 30, four tired Mormon missionaries reached the village of Mentor, Ohio. Their leader, Parley P. Pratt, had persuaded them to walk two hundred miles out of. their way to bring […]
The two following commentaries on O. Kendall White’s “The Transformation of Mormon Theology” (Summer 1970) were received as Letters to the Editor, but due to their length we felt they would receive more attention here.
[…] by the Iroquois Indians to the arrival of the Smith family in the Palmyra area in 181 6. One of the main contributions of the book is the detailed picture of the Genesee frontier […]
[…] about retirement, she was appointed Chairman of the State Department of Welfare.) She created a warm, com fortable home base from which to launch her various enterprises and both the children and the community […]
[…] Resurrection City did not ruin the reflecting pool so that it had to be drained and paved over; and that no, the Lincoln Monument has not sunk into the Potomac (yet). We tell them […]
[…] remained serene about the ultimate verdict in the hereafter. “Things will be straightened out,” he said, “ over there.” Members of the family, however, were concerned about his status in limbo. Ten years after […]
[…] persuasion, and even occasional support. Some of the letters have raised questions which might have some interest for many readers beyond the original writer. This sort of interaction or stimulus-response is often quite personal […]
[…] the Lord thy God am holy” introduces the significant moral exhortation in Leviticus, Chapters 19 through 2 6. The prophets of Israel, in turn, continued to teach a morality consistent with their conception of […]