[…] wife, upon the very spot where two years before I had lived for months without seeing a human being” (31). Pratt’s longing for religious certainty, his interest in preaching, and his desire to convert […]
[…] society has fallen into a sterile ethical relativity, which threatens the worth and dignity of the whole human venture. As a “defender of the faith,” Bishop Robinson refuses to confine himself to the shrinking […]
[…] a risk of not being believed at all. The circle within which they seek to restrict the human intellect ought therefore to be carefully traced, and, beyond its verge, the mind should be left […]
[…] Mario S. De Pillis is recalling our attention to the historical study of Mormonism’s origins, understood as human actions in time and space and interpreted as a constitutive part of the American pilgrimage. Such […]
[…] the formidable obstacles which confront throse who seek to write it. There is still sensitivity among Mormons to probing that might bring embarrassment to cherished offical views of Latter -day Saint orgins, martyrs, or heroes.
Professor Stewart has given us a well -written biography of Joseph Smith. The book is divided into sixteen chapters, many of which draw their titles from key statements in Mormon literature that concern the […]
[…] division between art and religion, the assumption that art has the right to explore every aspect of human experience (even the innermost life of religion itself — and its leaders), and even to speculate, […]
[…] what manner and to what degree literature influences the way people think and act is extremely difficult. Human behavior is complex, and modern research has done nothing to solve that complexity; if anything, it […]
[…] the question of freedom. In the chapter “Evil and Suffering,” the problem of evil is limited to human suffering and is discussed in the form of a dialogue in which the Prophet Joseph Smith […]
[…] among spiritually regenerated men until, as a religious, socio–economic system sufficient within itself to care for every human need without sacrificing freedom, it stands as an ensign and a standard to the world. In […]