[…] href=”http://www.millereccles.org/?p=3518″>Miller Eccles website</a>: Dr. Garrett traces his adventures as a Native American history scholar meandering into the world of Mormon Studies, with special attention paid to the various perspectives and conflicts of both his […]
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[…] met with angelic messengers, who informed him that he was chosen to reveal important truths to the world. Through a mystical process of mesmeric trance and “conscious clairvoyance,” Davis dictated—without the use of notes, […]
[…] . . of cabbages and kings Some Mormon Theologians hold that Joseph Smith had a plan for world government and that he believed that, as President of the Church and Prophet, he was the […]
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[…] ourselves? If we cannot do it even among ourselves, how can we do it in the larger world? Appendix A summary of the action taken at the plenary sessions is included as an appendix […]