[…] DeVoto remarked, the volcanic early stage of Mormonism is in many ways more interesting than the harden ing and cooling stage which has followed. What might be some themes of the future? One constant […]
[…] our performance in achieving these goals, both individually and collectively, by modifying in any way our exist ing social, economic, or other relationships? For example, are there any alternative approaches or paths open to […]
[…] The 25 years that have gone into its making have paid off in a book worth read ing often alongside the KJV. The beauty is of a different kind from that of the KJV […]
[…] of Mormon neoorthodoxy and traditional Mormonism. Kammeyer also accuses me of taking statements out of context. Explain ing Andrus’ emphasis on God’s greatness as a function of a different audience from earlier Mormon leaders, […]
[…] and the realm of man’s acted out relationships with his environment, combine to identify and give mean ing to any given culture and society. Yet when people experience a loss of direction, when they […]
[…] Jennie F. Willing observed that “both systems are polygamous; and promise their votaries a sensual, material heaven.” De-emphasis of Christ. Arbaugh thought that “the hopes of the ‘one mighty and strong’ shows how Mormonism […]
[…] few factors seem to be clearly related to the pattern. Not only is the Mormon population grow ing at a tremendous rate, but, like most Americans, Mormons are highly mobile. No longer tied religiously […]
[…] precious stones and minerals, ib. lii :5. On wind as the “Urstoff,” Coffin Texts, Spell 162 (A. de Buck, ed., Univ. of Chicago, 1938, II, 401). On water, W. Lambert, in Jnl. Theol. Stud., […]
In a recent address to a Regional Representatives Seminar, President Kimball stated— We asked last conference for all members to pray with increased sincerity for peace in all nations and especially China, and that […]
[…] of the most controversial religious movements of nineteenth-century America—the Shakers, who practiced celibacy; the Mormons, who introduced a form of polygamy; and the Oneida Perfectionists, who developed a type of group marriage. Previous comparative […]