[…] of eternal salvation and exaltation for such as they.” He later clarified, “Those who willfully and maliciously design to break this important commandment shall be damned. They cannot have the Spirit of the Lord.” […]
[…] mutation that explains the way chromosomes are changed inside the cell. There are forty–six chromosomes inside the human cell, twenty–three from each parent. Inside these chromosomes are genes. A gene is simply a pattern […]
[…] post–Manifesto marriage had been approved by Church authorities. The memories and comments of these two individuals gave human faces to numbers of people whose names I knew only from diaries and other documents. Another […]
[…] Mormon Thought. Join us as we unravel the complexities of “Correlating Orthodoxy and Style: Institutionally “Approved” Christ -Centered Art in LDS Visual Resources and Meetinghouses, 1990–2021.” 🖼️ Explore the rich history of religious imagery […]
[…] to the Mexican border” to report on the court trials of three men and three women for polygamy -related charges. Wallace Stegner described Short Creek during this extraordinary moment as “the capital of the world.” […]
[…] provided explanations, ranging from the rather uncompromising “they–had–it–coming” versions of some of the brethren, to the more humane, regretful, and hopeful position of President McKay. Out of the academic world, too, have come explanations […]
Dialogue 51.3 (Fall 2018): 29–44Smith considers “why would any self–aware Black person find Mormonism the least bit appealing given its ignoble history of racial exclusion and marginalization?”
[…] stereotypes. I think that’s how the relationships within the Church are developed because they’re seeing blacks as human beings rather than as some threat out on the public streets. With more and more blacks […]
[…] it must remain itself, and it must breed its best. Within the white world, migrations of lower human types . . . must be rigorously curtailed. Such migrations upset standards, sterilize better stocks, increase […]
Dialogue 6.1 (Spring 1971): 31–36
Brian Walton, the BYU student body president in 1969 -70 wrote this article to adress race issues head on. During BYU’s 1969–70 academic year, because of the church’s policy of […]