[…] date of ordination, or from date of entrance into the Quorum? A related ambiguity arose on April 6,1854, when Jedediah Grant was ordained an apostle, then took his place as second counselor in First […]
[…] Wade has had the wonderful opportunity of speaking on this issue on national Italian television—how do you buy that kind of coverage? But we consistently downplay the whole connection between science, religion, and the […]
[…] next time take another book. Preach at every place, and invite the congregation after the sermon to buy the relevant tract and to read it.” This approach was exceedingly effective in the frontier areas […]
[…] that science and religion are not incompatible. The contention is that science and religion can be made to co-exist by compartmentalization, that is, by carefully limiting the scope of each so that neither intrudeson […]
<i>Dialogue 36.3 (Spring 2003): 71–87</i><br>Watson shares why early fundamentalists broke off from the main church and decided to leave Utah and settle Short Creek.
I believe the history of the Bremen Wards to be a good example of LDS history in Germany. The first branch was founded in January 1882 with seven members, and by the year 2000 […]
Brady Udall has given the same sort of message to readers of his fiction. In an interview with the journal Irreantum, Udall said, “I don’t want to teach readers a lesson of any kind. […]
[…] I’m a feminist. I’m a Mormon, aren’t I?” Judy’s point of view made perfect sense to me. Over the years the word “feminist” has become weighted with political, theological, and emotional baggage—another “f” word […]
[…] in the middle of the circle and then released into the air with a shout of “1-2- 3 Baptize!” or “1-2-3 Convert!” I would walk out of the chapel with my feet drag ging. […]
[…] of the family came running, fully intending to put them back in, but I rescued enough to buy us all hamburgers. As we left, I felt betrayed by that machine. It had made a […]