[…] historically Mormonism has made significant contributions to urban planning, development, and lifestyles. In fact, as one non -Mormon writer has put it: The year 1830 saw the birth of a new religion, one among […]
[…] write off much of Utah’s history as a vain exercise of passions or as a study in human irrationality. Perhaps the time has come to accept the contemporary statements that “the Mormon Question” involved […]
[…] acceptance of the doctrine that it is better to suffer evil than to do wrong by purely human opposition to unjust authority. And if by thus submitting themselves to the laws of the land, […]
For the most part, Mormons have been a socially homogeneous people. True, the initial Anglo -American stock was reinforced from time to time by immigrants from Western Europe, but these converts were quickly absorbed […]
[…] because the Will Spry presented in this volume is so perfect he scarcely becomes a real, flesh–and–blood human being. It is not that the authors did not try to add human interest and personality […]
[…] obligingly personal throughout the book, granting here and there warm and satisfying insights into himself as a human being, in sights cherished by Latter–day Saints. For example, he relates at one point how he […]
[…] concrete and applicable to every aspect of daily life. It teaches one exactly what to do in human relations—not to bear false witness, or steal, or commit adultery; to honor father and mother, let […]
[…] in modern theology, and has a broad knowledge of history and philosophy. In addition, he is well -acquainted with the development of science and with the history of religion. Mercifully, his book spares us […]
[…] The Naked Capitalist (Salt Lake City, Utah: published by the author, 1970. 144 pp., $2.00), a review -essay of Dr. Carroll Quigley’s book, Tragedy and Hope (New York: Macmillan, 1966). Originally we asked Professor […]
[…] staggering number of the key players were lawyers—those who were involved in the criminal activities and cover -up conspiracies as well as those involved in the unravelling of the conspiracies and the prosecution of […]