[…] 37</i><br> Marginalizing God the Mother does not solve the problems raised by Mormonism’s doctrine of divine and human embodiment. It merely diminishes femaleness as a reflection of divinity. We do not need fewer images […]
[…] partially empirical, partially existential, wholly religious knowledge I premise all that follows. I take the fact of human freedom to be so fundamental that it can tell us something about nearly every philosophical, moral, social, […]
[…] speak of women, whose full admission into any society is based on the fact that half of human intelligence, compassion, beauty—in short, the strength and potential of that society—is to be found there. I […]
America is currently in the midst of state -by–state political activism and judicial appeals to prevent the legalization of same–sex marriage. In 1996 the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated one example of the related effort […]
[…] basically fair–minded and generous people. But in a free society, there is something contradictory about the way human beings act in certain situations. When kind, generous people find themselves in an adversarial situation where […]
[…] the Book of Mormon immediately following its publication. Thus there is a need for a reassessment of the relation between early nineteenth -century Universalism and the teachings of the Book of Mormon and subsequent revelations.
[…] John Calvin built their respective theologies around an almighty, sovereign God; a depraved, helpless man; and a human predicament requiring the gracious, saving act of God. While these doctrines have persisted from the Reformation […]
[…] Bible may have generated its share of scholarly disagreement, the New Testament’s message about the need for human understanding remains clear and unambiguous. Christians may be divided on various points of doctrine, but at […]
[…] tied to the church building, but to the movable objects that are universally recognized tokens of accomplishment. Human energy and emotions are tied up in a Mormon building today. No mis taking that. But […]
[…] position of the non believer. Historians who do not believe in God or in divine involvement in human activity will not take seriously Joseph’s claim to communication with God. Furthermore, they cut themselves off […]