[…] world power. A little-known sidelight to the war is the influence that it exerted upon the Mormons. For a half century the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) had maintained its right […]
[…] felt about the Socialists, they could not be ignored. In 1901, a coalition of various leftist groups formed the Socialist Party of America at a convention in Indianapolis. An umbrella organization that ap pealed […]
[…] claim to be exact, particularly over millennia. Nevertheless, certain general patterns can be observed in Hebrew concern for health which went far beyond the dietary portions of the Law of Moses and led ultimately […]
“Frank, please sit up here,” I pleaded, patting the doctor’s examination table and urging my husband forward. I was trying to be patient. By nature I move fast, and holding myself back to accommodate his […]
[…] a collection of statements of equal value, no matter when they were written, by whom, where, or for what purpose. We tend, in short, to see all extracts from the scriptural canon as consistent […]
[…] Caucasian, English speaking, and whose children were all fourteen or younger. We conducted the interviews by telephone for several reasons: reduced cost, monitoring by a third person for problems that might arise, and elimination […]
[…] that even though “many Mormons are descendants of polygamists, most Church members are often no better in formed on the critical aspects of their polygamist past than non-Mormons.” Even though the various archives through […]
[…] 1844 martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum, Uncle John provided a bridge of continuity for the office of Presiding Patriarch of the Church. What kind of man was John Smith? His […]
[…] portion of unwritten English legal doctrine which had been received and modified in the United States be fore the American Revolution—had been adopted in the territory. Young responded to Adams, and both letters were […]
[…] nearly eleven years later, I can still see his face—shocked, fearful, and deeply pained. I’d been working for almost four months at the newly constructed, multi-million dollar Language Training Mission, as the Missionary Training […]