[…] growth of Natural Theology. Conditions were such during this period that scientific and religious views complemented and supported mutual intellectual concerns. Indeed, as the noted Newtonian scholar Richard S. Westfall has argued, these developments have […]
[…] is natural for Mormons to think in terms of potential missionary activity in any part of the world. With the black revelation granting the priesthood to all worthy male members, interest in missionary work […]
[…] shadows flee; Lo! Zion’s standard is unfurled. The dawning of a brighter day Majestic rises on the world. The clouds of error disappear Before the rays of truth divine; The glory, bursting from afar, […]
[…] Good People is to express empathy and compassion and help those good people make sense of their world and their God when the bad things happen. Though he declares repeatedly that any Job needs […]
[…] immature” (p. 111). “Through the miracle of modern communication, testimony now transcends a community and confronts a world” (p. 90). Cowdery’s first missionary journey is “as spectacular as any of the apostle Paul” (p. […]
[…] Richards and James A. Little, A Compendium of the Doctrine of the Gospel (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1882), p. 287. Teachings, pp. 346-48. Ibid., p. 161. Dancing, not necessarily dance (an artistic discipline). […]
We were inside the world. The children were sleeping. Light fell through the window. One of us wore red.
[…] they can turn upside down what they’ve thought and find new ways of perceiving themselves and the world, changing not only what they are, but also their whole sense of being. Christ distinguishes words […]
[…] recent Mormon historians. After suggesting some characteristically if not uniquely Mormon approaches to the history of the world and the Church that could be particularly illuminating for all humankind, he ended with a brisk […]
[…] a legend before her retirement, called again. Would she? She would. Now she is on Monday’s noon news with a “Good Friends” feature, chatting over the fence of a home in the Marmalade District […]