[…] anxieties and evangelical enthusiasm of antebellum America,” Sidney Ahlstrom writes, arose “a distinctly new kind of concern for Christ’s Second Advent.” John Thomas preached the Lord’s imminent return, and William Miller calculated the date […]
[…] Brigham D. Madsen has masterfully chronicled the rise and eventual decline of this colorful frontier town which, for nearly a decade, attempted to challenge Mormon dominance of the Great Basin. Those who associate Corinne […]
[…] Diaz (1972), each of which relies to a considerable extent upon documentary research and attempts a record for a relatively large group of colonists. Rather than a product of research, Uncertain Sanctuary is more a […]
[…] university where she taught. We laughed at the poem’s pungent satire, then pondered its attack on “living for others.” “Isn’t that what we are supposed to do?” someone said. Our potential for disagreement was […]
[…] danger in descriptive theology.) Second, the fundamentalist tendencies in some Mormon commentators should not be considered normative for LDS biblical interpretation. They are highly problematical when considered in the light of LDS ecclesiastical praxis […]
[…] meaning pervading the theological concepts of the day and established by nearly fifteen centuries of absolutist elucidation. For example, the word “create” assumed creatio ex nihilo, the term “intelligence” implied a knowledge of truth […]
[…] this storm has sent me wild.” “Apologies aren’t necessary,” Gerard said congenially. “It is a fine night for carousing. However, if you are searching for a bar, you have a way to go. You […]
[…] was his best sermon. When he graduated from eighth grade and took a job as delivery boy for a grocery store, he considered his education ended, but friends who went to high school at BYA […]
[…] branch we had seen right-wing politics injected into church meetings. We felt strongly that neither an affinity for George Wallace nor an aversion for scientific evidence was an appropriate token of faith or righteousness. […]
[…] this approach, Nibley collects information from all periods of Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Israelite, Canaanite, Greek, and Christian history. For example, in the first chapter of the book, he cites nineteen documents: the Shabako Stone, Book of […]