On first impression, Spencer Palmer’s new book may not appear promising. One wonders silently how even a man of Palmer’s talents could make a coherent whole from twenty-three such diverse chapters. Not only is there […]
<i>Dialogue 12.2 (Summer 1979): 37–50</i><br>In recent years many RLDS Church members have been proud of the fact that the church has been ordaining blacks into the priesthood since early in its history. Sometimes they […]
[…] Intensive Care Unit, for the nurse just gave her a sedative. She was demanding too much O2— 6 liters. She was always wanting more air these past few minutes. But 5 liters, 300 cc. […]
<i>Dialogue 12.3 (Fall 1979): 97–107</i><br>Of all medical ethical guidelines published by the Church, those relating to abortion are the most emphatically stated. Offenders, be they doctor, patient, or abettor, are subject to excommunication.
[…] the poverty and ill health of the Mormons nearby, but “did not have quite sympathy enough to buy them a chicken or give them a shilling, though he was worth some four or five […]
[…] cholera and 19% of those who had cholera died. Overall, Zion’s Camp’s death rate of just over 6% was low compared to mortality rates in other groups such as the residents of Palmyra, Missouri […]
[…] is to Teach the Gospel; Not Financial Profit.” Spanish Fork Press. 18 May 1978. Roberts, Joe. “Mormons Buy Hugh Tract Here.” Kansas City Star. 13 December 1978. “Simmons Takes Over KSL-FM.” Deseret News. 26 […]
[…] clears my mind so that I can examine dilemmas with a lucidity unmatched—except in the sauna. So over the years I have written dozens of personal essays (and hundreds of letters to the editor) […]
[…] have carefully researched the careers of other actors in this political drama. The paucity of footnotes (only 3 pages for a 440-page book) tends to confirm this. The sources to which he refers, other […]
[…] the Church in unimagined ways. He would equate the decision to expand “the work of the Lord over the earth” as being of equal significance in scope and direction to that of Brigham Young’s […]