[…] by real religion, or by the protective wall of human community.” The Initial Hope of Humanism In order to appreciate more fully the original dilemmas, it might help to situate the struggle historically. Throughout […]
[…] in belief and purpose is seen as such an important part of the church’s character that in order to project a solid, united front, dissent is repressed and delegated to closed-door meetings. Apostle McConkie summarized […]
During his twenty years from 1951 to 1971 as seventh president of BYU, Ernest L. Wilkinson molded the lackluster Provo school into a showplace of LDS educational values. “More than any other single cause,” […]
[…] God substantiated their beliefs and further embellished his stature for them as a historian and defender of the Book of Mormon. But only thirteen years later Roberts was to change his mind and that […]
[…] non-supernatural, psychological basis for be lief. I would add to Anderson’s examples the powerful roles of birth order and child-parent relations, especially as influenced by parental conflict. Frank J. Sulloway’s recent book, Born to […]
[…] this recent spirit of compromise was driven primarily by four factors. I do not list these in order of importance. First, as I said, the hard line tactics of the 104th Congress which lead […]
[…] was happening to me. I needed to do that when I was twelve. It was vital in order for me to survive. And Christ knew, even in my youth, how to succor me so […]
[…] god who vigorously opposes the forces of chaos and sometimes violently imposes his will on it in order to form the cosmos. One example is Psalms 74:13-15: It was You who drove back the […]
[…] the scriptures say on the matter,” interjected Sister Conway, mechanically, in a last ditch attempt to restore order to the classroom. “That is where the answers lie.” Deaf to her suggestion, Arthur didn’t turn […]
<i>Dialogue 31.4 (Winter 1999):190–199</i><br> It is noteworthy because, instead of laying out the original historical meaning of Isaiah, it reapplies the text to the time of Joseph Smith and to the course of Jewish […]