[…] the deacon” (JD 4: 82). This heavenly “patriarchal priesthood” denotes a system of eternal organization and g overnment of families. I presume that it is labeled “patriarchal’’ because it is male-centered. Descriptions of the […]
[…] this too had a racial component, as Native Americans were falsely blamed. I present them in chronological order: Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention was created as Baptists divided over the issue of […]
[…] (Winter 1981): 28–39
Some time in June 1970,I invited a few friends to my house to chat about the then emerging women’s movement. If I had known we were about to make history, I would […]
Dialogue 18.2 (Summer 1985): 116–127
Women in the Mormon Church are encouraged toward traditional roles and attitudes that discourage personal, familial, and societal change. The ideal female role is that of a non-wage-earning wife and […]
Dialogue 23.3 (Fall 1990): 65–82
Evidence from Mormon women’s journals, diaries, and meeting minutes tells us that from the 1840s until as recently as the 1930s, LDS women served their families, each other, and the […]
[…] through a story of Bruce Jorgenson’s in which the sections had been pasted up in the wrong order. The story line was wrong, but it was such a lyrical, lofty piece that it still […]
Dialogue 16.4 (Winter 1983): 22–31
This study addresses poetry within the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and defines an RLDS poet as someone who belongs to the RLDS church and who […]
Dialogue 19.4 (Winter 1986): 77–85The role of leadership within the Mormon community is vastly interrelated, and thus often confused , with management.
[…] Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois—a conflict produced by the Mormons’ peculiar religious ceremonies, peculiar marriage institution, distinct economic order, and the unique lay priesthood hagiography; a second stage of conflict with nature, as the pioneers […]
[…] simply the profound experience of those who seek God. The man who blots out internal awareness in order to maintain to himself and to others the appearance of absolute certainty, who refuses to examine […]