Tonight I want to challenge some of the conventional axioms of Mormon religion and culture and to propose a more progressive Mormonism. Let me begin, however, with a tribute to my dear friend Eugene […]
[…] have proved to be so useful that some historians now concede that a review of the contemporary fiction is a fruitful, if not an indispensable, preliminary to the search for historical truth in any period.
[…] often wish that more of our sisters could have the opportunity of doing missionary work in the world but I suppose their work, which is great, is nearer home. I am called to leave […]
[…] my primary objective; maybe I needed to focus instead on helping ward members access the brave new world of internet resources. After all, this is what we were doing up at the university: moving […]
The flaws of Mormon fiction are many. But so are the possibilities.
Dialogue 24.1 (Spring 1991): 86–98 In preparation for the Independence Temple that was dedicated in 1994, an RLDS member shares ideas about temples in general.
Dialogue 27.1(Spring 1994): 1–72 Smith discusses the importance of plural marriage in Nauvoo to church history. He shows that after Joseph Smith passed away, Nauvoo polygamy numbers rose.
Dialogue 27.2 (Summer 1994): 69–82 Zina, like many other early converts to Mormonism, was a child of the Second Great Awakening.
[…] A series of questions began to occur to me: If I hate my mother, can I love the Heavenly Mother? If I hate my mother, can I love myself? If I hate God, can […]
[…] and wife (and only husband and wife), was for the principal purpose of bringing children into the world. Sexual experiences were never intended by the Lord to be a mere plaything or merely to […]