[…] state in Utah, overzealous in its missionary activities, anti-intellectual, racist, inflexible on changing mores and unconcerned about world problems. Although all of these charges continued to be circulated in one form or another, in […]
[…] Brigham Young, second president of the Church, often warned women against following the “indecent” fashions of the world, challenging them to separate themselves from women of the world and dress accordingly. Almost thirty years […]
<i>Dialogue 43.1 (Spring 2010): 1–36</i><br>And in fact, what might it mean that God “used” evolution tocreate life’s diversity? Was this a choice for God among other al-ternatives? Do Wildman’s pessimistic conclusions hold for Mor-monism? […]
[…] 2022): 41–83</i><br> Drawing on observations and suggestions from scholars of Tibetan Buddhism and Mormonism, this article compares the production of the Book of Mormon with that of the class of Tibetan Buddhist scripture known […]
<i>Dialogue 29.4 (Winter 1998):59–83</i><br> THE BOOK OF MORMON HAS OCCASIONALLY been portrayed as a deficient first novel. Its characters appear flat and stereotypical; the plots and characters seem to lack moral subtlety; and so […]
[…] who it really was, what its focus was, and what its core ministry and identity in the world were. Greg: Is it fair to say that, in that first century, you had a few […]
[…] the first time such radical ideas as: matter and spirit can neither be created nor annihilated; the world was not created ex nihilo but organized out of existing matter; and God is bound by […]
<i>Dialogue 38.3 (Fall 2005): 26–54</i><br>When the 1984 conference approved Section 156 , which also indicated that the soon-to-be-built temple in Independence would be dedicated to the pursuit of peace, it became clear that the […]
In recent decades, the LDS Church has moved out of the security of the “ever lasting mountains” to fulfill its prophetic dream of becoming a worldwide organization. Each year 225 thousand or more Saints […]
<i>Dialogue 26.4 (Winter 1993): 1–22</i><br> The analysis that follos is an admittedly speculative personal reflection on elements that need to be kept in mind in understanding the psychological dynamics of Joseph Smith’s creativity.