[…] the gospel to a multitude of people. He believed that this vision would be realized in the world of spirits. He referred to this when he said that he should die before my return […]
Dialogue 4.4 (Winter 1969): 86–103 Lester E Bush wrote in response to Stephen G Taggart’s book which the author tried to show that the Church came from abololonist ideas because the Church was orginially […]
Dialogue 6.1 (Spring 1971): 46–58 Since around the time as the martyrdom, Joseph Smith has been compared to Muhammad who was the founder of Islam. Green and Goldrup presents evidence for how Islam and […]
[…] run the theoretical importance lies not so much in whether contact between the Old and the New World took place, but rather in the degree of impact such contact might have had on New […]
[…] are some of the things on which the foundation rests secure. 1. Joseph Smith came before the world with a “scenario,” arresting, original, satisfying. Because of that alone he couldn’t lose. Consider: he had […]
[…] the Father, the name of a “Head God” who directed the Father in the creation of the world, and as a plural representing the Council of the Gods. The name Jehovah was also still […]
[…] Testament scholars in the following description of Jesus’ teaching: “God will suddenly put an end to the world and to history . . . Jesus expected that this would take place soon, in the […]
[…] and thus provide a prolegomena to further discussion of grace in my own tradition. Some of the world’s brightest and kindest thinkers have devoted their best efforts to elucidating the relationship of grace to […]
Dialogue 24.3 (Fall 1991): 21–39 Lyman discusses the political pressures from the United Government which led to the church issuing the First Manifesto.
[…] manifestations. Deep in the Mormon psyche is an attraction to prophetic posturing and swagger. In particular, Joseph Smith, Jr., and Brigham Young are icons who have come to dominate the Mormon world like mythical colossuses.