‘I Hope they Call me on Another Mission: How Being a Mormon Missionary Made me an ACLU Lawyer Five years ago I left private law practice in Seattle to work as a civil rights lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union in Chicago. Now as I leave the ACLU and return to the Pacific Northwest, …
Event: Salt Lake Symposium 2000
Joseph Smith, The Smith Family, And The Coming Forth Of The Book Of Mormon: A Family Systems Approach
Joseph Smith, The Smith Family, And The Coming Forth Of The Book Of Mormon: A Family Systems Approach The coming forth of the Book of Mormon is a story of epic proportions in religious history. Interestingly, behind the story of the visitation of angels, such as Moroni, and the miraculous coming forth of this divine …
Building Successful Relationships Based On Equality
Building Successful Relationships Based On Equality Abstract Too often the priesthood issue makes it difficult to know how to successfully be part of an LDS couple and achieve true equality. The Proclamation on the Family, for example, promotes both honoring the priesthood and equal partnership in marriage. I will discuss how to resolve the confusion …
Politics of Zion
Politics of Zion Mormon scriptures contain several accounts of the perfectly just or righteous city. The City of Enoch and the Nephite civilization after the appearance of the Savior come readily to mind. My paper will analyze these Mormon accounts in the context of the ancients’ philosophic discussion of the just city, particularly in Plato. …
A Tribute to Arthur Henry King, 1910-2000: Scholar, Poet, Mentor, Friend
A Tribute to Arthur Henry King, 1910-2000: Scholar, Poet, Mentor, Friend This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Pill, the first time in history when women could safely and effectively control childbearing by taking a pill. This year also marks 30 years of Planned Parenthood in Utah, which works unceasingly to render assistance regarding …
Should Churches Seek Forgiveness
Should Churches Seek Forgiveness Within the past several years, various organizations, governments, and ecclesiastical institutions have sought forgiveness for past, and in some instances, current wrongs. Recently, on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul apologized for sins Catholics committed against Jews, African Americans, women, and those sexually abused by the clergy. And …
Transformations: A Mormon Mission, 1957-1959
Transformations: A Mormon Mission, 1957-1959 I look back on my mission to Great Britain and reflect aloud about significant changes in the direction of the missionary program of the Church itself during that period, changes that allowed a church of just under a million to expand to ten million in 40 years. Important things were …
New Light On The Mormons 19th-Century Western Infantry: A Discussion Of Will Bagley’s And David Bigler’s Army Of Israel
New Light On The Mormons 19th-Century Western Infantry: A Discussion Of Will Bagley’s And David Bigler’s Army Of Israel From General Daniel Tyler’s classic account of the 1850s to Norma Ricketts’s scholarly work nearly 150 years later, the Mormon Battalion continues to fascinate historians and history buffs. Recruited in 1846 to aid the United States …
Paper 1 – DNA On The Witness Stand Pager Paper 2 – The Tree Of Life
Paper 1 – DNA On The Witness Stand Pager 1- Examples from today’s headlines illustrate the forensic application of DNA techniques to identify individuals and establish relatedness between family members. These very same techniques, accepted as authoritative in the court room, are applied by science to address the question of humans’ nearest relatives in the …
Above the American Renaissance?: Could Joseph Smith Have Written the Book of Mormon?
Above the American Renaissance?: Could Joseph Smith Have Written the Book of Mormon? Was the Book of Mormon what Joseph Smith claimed it to be–an ancient sacred record whispering out of the ground to modern generations–or was it a product of what David Reynolds has called “the subversive imagination in the age of Emerson and …