The Tanner lectures, now firmly entrenched as an institution at the annual Mormon History Association meetings, were established in 1980 as a means of providing scholars of Mormonism with a valuable new perspective for their historical record. All twenty-one lectures are presented by well-known non-Mormon scholars that were invited to prepare ......
Three days before his death, my father, at 95 years old, held hands with me and repeated the word Love three times. The essays were written over five years. All are written with the aim of combining humor with seriousness. -from the author, Charles Taliaferro
The year 2003 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the ban excluding black members from the priesthood of the Mormon church. The articles collected in Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith's Black and Mormon look at the mechanisms used to keep blacks from full participation, the motives behind the ban, and the kind of changes ......
For congregations seeking renewed purpose and vitality this book gets to the heart of the matter. One of the leading voices on congregational life and leadership, Anthony Robinson makes the case that congregations should openly express their beliefs and values to clarify their purpose. Doing so opens up new avenues for transforming worship, ......
The Thomas Jefferson/John Adams Correspondence on Religion, Morals, And
Talks about two of the most influential pillars of the American Republic thought - Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. From 1812 to July 4, 1826, they exchanged letters touching on various controversial issues. These letters contain many surprising revelations.
This book critically explores the Christian teaching of God's unconditional love. The author argues for the recovery of a spirituality of uncertainty and unconditional love as a basis for a renewal of contemporary Christian faith and practice.
Latino Catholics in San Antonio, from Colonial Origins to the Present
The author shows how the devotion to Guadalupe sustained this congregation through times of political turmoil, war and peace, and ecclesiastical and social changes over San Antonio's long history, from an agricultural settlement on the northern edge of New Spain to a dynamic U.S. metropolis.
Latino Catholics in San Antonio, from Colonial Origins to the Present
The author shows how the devotion to Guadalupe sustained this congregation through times of political turmoil, war and peace, and ecclesiastical and social changes over San Antonio's long history, from an agricultural settlement on the northern edge of New Spain to a dynamic U.S. metropolis.
The Religious Journey of an African American Labor Leader
Scholarship has portrayed A Philip Randolph, a black trade unionist in America as an atheist and anti-religious. Taylor places him within the context of American religious history and uncovers his complex relationship to African American religion. She shows that his religiosity covered a spectrum of liberal Protestant beliefs.