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Education for Eternity

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  • Barlow, Philip L. (Editor) A Thoughtful Faith: Essays on Belief by Mormon Scholars (Centerville, UT: Canon Press, 1986)
  • Thomas G. Alexander, "The Faith of an Urban Mormon."
  • Richard L Anderson, "A Tested Testimony."
  • Leonard J. Arrington, "Why I am a Believer."
  • Allen R. Barlow, "A Personal Revelation."
  • Philip L. Barlow, "The Uniquely True Church."
  • Francine Bennion, "A Large and Reasonable Context."
  • Mary L. Bradford, "Pillows of My Faith."
  • Carlfred B. Broderick, "The Care of My Belief."
  • Richard L. Bushman, "My Belief."
  • Victor B. Cline, "The Faith of a Psychologist: A Personal Document."
  • Richard H. Cracroft, "The Pattern of Faith and Jolts of Joy: Spiritual Surprises."
  • Eugene England, "On Finding Truth and God: From Hope to Knowledge to Skepticism to Faith."
  • Robert C. Fletcher, "One Scientist's Spiritual Autobiography."
  • Kenneth W. Godfrey, "From Farm Boy to Believer."
  • John T. Kesler, "Facing Spiritual Reality."
  • William Clayton Kimball, "The Habits of Belief."
  • Richard D. Poll, "What the Church Means to People Like Me."
  • Noel B. Reynolds, "Reason and Revelation."
  • E. Gary Smith, "Faith and Knowledge: Products of an Open Mind."
  • Emma Lou Thayne, "The Landing."
  • Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "Lusterware."
  • Bruce W. Young, "The Miracle of Faith, The Miracle of Love: Some Personal Reflections."
Black, Susan Easton. (Editor). Expressions of Faith: Testimonies of Latter-day Saint Scholars. (Salt Lake: Deseret Book, 1996).

  • Noel B. Reynolds, "Preface."
  • Allen E. Bergin, "Life and Testimony of an Academic Clinical Psychologist."
  • Susan Easton Black, "A Legacy of Faith."
  • Roger B. Porter, "Of Convictions and Commitments."
  • Truman G. Madsen, "Man Against Darkness."
  • Steven D. Bennion, "'Human Life Divided by Reason Leaves a Remainder.'"
  • Gerald N. Lund, "Revelation and Reason: A Productive Harmony.
  • Richard Lyman Bushman, "The Social Dimensions of Rationality."
  • Bruce C. Hafen, "Diligence and Grace."
  • James W. Cannon, "Study and the Prayer of Faith."
  • Robert L. Millet, "Knowledge by Faith."
  • Paul Alan Cox, "From the Cradle of Creation: The Beliefs of a Young Botanist."
  • Daniel H. Ludlow, "A Testimony of the Plan of Progression and Eternal Life."
  • Robert J. Matthews, "The Unity and the Power of Scripture: An Experience."
  • Daniel C. Peterson, "'Shall We Not Go On In So Great a Cause?'"
  • Hugh W. Nibley, "Not to Worry."
  • Richard Lloyd Anderson, "Christian Ethics in Joseph Smith Biography."
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "Fides Quaerens Intellectum: The Scholar as Disciple."
  • Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, "Questions, But No Doubts."
  • Marilyn Arnold, "Unlocking the Sacred Text."
  • C. Wilfred Griggs, "Not Merely an Ancient Book."
  • Donald W. Parry, "The Book of Mormon: Integrity and Internal Consistency."
  • Richard Dilworth Rust, "Questions Answered: My Study and Teaching of American Literature and the Book of Mormon."
  • John W. Welch, "Good and True."
Bush, Lester E., Jr. Health and Medicine Among the Latter-day Saints: Science, Sense, and Scripture. (New York: Crossroad, 1993).

1. On the Mormon Context

2. On Death and Dying
Covenants and Guarantees
Projections across the Veil
Passages and the Plan of Salvation
The Experience of Death
Autopsies, Funerals, Burial, and Cremation
Suicide, Euthanasia, and Prolongation of Life

3. On Being Well and Suffering
Heath Then
Disease Causality
The Purpose of Suffering
A Word of Wisdom
Other Preventive Measures
Health Now

4. On Healing
By Faith and Power
Anointing with Oil
Other Healing Ordinances
Administrations by Women
Herbs and Mild Food
Scientific Medicine
Healing Transformed

5. On Madness
Evil Spirits
Physical and Moral Causes
Asylum in the West
Mental Hygiene, Health, and Handicap
Reenter the Devil
Gospel-based Psychotherapy
Signs of Synthesis

6. On Sexuality and Birth
Sexuality and Sex Education
Science, Sociology, Masturbation, and Dance
Marital Sexuality and Birth Control
Abortion
Eugenics, Genetics, and Sterilization
Infertility
Homosexuality and Sex-Change Surgery

7. On Caring
Visiting, Teaching, Fasting, and Prayer
Hospitals, Social Service, and the Welfare Plan
Health Service Missionaries and Humanitarian Services

8. On Morality and Dignity
Authority, Agency, and Accountability
Authoritative Guidance

Card, Orson Scott. A Storyteller in Zion. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1993).

The Coming of the Nonmembers

PART ONE:
Some Gospel Views
The Book of Mormon--Artifact or Artifice?
Sunday Meetings: A Preparation for Work
Family Art

PART TWO:
Moral Storytelling
The Problem of Evil in Fiction
On Art, Morals and Morality

PART THREE:
The Artist in Mormon Society
Art as an Act of Charity
Sermons in Critical Form
Walking the Tightrope
Prophets and Assimilationists
Science Fiction and the Mormon Religion

PART FOUR:
Building Zion
Consecration: A Law We Can Live With
Eugene England and the Lighted Lamp
The Hypocrites of Homosexuality
Living in Zion
Discipline: Humanities

Devitt, Robert J. Medicine and the Mormons: An Introduction to the History of Latter-day Saint Health Care. (Bountiful, Utah: Horizon, 1981).

  • Medicine in the U.S. in Joseph Smith's Day
  • Health and the Smith Family to 1830
  • Medical Aspects of the Restoration
  • Zion's Camp and Its health Problems
  • Nauvoo--The Beautiful Pesthole
  • Doctor John Cook Bennett
  • Joseph Smith and the Doctors
  • Health and the Exodus
  • The Trouble With Doctors
  • Botanic Medicine in Zion
  • The Changing Medical World During the Utah Territorial Period
  • Brigham Young and Medicine
  • Hospitals and Public Health in Utah, 1850 to 1910
  • Education of Mormon Health Professionals
  • The Growth of the LDS Hospital System
  • New Directions of the 1970s and 1980s
Edwards, Bruce L. (Guest Editor). Literature and Belief, Vol. 9 (1989).

  • Bruce L. Edwards, "Introduction: Can There Be a Christian Theory of Literature?"
  • Norman Reed Cary, "Modern Biblical and Literary Criticism: An Overview of Trends and Portents."
  • Maxine E. Crain, "The Implications of Deconstruction in Teaching Servanthood."
  • Kath Filmer, "Of Lunacy and Laundry Trucks: Deconstruction and Mythopoesis."
  • John R. Harris, "Kant, Christianity, and Literary Criticism."
  • Terence Allan Hoagwood, "Literary Theory and the Christianity of William Blake."
  • M. Roberta Hyers, "Christian Assumptions and the Alternatives in Modern Literary Critical Circles."
  • Robert S. Jackson, "The Rhetoric of Translation: Interpretive Communities and Sacred Text."
  • Michael E. Travers, "The Suburbs of Jerusalem: Literary Theory in Christian Perspective."
  • Steven C. Walker, "Deconstructing the Bible."
Eyring, Henry B. (editor). On Becoming a Disciple Scholar: Lecture Presented at the Brigham Young University Honors Program Discipline and Discipleship Lecture Series. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1995).

  • Neal A. Maxwell, "The Disciple-Scholar."
  • Paul A. Cox, "Journey to City Creek: Adding Scholarship to Discipleship."
  • Elder Cecil O. Samuelson, Jr., "The Importance of Meekness in the Disciple-Scholar."
  • Elder Henry B. Eyring, "Faith, Authority, and Scholarship."
  • James S. Jardine, "Consecration and Learning."
  • Elder Dallin H. Oaks, "On Learning and Becoming."
Farmer, James L. [Special issue on Science and Religion]. Dialogue 8 (3/4). Spring 1973.

  • Robert Rees, "Science, Religion and Man."
  • James L. Farmer, "Introduction."
  • Richard F. Haglund, Jr. "Religion and Science: A Symbiosis."
  • Duane E. Jeffrey, "Seers, Savants and Evolution: The Uncomfortable Interface."
  • Hugh Nibley, "Treasures in the Heaven: Some Early Christian Insights into the Organizing of Worlds."
  • Edward L. Kimball, "A Dialogue with Henry Eyring."
  • Clyde Parker and Brent Miller, "Dialogues on Science and Religion." (Includes, "Dialogue with a Social Scientist"; "Dialogue with a Biological Scientist"; and "Dialogue with a Medical Scientist.")
  • William E. Dibble, "The Book of Abraham and Pythagorean Astronomy."
  • William Lee Stokes, "Geological Specimen Rejuvenates an Old Controversy."
  • Benjmain Urrutia, "The Structure of Genesis, Chapter 1."
Fletcher, Galen L. and Jane H. Wise (editors). Life in the Law: Answering God's Interrogatories. (Provo, UT: BYU Press, 2002).

  • H. Reese Hansen, "Preface"
  • Marlin K. Jensen, "Answering God’s Interrogatories"

ADAM, WHERE ART THOU? (Genesis 3:9)

  • Robert L. Backman, "Balance"
  • John K. Carmack, "Unmeasured Factors of Success
  • James E. Faust, "The Study and Practice of the Laws of Men in Light of the Laws of God
  • Michael W. Mosman, "First Things First
  • Russell M. Nelson, "Fundamentals and Initiatives

WHAT IS PROPERTY UNTO ME? (D&C 117:4)

  • David G. Campbell, "Satisfaction in the Law
  • D. Todd Christofferson, "Confirm Thy Soul in Self Control
  • Neal A. Maxwell, "Integrity: The Evidence Within
  • Alexander B. Morrison, "The Challenge: Basing Your Career on Principles
  • Dallin H. Oaks, "Bridges
  • Dallin H. Oaks, "Weightier Matters
  • Stephen A. West, "Pure Religion
  • Lance B. Wickman, "Soldiers of the Spirit

UNTO WHAT WERE YE ORDAINED? (D&C 50:13)

  • Bruce C. Hafen, "Professionalism
  • Marion D. Hanks, "Truth: A Shield to Memory
  • Carl S. Hawkins, "Professional Service as a Christian Ministry
  • Rex E. Lee, "Lawyer as Policy Maker
  • Constance K. Lundberg, "The Ethical Professional: Consecration in the Workplace
  • Ralph R. Mabey, "Just Lawyers
  • Kenneth R. Wallentine, "Apostles of Equality

WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST? (Matthew 22:42)

  • Tad R. Callister, "How Do Justice and Mercy Relate to the Atonement?
  • J. Reuben Clark, Jr., "Jesus Christ, the Resurrected Son of God
  • Thomas B. Griffith, "Lawyers and the Atonement
  • Marion G. Romney, "A Christ-Like Attitude
  • Tessa Meyer Santiago, "Duty to Rescue: The Case of the Good-Enough Samaritan
Green, Paul R. (comp.), Science and Your Faith in God: A selected compilation of writings and talks by prominent Latter-day Saints scientists on the subjects of science and religion. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1958).

  • Henry Eyring: "Science and Faith; The Gospel and Modern Science; Our Five Worlds; Communication; Religion in a Changing World."
  • Carl J. Christensen: "Man's Three Dimensional Future."
  • Harvey Fletcher: "Science and Religion; The Importance of the Improbable; A Scientist Looks at the Mysteries; Probability; On Being Mature Adults; A Formula from Life."
  • Franklin S. Harris, Sr.: "Seek Truth in Science and Religion."
  • Joseph F. Merrill: "A Peek into the Heaven; Marvels Revealed by Science; Our Subatomic Realm; Electricity, Light, and Materialism; The Dynamic God of Science; Mysteries of Science and Religion; Does Science Prove the Existence of God?; Is There a God?; The Problem of Physical Evil; Faith in the Realm of Science; A Way to Discover God; Science and Immortality; Shall We Live Beyond the Grave?; Scientists and Immortality."
  • Frederick J. Pack: "Religious Devotion and Attendance at College; The Principle of Evolution; Competent Advisers; Was the Earth Created in Six Days of Twenty-four Hours?; The Two Accounts of the Creation; Natural and Supernatural; Science and the Believer."
  • John A. Widtsoe: "What is the Attitude of the Church Toward Science; Does Science Contribute to Religious Faith?; New Lamps for Old; Facts of Science; Inferences of Science; Is it Wrong to Doubt?; The Duty of Inquiry; Does Education Diminish Faith in the Gospel?; Is Religion Needed in an Age of Science?; The Religion of Scientists; Evolution; To What Extent Should the Doctrine of Evolution be Accepted?; Men and Monkeys; The Unknown God of Evolution; What is the Origin of Life on Earth?; Were There Pre-Adamites?; Did the Flood Cover the Highest Mountains of Earth?; Did the Sun Stand Still on Gibeon?; How Did the Earth Come into Being?; How Old is the Earth?; The Way to Truth; Is Astrology a Science?; How Can the Existence of God be Verified?; Can Faith be Built on Theories?; Is the Great Pyramid a Prophetic Structure?; Theories of Men."
Hess, Wilford M. and Raymond T. Matheny (Editors.). Science and Religion: Toward a More Useful Dialogue, Vol. 1, Background for Man: Preparation of the Earth. (Geneva, Ill: Paladin House, 1979).

Part I Science and Religion as the Bases for Modern Life

  • The Editors, "Towards a More Useful Dialogue."
  • John L. Sorenson (Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology, BYU), "Science and Mormonism as Traditions."
  • John H. Gardner (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, BYU), "The Concept of Science."
  • H. Kimball Hansen (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, BYU), "Science and a Testimony of the Gospel."

Part II The Science Base for Earth Chronology

  • Paul Dean Proctor (Director of the Water Resources Research Center, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla), "Geologic Dating Principles--Relative and Absolute."
  • Morris S. Petersen and W. Kenneth Hamblin (Dept. of Geology, BYU), "Time in the Study of Geology."
  • D. J. Weber (Dept. of Botany and Range Science, BYU), "Racemization of Amino Acids as a Means of Dating Fossils."
  • Arthur Wallace (Associative Chief, Division of Environmental Biology, Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, Univ. of California), "Is the Radioactive Carbon Dating Method Reliable?"
  • Evan I. DeBloois (U. S. Forest Service), "Obsidian Dating."
  • Evan I. DeBloois (U. S. Forest Service), "Archaeomagnetic Dating."
  • Kimball T. Harper (Dept. of Botany and Range Science, BYU), "Dendrochronology--Dating with Tree Rings."
  • Bruce W. Warren (Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology, BYU), "Dating in Archaeology."

Part III Revelations from the Earth

  • W. Kenneth Hamblin (Dept. of Geology, BYU), "The Principle of Uniformity and Constancy of Natural Laws."
  • David Clark (Dept. of Geology, University of Wisconsin), "The Fossil Record."
  • W. Kenneth Hamblin (Dept. of Geology, BYU), "Earth Dynamics and the Theory of Plate Tectonics."
  • William D. Tidwell and Samuel R. Rushforth (Dept. of Botany and Range Science, BYU), "Response of the Fauna."
  • Harold J. Bissell (Dept. of Geology, BYU), "Pleistocene Events and Changing Life Forms."

Part IV Earth in the Universe

  • R. Grant Athay (High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, Colorado), "Evolution of the Physical Universe."
  • H. Kimball Hansen (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, BYU), "Astronomy and the Scriptures."
Hess, Wilford M., Raymond T. Matheny, and Donlu D. Thayer (Editors). Science and Religion: Toward a More Useful Dialogue, Vol. 2, The Appearance of Man: Replenishment of the Earth. (Geneva, Ill: Paladin House, 1979).

Part I The Search for Reconciliations

  • Donlu D. Thayer (Editor, New World Archaeological Foundation, BYU), "Learning the Mind of God--The Everlasting Search for What Is."
  • A. Lester Allen (Dean, College of Biological and Agricultural Science, BYU), "Divinely Directed Development of the Earth and Its Biota: A Dynamic Scenario."
  • Duane E. Jeffrey (Dept. of Zoology, BYU), "'We Don't Know'" A Survey of Mormon Responses to Evolutionary Biology."
  • John A. Tvedtnes (Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem Israel), "Science and Genesis."
  • Bruce W. Warren (Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology, BYU), "The Humanization of the Earth."

Part II The Science of Life

  • Joseph R. Murphy (Dept. of Zoology, BYU), "The Place of Biology in Science."
  • James L. Farmer (Dept. of Zoology, BYU), "In the Beginning: The Origin of Life."
  • Everett G. Larson (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, BYU), "Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Biological Evolution."
  • Bruce N. Smith (Dept. of Botany and Range Science, BYU), "Carbon, Oxygen, and Photosynthesis: Changes Through Time."
  • W. Lee Stokes (Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Utah), "A Geologist Looks at Evolution."
  • Howard C. Stutz (Dept. of Botany and Range Science, BYU), "A Botanist Looks at Evolution."

Part III The Crown of Creation--Man Inherits the Earth

  • Wade E. Miller (Dept. of Zoology, BYU), "Early Man in a Changing World."
  • Bruce W. Warren (Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology, BYU), "A Theory of Human Behavior."
  • Bernhart E. Johnson (Bureau of Land Management, Yuma District, Yuma, Arizona), "Primitive Technology and the Advent of Man and Civilization: A Developmental Parallelism."
  • Ray T. Matheny (Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology, BYU), "Man's Tie to the Earth: A View From an Anthropologist."
Hill, Jr. Donald G. Perspectives in Mormon Ethics: Personal, Social, Legal and Medical. (Salt Lake City, UT: Publisher's Press, 1983).

Personal: Natural Law, Divine Commands, and Happiness

  • E. E. Ericksen, "Moral Criteria."
  • Truman G. Madsen, "Joseph Smith and the Problem of Ethics."
  • Louis Midgley, "The Search for Love: Is Zion to Be Built on a Natural Morality or on Prophetic Revelation?"
  • Donald G. Hill, Jr., "Is the Voluntarist Horn Broken?"
  • Larry C. Jensen, "Psychology and Moral Thought."

Social: Legal, Economic, and Political

  • Noel B. Reynolds, "The Enforcement of Morals and the Rule of Law."
  • E. E. Ericksen, "Human Rights and Capitalism."
  • Robert S. Wood, "The Justice of States."

Law and Medicine: Application of Ethics to the Professions

  • Dallin H. Oaks, "Ethics, Morality, and Professional Responsibility."
  • Douglas H. Parker, "Rhetoric, Ethics, and Manipulation."
  • Richard K. Sherlock, "Abortion, Public Morality, and Legal Regulation."
  • Val D. MacMurray and Kim Ventura, "Decision Models in Bioethics."
  • Lynn D. Wardle, "Passive Euthanasia: A Three-Dimensional View."
Hillam, Ray C. [Guest Editor]. J. Reuben Clark, Jr.: Diplomat and Statesman. BYU Studies 13(3), Spring 1973.

  • Ray C. Hillam, "Introduction."
  • David H. Yarn, Jr., "Biographical Sketch."
  • President Marion G. Romney, "The Political Thought of President Clark." Quotes.
  • Martin B. Hickman, "The Constitution and the Great Fundamentals." Quotes.
  • Edwin B. Firmage and Christopher L. Blakesley, "Clark, Law, and International Order."
  • James B. Allen, "Views on American Sovereignty and International Organization."
  • Ray C. Hillman, Martin B. Hickman, James B. Allen, Neal A. Maxwell, Robert S. Jordan, "Panel Discussion."
  • Lee H. Burke, "Clark as Under Secretary of State."
  • Martin B. Hickman, "The Ambassadorial Years: Some Insights."
  • Stan A. Taylor. "J. Reuben Clark, Jr., and the United Nations."
  • Martin B. Hickman and Ray C. Hillam, "Political Isolationism Revisited."
  • Robert S. Wood and Stan A. Taylor. "Clark and the American Approach to Foreign Policy."
  • J. Reuben Clark, Jr. "The Clark Memorandum on the Monroe Doctrine (an extract)."
Hillam, Ray C., ed. "By the Hands of Wise Men": Essays on the U.S. Constitution. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1979).

  • Ray C. Hillam, "Introduction."
  • Noel B. Reynolds, "The Doctrine of an Inspired Constitution."
  • Richard L. Bushman, "Virtue and the Constitution."
  • Martin B. Hickman, "J. Reuben Clark, Jr.: The Constitution and the Great Fundamentals."
  • L. Dwight Israelsen, "Mormons, the Constitution, and the Host Economy."
  • William Clayton Kimball, "The Constitution as Change."
  • Rex E. Lee, "The Enduring Constitution: A Document for All Ages."
  • Neal A. Maxwell, "Some Thoughts about Our Constitution and Government."
King, Arthur Henry. The Abundance of the Heart (Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft, 1986).

INTRODUCTION By C. Terry Warner. Quotes.

PART I: CONVERSION

  • An Account of My Conversion
  • Patriotism
  • No Longer Strangers

PART II: TRADITION

  • The Child is Father of the Man
  • Finding Ourselves in Our Tradition

PART III: JUDGMENT

  • Judgment in Literature and Life
  • Religion, Art, and Morality
  • Moral Significance in Anglo-American Literature

PART IV: LANGUAGE

  • Total Language
  • Rhetoric
  • Style in Shakespeare
  • Joseph Smith as a Writer

PART V: EDUCATION

  • Education in the Home
  • Journal Writing and Personal Histories
  • Disciplines
  • Mechanization
  • The Idea of a Mormon University

PART VI: WHOLENESS

  • Atonement: The Only Wholeness
Madsen, Truman G. and Charles D. Tate, Jr. (Eds.). To the Glory of God: Mormon Essays on Great Issues. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1972).

  • Hugh W. Nibley: "Brigham Young on the Environment."
  • C. Terry Warner: "Commitment and Life's Meaning."
  • Reed H. Bradford: "The Meaning of Love."
  • Neal A. Maxwell: "To the Youth of Zion."
  • David H. Yarn, Jr.: "Peace-Whither?"
  • Truman G. Madsen: "Man Illumined."
  • Chauncey C. Riddle: "Mormonism and the Nature of Man."
  • Robert K. Thomas: "A Literary Critic Looks at the Book of Mormon."
  • Leonard J. Arrington: "Centrifugal Tendencies in Mormon History."
  • Martin B. Hickman: "Reciprocal Loyalty: The Administrative Imperative."
  • Richard L. Anderson: Oliver Cowdery, Esq.: His Non-Church Decade."
  • Monte S. Nyman: "The Book of Mormon: A Blessing or a Curse?"
Smith, George D. (Editor) Faithful History: Essays on Writing Mormon History (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1992).

  • Leonard J. Arrington, "Epilogue: Myth, Symbol, and Truth."
  • Edward H. Ashment, "Historiography of the Canon."
  • David Earl Bohn, "Unfounded Claims and Impossible Expectations: A Critique of New Mormon History."
  • Richard L. Bushman, "Faithful History."
  • Paul M. Edwards, "The Irony of Mormon History."
  • Robert B. Flanders, "Some Reflections on the New Mormon History."
  • Lawrence Foster, "New Perspectives on the Mormon Past: Reflections of a Non-Mormon Historian."
  • Edwin S. Gaustad, "History and Theology: The Mormon Connection."
  • Neal W. Kramer, "Looking for God in History."
  • Martin E. Marty, "Two Integrities: An Address to the Crisis in Mormon Historiography."
  • C. Robert. Mesle, "History, Faith, and Myth."
  • Louis Midgley, "The Acids of Modernity and the Crisis in Mormon Historiography."
  • D. Michael Quinn, "On Being a Mormon Historian (and Its Aftermath)."
  • Kent E. Robson, "Objectivity and History."
  • Richard Sherlock, "The Gospel Beyond Time: Thoughts on the Relation of Faith and Historical Knowledge."
  • Melvin T. Smith, "Faithful History/Secular Religion."
  • Malcolm R. Thorp, "Some Reflections on New Mormon History and the Possibilities of a 'New' Traditional History."
Sondrup, Steven P. (Editor) Arts and Inspiration (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1980).

Theoretical Foundations

  • Boyd K. Packer, "The Arts and the Spirit of the Lord." Quotes
  • Candadai Seshachari, "Insights from the Outside: Thoughts for the Mormon Writer."
  • Wayne C. Booth, "Religion versus Art: Can the Ancient Conflict Be Resolved?" Quotes.
  • Nicolas Shumway, "Art and Worship: Toward a Theoretical Accommodation."
  • Karen Lynn, "The Mormon Sacred and the Mormon Profane: An Aesthetic Dilemma."
  • Edward L. Hart, "The Relevance of Literature: A Mormon Viewpoint."
  • Cross-Cultural Considerations
  • Ishmael W. Stagner, "Art, Culture, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Hawaiian Perspective."
  • Richard G. Oman, "Divergent Cultures and Gospel Brotherhood."

Artists on the Arts

  • Johan H. Benthin, "Thoughts on Art and Inspiration."
  • Merrill Bradshaw, "Music and the Spirit: A Mosaic."
  • Herbert Harker, "Excavating Myself."
  • Debra Sowell, "Dance Talk."
  • Reid Nibley, "Facing the Music: The Challenges Ahead for Mormon Musicians." Quotes
  • Trevor Southey, "'The Outer Image of Inward Things'."

Art and Life

  • Ruth Hoen, "Music: That Influential Muse."
  • Yoshie Akimoto Eldredge, "Talents."
  • Jon Carroll Lloyd, "'To Enter Arcanum'."
  • Johann Wondra, "Art: A Possibility for Love." Quotes
"What is the Proper Role of the Latter-day Saint with Respect to the Constitution?" BYU Studies 4(2), Winter 1962, pp. 151-177.

  • Mark W. Cannon, "The Constitution and Preservation of Liberty."
  • Richard L. Bushman, "Inspired Constitution."
  • Quinn G. McKay, "Can You Support the Political 'New Frontier' and Still Be A Good Latter-day Saint?"
  • Richard Bitner Wirthlin, "Economic Power and the Constitution: A Quarter Century of Change."
  • Garth L. Mangum, "Industrialism and the Role of Government in the American Economy."
Wheelwright, Lorin F. and Lael J. Woodbury (Editors). Mormon Arts, Volume One: Featuring articles and art work by Mormon artists and authors. (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1972).

  • Aesthetics of Mormon Art
  • Is There a Mormon Art?
  • Art as Joy of Man and Instrument of God
  • Seeking Aesthetic Experience
  • Divine Creation
  • Man Creates in the Image of God
  • Opposition in All Things
  • Mormon Panorama
  • C. C. A. Christensen Paintings
  • Mormon Poetry on the Threshold
  • Mormon Drama
  • The Order Is Love
  • W-2 Form
  • The Tragedy of Korihor
  • The Apostate
  • Mormon Vignettes
  • The Kirtland Temple
  • Creative Dramatics
  • The Sweet Songs of Israel
  • Mormon Music
  • Celestial-Bound Voyagers
  • Music for Worship
  • The Word and Reality
  • Music in Concert and the Theater
  • Music in the Mormon Home
  • Mormon Ballet
  • Forever and Ever
  • Mormon Photography
  • Balanced Environment
  • Mormon Festival of Arts
  • Schedule of Events
  • Biographical Sketches
  • A Prayer