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Polygamy is perhaps the most controversial early Mormon practice, and was a key contributing factor for Smith's murder. Under heavy pressure—Utah would not be accepted as a state if polygamy was practiced—the church formally and publicly renounced the practice in 1890.
The theory was widely accepted at first, particularly among German and anglophone scholars. Eduard Meyer, Bernhard Stade, Karl Budde, Hugo Gressmann, George Aaron Barton, Thomas Kelly Cheyne, and Henry Preserved Smith each endorsed it. [8] By the 20th century the theory had become controversial.
The interpretation of Smith as possessing all his faculties spread and persisted in scholarly studies of Mormonism. [11] [12] Also significantly, No Man Knows My History raised awareness of Smith's and Mormons' participation in politics and the resultant political dimension of both Mormon and anti-Mormon activities.
The contents of the letter implied a magical aspect to Smith's life, a controversial subject debated amongst scholars of Latter Day Saint history. The salamander letter was supposedly written by Martin Harris to W. W. Phelps, an early convert in the Latter Day Saint movement.
May 4: Parents protest how schools talk about racism ahead of and during a school board work session.Read the story. May 3: The district announces community meeting on diversity work, via email ...
[34] Martin Harris, Smith's second scribe, and David Whitmer, who witnessed Smith dictating the translation of the plates to Oliver Cowdery, both describe the process as an exact word-for-word translation. [35] Modern LDS scholars tend to fall into two schools regarding the nature of the translation process: tight control and loose control.
The Tallahassee Police Department arrested the man Franklin County Sheriff A.J. "Tony" Smith calls his "aggressive stalker" at the Kearney Center, the local homeless shelter and services center ...
The post Sports World Reacts To The Stephen A. Smith Controversy appeared first on The Spun. Stephen A. Smith and Russell Westbrook have had quite the back-and-forth this week. On Tuesday morning ...