Strangers in Paradox: Explorations in Mormon TheologySignature Books, 1990 - 301 Seiten Exploring a wide range of theological issues, Strangers in Paradox examines the paradoxical nature of Mormonism. The authors consider the nature of God, gender roles, religious authority, and symbolism on the assumption that the more one evaluates one's beliefs, myths, and rituals, the more vital and meaningful they may become.For example, they illustrate that for every assertion about God being a human-like man with a physical body, with a literal, physical son, accompanied by a third, spirit personage, there is a correspondingly definitive pronouncement from church leaders and scripture asserting the opposite: that the godhead includes a woman, that God is a spirit, that there is only one God, and that the Holy Spirit has a resurrected body. The Book of Mormon is trinitarian, the Doctrine and Covenants is not. The Toscanos propose that God might be visualized equally well as an androgenous being.Similarly, in discussing LDS temple worship, the authors attempt to infuse rote phrases with some theological meaning. Reminiscent of Hans Kung or C. S. Lewis, they are provocative but faith-affirming. |
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... culture is only the voice of Joseph Smith ; nor does it mean that whatever can be shown to have been alien to the nineteenth century is automatically to be understood to be the voice of God , or that original- ity was not one of Joseph ...
... culture is only the voice of Joseph Smith ; nor does it mean that whatever can be shown to have been alien to the nineteenth century is automatically to be understood to be the voice of God , or that original- ity was not one of Joseph ...
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... culture after another , and they can and do appear simul- taneously in one or more unconnected cultures . Further the symbols themselves are outward projections , which represent different spiritual and psychological states common to ...
... culture after another , and they can and do appear simul- taneously in one or more unconnected cultures . Further the symbols themselves are outward projections , which represent different spiritual and psychological states common to ...
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... cultures not only disagree profoundly but agree in many religious matters , it is some- times legitimate to go beyond the world view of the culture producing a text to search for possible meanings . If our interpretation is tied to the ...
... cultures not only disagree profoundly but agree in many religious matters , it is some- times legitimate to go beyond the world view of the culture producing a text to search for possible meanings . If our interpretation is tied to the ...
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Keystones | 14 |
Holiness to the Lord | 29 |
The Divine Mother | 47 |
Urheberrecht | |
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