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Contents

Aide Memoire Regarding the Origins, History, and Practices of the Church

Doctrine

1. What is Religion?
2. Faith: Demystifying the Puzzle of Conversion
3. Repentance: a Basic Rethinking
4. Baptism: Gateway to the Fold
5. Baptism: Transcendental Symbol of the Master Teacher
6. Agency, Determinism, and Chaos Theory
7. Sacrifice
8. On Temples, Time, and Teaching
9. On Priesthood Authority, Personal Revelation, and False Inspiration
10. On Revelation, Reincarnation, and Self-Deception
11. On the Politics of Redemption
12. Introduction to Mormon Angelology
13. Thoughts on Guardian Angels
14. On Symbolism in the LDS Church
15. A Doctrinal Comparison of Orthodox and Mormon Theology
16. The Adam-God Doctrine Revisited

History

17. Mormonism and the Apostolic Fathers
18. Eusebius: Church History, Centuries I & II -- Parallels to Centuries XIX & XX
19. On Arius, Pelagius, and Related Catholic "Heresies"
20. On Gnosticism, Catharism, and Related LDS Heresies
21. On Masonry & Mormonism
22. First LDS Chapels in Scotland - Reopening Paisley & the Hebrides
23. Aide Memoire Regarding the Origins, History, and Practices of the Church
24. The LDS Church in Spain
25. The LDS Church in Morocco
26. The Second Beginnings of the LDS Church in Iceland
27. Letter from Sonora, Mexico
28. A Little Known Sidelight of US/Mexican/LDS History: Mormonism and the Cincode Mayo
29. Letter from China
30. Letter from Romania
31. Suggestion for a Videotaped Church History Series

Church Practice

32. On Conferring the Priesthood
33. On the True, the Important, the Aesthetic, and the Ephemeral
34. Aide Memoire on Proposed Bishops Training Course
35. Regarding the Name of the Church in Mandarin
36. Regarding Aaronic Priesthood Lineage Cards and Expanding the Contents of Electronic Membership Records
37. On Expanding LDS Social, Educational, and Cultural Services to Include Qualified, Adult Missionaries -- And Expanding Computerized Member Record Information in Support of Such Calls
38. On Adopting New Oxford University Program for Associate Degrees as Part of BYU Semester Abroad Program
39. On Privatizing Brigham Young University
40. On Reconciliation with the RLDS Church
41. Talk in Romanian Mission Conference
42. The Kingdom of God and the United Order as Viewed from the Perspective of a Political Economist
43. An Episode Regarding Martin Harris
44. On Priesthood Power and Personal Revelation

Speculation

45. On Divine Worship as a Safeguard of Democracy
46. Eve, Isis, and the Mother of God: LDS Women and the Priesthood
47. The Earthly Guerilla Continuation of the War in Heaven
48. Marxism and Mormonism: A Study in Parallels and Contrasts
49. Monasticism and Mormonism - A Path Not Taken
50. Reflections on the "Rod of Jesse" and the "Root of Jesse"
51. On the Hills Shim, Ramah, and Cumorah
52. On Olmecs, Ulmecas, and Mulekites
53. On Nebis and Nephis
54. Musings on the Name of Deity
55. Post Big Bang/Black Hole Cosmology -- a Latter-day Saint View
56. A Proposed Reconciliation of D&C 107:52-53 and Ether 3:15
57. On Street Gang Oaths, Cali Drug Combinations, Mafia Omerta,and the Gadianton Tradition
58. On Life Beyond the Veil
59. Fractals, Chaos Theory, and Mormonism
60. Thoughts on the Possibility of a Great Cyclical Mnemotic Ritual
61. What's Man?: Summing Up

Book Reviews

62. Holy Blood and Holy Grail & The Sign and The Seal- a dual book review
63. City of the Saints,by Sir Richard Burton (reviewed on the occasion of its re-publication after 135 years)
64. The God Game,by Andrew Greeley
65. Pascal, Carl Sagan, and Me: A Review of Sagan's Contact
66. The American Religion,by Yale University Professor Harold Bloom -- a note to the author
67. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking-- a note to the author
68. The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion,by Sterling McMurrin -- a note to the author
69. The Royal Blood, by European royal genalogist Gardner, being the lineage of Jesus from Merovis to Bruce to the Stewarts
70. With the Prophet in Utah,by Frank Cannon
71. Fingerprints of the Gods

Personal

72. On Being a Deacon: Then and Now
73. William Stuart Brighton, the Founding of Brighton Resort and the Construction of Brighton Ward Chapel
74. A Hymn to Utah on the Occasion of Her Centennial
75. A Brief Biography of W.M. Timmins

Letters

76. To Cousin David Snell on Why the American Half of the Family in LDS
77. To Editor of The Economistre article on "provincialism of Mormon Utah"
78. To Editor of Newsweek Magazinere False Account of LDS Missionary Behavior in Salvador
79. To Elder Tom Perry re Ideas for Utah Centennial and Pioneer Sesquicentennial
80. To Elder John Lasater re Maintaining an Missionary Presence in Ceuta as a Potential Door to LDS Work in Morocco
81. To the Editor of Dialogue Magazinere Dilemma of False Inspiration -- with Comments on LDS Women and the Priesthood
82. To Church Acquisitions Director Transmitting History of the Church in Spain
83. To Editor of the Economistmagazine with congratulations for at last publishing a responsible article on Utah and the LDS Church
84. To Editor of Dialogue re Janice Allred Article on the Mother God
85. To Catholic Priest/ Novelist Andrew Greeley re Parallels in Some of His Novels With Mormon Theology
86. To President Thomas S. Monson re Improving Mission Efficiency Through Extending
Missionary Service by Six Months
87. To Editor of Dialogue reHansen Article on Atonement
88. To Church Acquisitions Director Steven Heiss Submitting Some Views Regarding Operations
of the Church in China
89. To Director of the Smithsonian Institution re Mssing Portraits of Joseph Smith & Brigham
Young
90. To Church News submitting short article on similarities between Mormon Missionaries and
Junior US Foreign Service Officers
91. To BBC re program on Dead Sea Scrolls
92. To Editor of The Economistregarding article charging that LDS food storage constituted "hoarding" and other mistatements of fact
93. To Elder Richad c. Scott regarding misuse lof "lay priesthood" in DesNews articles
94. To Elder Richard C. Scott regarding name of new Assembly Hall on North Temple
95. To the Washington Postregarding upcoming conference on Extraterrest\rial Intelligence
96. To Greg Prince with contribution for his upcoming biography of David O. McKay
97. To Church Music Committee with Idea for Rewording Part of Hymn 134
98. To Elder Dallin Oaks and Hugh Nibley re Book Purporting to be Part of the Historical Archives of the Sanhedrin Referring to the Historical Jesus
99. On Administrative Church Titles
100. On Plural Marriage
101. To President Thomas S. Monson re Improving Mission Efficiency Through Extending
Missionary Service by Six Months
102. Re Placing Portrait of Joseph Smith in National Portrait Gallery
103. On Church Cultured Tours
104. On the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood
105. Re Placing Portrait of Joseph Smith in National Portrait Gallery
106. To Merrill Bateman re Being Called to Presiding Bishop
107. To Salt Lake Tribune re Mormon Experience in Missouri
107. To Salt Lake Tribune re article on DNA and the Book of Mormon peoples
107. To Salt Lake Tribune re Bear River Massacre

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