Part I: In 1908 and 1909, B.H. Roberts learned that some high-level LDS leaders continued to sanction secret polygamous marriages despite the two Manifestos forbidding the practice. Roberts compared this situation to president Smith’s “whisper campaign” supporting the Republican Party in violation of the Church’s policy of political neutrality. At the October 1909 General Conference, …
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HISTORY’S APPRENTICE: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON B. H. ROBERTS
HISTORY’S APPRENTICE: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON B. H. ROBERTS Though he has been dead for more than seventy years, B. H. Roberts remains a significant Mormon historian and theologian, and he’s considered one of the Church’s premier intellectuals. This presentation draws on my experience as the editor of his journals covering the period from 1880–1898, a …
Against The Grain: An Interview With Historian, Educator, And Author Brigham D. Madsen
Against The Grain: An Interview With Historian, Educator, And Author Brigham D. Madsen As chief historian for Patton’s Third Army in Germany and observer of WWII War crimes trials at Nuremberg, Brig Madsen honed empirical skills he applied to an illustrious career as a Peace Corps manager in Washington, D.C., Vice President and history chair …