Document Type
Book Chapter
Department
Religion (CGU)
Publication Date
1993
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | History of Religions of Western Origin | Other Religion | Religion
Abstract
What is the place of Joseph Smith's teachings in our time? What do his writings have to say in a world so much different from the one he himself lived in? If Joseph Smith were alive today, he would be 186 years old. Most of his writings have been in circulation for over 150 years. During that century and a half, vast changes in government, the economy, philosophical outlook, and popular values have transformed society. After all this, what do Joseph Smith's teachings have to say about the problems of the late twentieth-century society? We do not expect his writings to illuminate all of the issues in our daily newspapers, much less the multitude of questions that accumulate from decade to decade in our legislatures, in the press, and in our lives. But we are interested in knowing what issues Joseph's teachings do address, and what help he can give with the underlying problems of the current age.
Rights Information
© 1993 Brigham Young University
Recommended Citation
Bushman, Richard L. "Joseph Smith in the Current Age," in Susan Easton Black and Charles D. Tate, Jr., eds., Joseph Smith: The Prophet, the Man (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center Brigham Young University, 1993).
