February 1, 1988 by •
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a series of articles in three parts in The Improvement Era. This series was to have been continued, but was actually abandoned. The materials were eventually used in “The Passing of the Church,” Church History 30: 2 (June 1961): 131-154; reprinted in When the Lights Went Out (1970, 2001): 1-32; and in BYU Studies 16:1 …
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December 2, 1983 by •
Analiza Brigham Young,
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Zion
“What is Zion? A Distant View,” in What Is Zion? Joseph Smith Lecture Series, 1972-1973 (Provo: BYU Press, 1973): 1-21; CWHN 9:25-62. This talk, originally given in 1973, was circulated prior to publication as “Waiting for Zion,” typed typescript, 34 pp., d.s. A passionate treatment of one of Nibley’s favorite themes. — Midgley
July 1, 1978 by •
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Academic Awareness lecture, June 26, 1975. Original manuscript in mimeographed form. Reprinted in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 11:2 (Summer 1978): 101-112; in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Religious Studies Center, 1978): 261-277; in Readings for Intensive Writers, compiled by Susan T. Laing (Provo: Honors Intensive Writing, 1977) 185-194; and in CWHN …
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January 2, 1967 by •
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the Prophets,
the two ways
Church History 30: 2 (June 1961): 84-85; reprinted in When the Lights Went Out (1970, 2001), and later in BYU Studies 16:1 (Autumn 1975): 139-164; and CWHN 4:168-208. Nibley presents forty arguments for the apostasy in an examination of the expectation of early Christian writers of the fading of the Church. Professor Hans J. Hillerbrand …
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