Latter-day Saints in Communal History
by Dr. Donald E. Pitzer, 2008 Peace Colloquy Address, Community of Christ The Saints’ communities are part of a social phenomenon with both ancient and modern expressions. Historically, communal societies were organized as communes with common property. We easily recognize many of these: the first-century Christians in Jerusalem; monastic orders; Protestant sects such as Moravians, … Read more
Gandhian Swaraj/Swadeshi and Mormon Self-Reliance
. . Although the word Swaraj means self-rule, Gandhi gave it the content of an integral revolution that encompasses all spheres of life. “At the individual level Swaraj is vitally connected with the capacity for dispassionate self-assessment, ceaseless self-purification and growing self-reliance”. Politically swaraj is self-government and it means a continuous effort to be independent … Read more
Signal Communities
In the Nonviolent Articles of Faith, rewritten on this site to expand on the message of peace found in the Articles of Faith of the Latter day Saint movement, the following 10th article illustrates what President Veazey of the Community of Christ once said about signal communities (see video below for a caption of his … Read more
