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More than a few critics of the Book of Mormon have laughed at what they regard as the obvious echoes of American republicanism and democracy in this chapter, but the situation isn\u2019t\u00a0nearly that simple. \u00a0My article demonstrates that, while Mosiah is concerned, yes, about ending \u201cinequality,\u201d his view of why inequality is problematic is more monarchical than it is democratic.<\/p>\n
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Notice, too, the continuing impact of King Noah \u2014 whose story had been recounted\u00a0by Alma and his people \u2014 on Nephite political thinking.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 In connection with today\u2019s reading in\u00a0Mosiah 29, I again toss humility aside and recommend my article of a number of years ago on \u201cAuthority in the Book of Mosiah\u201d: \u00a0 http:\/\/publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu\/publications\/review\/18\/1\/S00009-5176a97bb7a9a9Peterson.pdf \u00a0 More than a few critics of the Book of Mormon have laughed at what they regard as the obvious echoes of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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