BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 29 Issue 3 Article 4 7-1-1989 Joseph Smith and Modern Mormonism: Orthodoxy, Neoorthodoxy, Tension, and Tradition Robert L. Millet Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq Part of the Mormon Studies Commons, and the Religious Education Commons Recommended Citation Millet, Robert L. (1989) "Joseph Smith and Modern Mormonism: Orthodoxy, Neoorthodoxy, Tension, and Tradition," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 29 : Iss. 3 , Article 4. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol29/iss3/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Millet: Joseph Smith and Modern Mormonism: Orthodoxy, Neoorthodoxy, Tensi joseph smith and modem mormonism orthodoxy orthodoxyneoorthodoxyNeo tension and tradition robert L millet much has been said in recent years about the development and evolution of thought and practice in Monnonmormonismism of particular interest to some is what is perceived to be a reconstruction of mormon doctrine a movement on the part of the church away from a traditional view of god man and salvation toward a radical progressive theology in 1980 thomas G alexander suggested that the doctrines of god and man revealed in the early publica- tions of the church were not greatly different from those of some of the religious denominations