Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Benjamin the Scribe

Home
Latter-day Saint
FairMormon, Some Papers, and Books

FairMormon, Some Papers, and Books

Last updated on: March 9, 2018 at 1:16 pm by Ben Spackman

FairMormon, Some Papers, and Books 2018-03-09T13:16:29-05:00 Ben Spackman

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

My image.

My FairMormon presentation reiterated parts of two previous papers I have presented. That text should be online soon (as I understand.) Below I offer the very rough presentation text from the two previous papers.

The society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology paper, with lots of my raw material. LINK.

My MSH paper,”Science, Scripture, And Secularism: Rethinking some Inherited Assumptions.” LINK

Below are some books I would recommend. (These are, of course, not LDS, not approved by the Church, I have some disagreements, etc., but generally still good to read.)

In general, for presuppositions, see Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes.

The intellectual history of creationism, evolution, and the “modern synthesis”

Ronald Numbers, The Creationists
My article here and follow-up here on the history of creationism, Genesis, and Seventh-day Adventists like Ben Carson.
Bowler, Evolution: The History of an Idea
Larsen, Summer for the Gods and Evolution: the Remarkable History of a Scientific Idea.
Stott, Darwin’s Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution
A large, general list.

Cosmology in the Hebrew Bible

Greenwood, Scripture and Cosmology: Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science
Parry, The Biblical Cosmos: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Weird and Wonderful World of the Bible.
John Walton, The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate (IVP Academic, 2009)
- A technical version was published as Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology (Eisenbrauns, 2011).
- The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate, with a contribution from N.T. Wright (IVP Academic, 2015)

On Genesis

See my post here.

For wrestling with the nature of scripture and the OT, I highly recommend

Kenton Sparks, Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture.
The books of Peter Enns, especially Inspiration and Incarnation
Schlimm, This Strange and Sacred Scripture
Brettler, How to Read the Bible.

For Bibles and Study Bibles, see

The “recommendations for personal study” section of my article here
My post here (Old Testament specific)
My post here (New Testament specific)

I was asked about a book in the Q&A, Friedman’s Who Wrote the Bible, which I recommend along with his The Bible with Sources Revealed. In that connection, I mentioned David Bokovoy’s book, Authoring the Old Testament, from Kofford Press.

As always, you can help me pay my tuition here, or you can support my work through making your regular Amazon purchases through this Amazon link. You can also get updates by email whenever a post goes up (subscription box on the right). If you friend me on Facebook, please drop me a note telling me you’re a reader. I tend not to accept friend requests from people I’m not acquainted with.

Previous Post

August 2, 2017

Announcement: MI Seminar Conference on Thursday

Next Post

August 13, 2017 On Elder Hamula

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category ancient languages Announcements Book of Mormon books D&C evolution Genesis Gospel Doctrine Gospel Doctrine Resources history LDS Church History New Testament Old Testament prophets science and religion scripture study Seminary teaching temple Uncategorized

Select a Month August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 March 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 November 2014 October 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 January 2010 December 2009

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

I stood on a wooden platform and read the Law from daybreak till noon, and the people wept. Who am I?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Nehemiah Ezra Moses Joshua