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December 2014

December 15, 2014

Ben Park’s Response

Ben Park has posted a response to the controversy. It can be found here. It...

December 15, 2014

Grant Hardy on Park’s Essay

Grant Hardy and I have been corresponding concerning my interpretation of Ben Park's essay. I...

December 13, 2014

Please Don’t Ask Me to Bear My Testimony!

My critics are much exercised because they believe I am trying to force someone to...

December 13, 2014

Review of “Exodus: Gods and Kings”

Went to see "Exodus" today. review:--Worst movie biblical theophany EVER! God as petulant 10-year...

December 12, 2014

Clarification on Park’s View?

Some of my critics have claimed that I have taken Ben Park’s statements out of...

December 12, 2014

I Am the Very Model of a Biblical Philologist

Not many people will get this; but if they do, they'll love it! I Am...

December 12, 2014

“You’re a plague and we are the cure.”

“You're a plague and we are the cure.” Agent Smith, The Matrix Benjamin Park, Ph.D. Cambridge,...

December 09, 2014

Expand Blog

People should pay attention to the new Expand Blog. Unfortunately, those who really need to pay...

December 02, 2014

Exactly

Neal Rappleye's insightful comments.

November 2014

November 17, 2014

Secret Recordings of BYU Religious Education Faculty

The local media has finally gotten wind of the open secret that some classrooms in Religious...

November 13, 2014

Recording my classes

If anyone at BYU wants to hear what I say in the classroom, they don't...

November 11, 2014

“Expand” your understanding

Expand is a new web page focused on LDS intellectual issues; well worth following. Discussion...

November 05, 2014

M&E 27 Deification

Art, Mysticism, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila, deification, Maximus the Confessor, mystical union, beatific...

November 05, 2014

Strange?

It is strange that being in favor of contextual, historical, scholarly, rigorous, historical, detailed study of scripture...

November 05, 2014

Taking a Stand

Some people have objected to the little satire I posted about the new Maxwell Institute (MI) a...

November 04, 2014

Religious Education Curriculum Change 3

Here are some official statements; the first from the Church The second from Brent Top,...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

M&E 26 Contemplation

Discussion of relics and mysticism, desert monasteries, contemplation, meditation, seeing God, Augustine's mystic visions

October 30, 2014

Religious Education Curriculum Change 2

To illustrate my concerns regarding the change in CES/BYU curriculum, let's look at the study...

October 29, 2014

M&E 25 Dionysius, Icons

Dionysius the Areopagite, Dionysius, Pseudo-Areopagite, celestial hierarchies, angelic hierarchies, icons, mysticism, esotericism

October 29, 2014

M&E 24, Desert Fathers and Mysticism

Mysticism, Esotericism, Desert Fathers, Antony, miracles, withdrawal, Simeon Stylites, Trinity, Christophany, Francis of Assisi, Pilgrimage...

October 28, 2014

Clarification

Some people seem to have misunderstood part of my concerns. I have no objection whatsoever to...

October 28, 2014

My Fifteen Minutes?

After decades of being ignored when critiquing anti-Mormons, apostates, and liberal Mormons, I finally make...

October 27, 2014

Rejecting Historicity?

The fundamental problem of rejecting the historicity of the Book of Mormon is that it...

October 27, 2014

The Dehistoricizing Impulse

It seems to me what is happening in both the "new" CES/BYU curriculum and at...

October 27, 2014

This in From Sunstone South

After two and a half years, the "New" Maxwell Institute has finally decided to try...

October 27, 2014

New BYU Religious Education Curriculum

BYU's College of Religious Education has accepted a new curriculum. They plan to replace the old...

October 26, 2014

M&E 23 Gnosticism and Mysticism

Discussion of the relationship between Christian mysticism and esotericism with ancient Gnosticism, the veneration of...

October 23, 2014

Temple Studies Feast!

This week brings a real feast for Temple Studies. First, the Interpreter Foundation has...

October 20, 2014

Temple: Medieval Veils

Some Orthodox and Eastern Christian churches still have traditional veils (once found in all Christian...

October 20, 2014

M&E 21 New Testament and Mysticism

Discussion of the New Testament background to medieval Orthodox and Catholic mysticism

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