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May 2015

May 03, 2015

“Not a Divine Product”

On his blog David Bokovoy suggest that Latter-day Saints should adopt the views of Marcus...

May 03, 2015

Should we Assimilate?

In his latest blog David Bokovoy suggests that resistance is futile, and we should assimilate...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

In his ongoing attacks on the historicity of the Bible, David Bokovoy insists that the argument...

February 15, 2015

Historicity and the New Testament

On his blog, David Bokovoy wrote: Surely, therefore, the New Testament contains “historicity.” Wellllll. ....

January 2015

January 13, 2015

Decline of Philosophy?

Indeed.

November 2014

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 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 26, 2014

M&E 23 Gnosticism and Mysticism

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

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

October 09, 2014

Temple and Catholicism

A conference I wish I had been able to attend. Hopefully some of the proceedings...

October 03, 2014

M&E 14 Enoch

Discussion of apocalyptic and apocrypha; the background to different biblical versions: Hebrew Bible, Aramaic Targum,...

October 01, 2014

Mysticism and Esotericism Class

I finished reorganizing the recordings of lectures 1-13 from my "Mysticism and Esotericism" class, and placed...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

Column on the name Jehovah

The Hamblin/Peterson column in the Deseret News on the name Jehovah,

September 14, 2014

Temple 9: Column as Ascent

Columns in antiquity often had a symbolic connotation of ascent into or connection with the...

September 08, 2014

Mysticism Class 2: What is Mysticism (pt. 1)

A discussion of the range of meanings to the term Mysticism (part 1)

September 01, 2014

Temple 4: Sacrifice of Semiramis

The legend of Semiramis, queen of Assyria, has many different forms. (Probably to be associated...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Mysticism and Esotericism

I'm teaching a new class at BYU this fall: History 485 "Mysticism and Esotericism." I've...

August 22, 2014

YHWH in Greek scripture

Larry Hurtado's interesting comments on the use of the term YHWH/Yahweh/Jehovah in the Greek OT...

August 13, 2014

Blog of the Irish

Robert Boylan (my favorite Irishman--after the Lucky Charms guy) has a new LDS-oriented theological blog...

August 09, 2014

Mary, the Mother of Jesus

This week's Deseret News column by Dan Peterson and me is on Mary, the Mother...

August 03, 2014

Putting Putti in Their Place

No one has ever, for obvious reasons, confused me with the Lord God Almighty. (Though...

August 02, 2014

DN column on Constantine

With Dan Peterson. Click here.

July 2014

July 09, 2014

Milvian Bridge, 312 AD

Those who think that "violence never solves anything" have never studied history. For good or...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Rome

Tomorrow I'm off to Rome for a month. I'll have intermittent wifi access, and will...

June 18, 2014

Hamblin-Peterson Column on Relics

See here.

June 11, 2014

Mysticism 1: new class at BYU

I'm going to be teaching a class on "Mysticism and Esotericism" at BYU, in Fall...