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July 2012

July 08, 2012

Trying to understand history

“It seems only human nature to hang the label irrational on what we do not understand, since...

July 08, 2012

More lies about Dan Peterson

Denied by Dan here. I can confirm, based on some first-hand knowledge as well as...

July 06, 2012

Turkestan Sufi Saint Shrine

My photos of a Sufi saint shrine in Turkestan. (Unfortunately I did not write down...

July 05, 2012

New Book Notice

D. John Butler has written a new book, Plain and Precious Things: The Temple Religion...

July 05, 2012

Temple and Book of Mormon bibliography

Rober t F. Smith posted a bibliography on the temple in the Book of Mormon,...

July 04, 2012

Happy Fourth of July!

Despite its many flaws and problems, the United States of America has consistently been the...

July 03, 2012

Photos from Bukhara, Uzbekistan

My photos of the Khanaka (sufi "monastery") of Nadir Divan-Beghi in Bukhara, Uzbekistan (Aug. 2010); the...

July 03, 2012

Struggle for the Temple Mount

"Messianic sect allows peek into battle to build third Temple"

July 03, 2012

The Temple in the Qur’an

Attached is my paper, "The Temple in the Qur'ān," which I presented in Dublin on...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

“Restore FARMS” movement?

Started by Bryce Hammond

June 30, 2012

An important correction

To apostate disinformation.

June 29, 2012

Dehlin’s Methodology?

Yesterday on his Facebook page (), John Dehlin posted the following: Urgent: Need specific examples...

June 29, 2012

David Bohn’s reflections on the Maxwell situation

June 26, 2012

Real Ad Hominem?

The apostates endlessly complain that the FARMS Review under Dan Peterson's term as editor included nothing...

June 26, 2012

Important analysis on apologetics

From the always insightful Ben McGuire;

June 25, 2012

Bryce Haymond’s perspective

This blog contains a very important graphic representation of the decline of the quantity...

June 25, 2012

Ralph Hancock’s perspective

Great analysis of the controversy by Ralph Hancock.

June 24, 2012

St Patrick’s Cathedral (Protestant), Armagh, Ireland, Interior

June 24, 2012

Controlling the Narrative

My friend Mike Parker has posted an excellent article illuminating the spin that has been...

June 24, 2012

What’s really important?

I started this blog as a place to post my musings, articles, notes, news items,...

June 23, 2012

“I Stand with Dan”

Somebody started a Facebook page. At last, and official Daniel C. Peterson fan club!

June 23, 2012

A broader context

These types of academic and administrative disputes are actually not at all uncommon at universities...

June 23, 2012

The Will of the Brethren

I've had a number of anti-Mormons send me emails telling me that they know it...

June 23, 2012

A wise man

By the way, world renown biblical scholar David Noel Freedman once said: "At BYU people...

June 23, 2012

The Parable of the Football Team

There once was a university football team. The coach spent years collecting great players and...

June 23, 2012

Leaders to Managers: The Fatal Shift

Several people have noted my veiled allusion to Nibley's classic article "Leaders to Managers: The...

June 23, 2012

What the Maxwell Institute controversy is really about

The Maxwell Institute (MI) controversy is not--or at least shouldn’t be--a personal feud. It is,...

June 22, 2012

More reports on the Maxwell Institute scandal

Dan Peterson's first public comments: The Tribune's naturally garbled and biased account, which gets...

June 22, 2012

Dan’s dismissal is official

This just up on the MI news: http://maxwellinstit...d=150&type=news A New Beginning for the Mormon Studies ReviewThe...

June 21, 2012

And now for a lighter perspective on this weeks events

The Charge of the FARMS Brigade Half a page, half a page, Half a page...