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February 2017

February 24, 2017

Canonical Criticism of the Book of Mormon?

The following is a brief response to Michael Austin's post "Canon as Context: Insights from...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

Some non-arguments against ordaining women to the LDS priesthood

I’m sure all these things have been said before and better, but in order to...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Hans Mattsson and Joseph Smith’s polygamy

The online LDS response to the NYT article describing Hans Mattsson’s struggle with doubt about...

March 2013

March 17, 2013

Sam Gamgee and the Relief Society

Sam Gamgee and the Relief Society[1] Whenever I watch the film version of the Lord...

March 05, 2013

Approaching Antiquity: BYU Church History Symposium 2013

In case you haven't seen it, take a break from Wheat and Tares Apologizing and...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

Faith, Scholarship, and Teaching at BYU Series

For the series announcement and the question to which I am replying, see here. I...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Faith-Promoting [Not] History

Several weeks ago we had a sacrament meeting talk that remains on my mind. The...

May 2012

May 08, 2012

A Dearth of Understanding Mormon Freemasonry in Nauvoo

A Freemason’s Critique of Sam Brown by Guest Poster Joe Steve Swick III Joe Swick...

May 02, 2012

Turning Wine into Water

In a rather strange opening miracle, the author of the Gospel of John depicts Jesus...

April 2012

April 17, 2012

Now Reading… Bad Religion

Published this AM, by Ross Douthout. Amazing what Kindle can do, no? So the "problem,"...

April 16, 2012

B.H. Roberts and the Mormon Political Left by Chris Smith

FPR would like to thank Christopher Carroll Smith for this guest post. Chris is an...

September 2011

September 22, 2011

Capital Punishment and LDS Doctrinal Development

This morning my facebook and twitter feeds were inundated with declarations by my Latter-day Saint...

September 12, 2011

Mormon Women’s Texts and the New RS History, “Daughters in My Kingdom”

The much-heralded Relief Society history Daughters in my Kingdom commissioned by General President Julie B. Beck is...

September 09, 2011

On Biblical Scripture

The Problem What makes Biblical Scripture, Scripture for LDS Christians?* Historically one prominent model for...

August 2011

August 09, 2011

Speculation Upon The Kody Brown Polygamy Case

Taken from remarks made by a panel at the 2011 Sunstone Symposium. Participants were Kaimi...

July 2011

July 24, 2011

Should Mormons in the “Diaspora” Celebrate Pioneer Day?

It has only been in recent years that I have slowly become aware that not...

February 2011

February 04, 2011

Edward Tullidge’s Miltonian “Gathering of the Grand Council of Hell”

In 1858 Edward Tullidge wrote to Brigham Young to volunteer himself as the epic chronicler...

January 2011

January 08, 2011

Faith Promoting “Problems”

A few weeks ago my Bishop asked me to be the speaker at the monthly...

December 2010

December 20, 2010

Scriptural Authority, Normativity, and Hermeneutics: Women and the Priesthood

Introduction [1] The Bible often privileges men as normative for what it means to be...

October 2010

October 01, 2010

The Truth of Personal Narrative

Bart Ehrman has pointed out that the popular view of Paul and his conversion makes...

January 2009

January 19, 2009

An American Prophet

Mormons are not the only prophetic tradition in America. The African American spiritual community also...

January 12, 2009

Apocaliterature and Historical Fiction

NB: This post compares and contrasts a set of books that I have never read...

July 2008

July 23, 2008

African American Spirituals and the Mormon Pioneers

In honor of the 161st anniversary of the Saints entering the Salt Lake Valley, I...

March 2008

March 19, 2008

BYU Religion Dean on Premortal Life, Part I: Race and Nobility

Last week Terry Ball, Dean of the College of Religious Education, gave BYU's weekly devotional...

January 2008

January 12, 2008

Armaund Mauss Interview

No, not here. Over here. Good stuff, go read it. (T&S had a similar interview...

December 2007

December 13, 2007

Announcement: All-Blog Symposium on “Mormonism and Modernity”

As you may know, I am an advanced student at a local VCR repair school...

October 2007

October 17, 2007

Curses!

A discussion I had recently with a friend of mine reminded me of one of...

August 2007

August 25, 2007

A Review of Terryl Givens, People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture

Terryl Givens’ new book is an important and welcome addition to Mormon studies and will...

August 22, 2007

Learning to Love Apostate Christianity

One sign of our institutional and historiographical maturity is the increasing attention that the “Great...

May 2007

May 10, 2007

Race and Why Christopher Hitchens is an Embarrassment to Good Atheists Everywhere

I don't know if many of you have been following the Romney-Sharpton debacle. The strange...

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