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August 2016

August 25, 2016

Slavery in the Eschatological Kingdom

I am following a discussion on David Bokovoy’s wall with some interest. Here he makes...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

To the Editors of the Deseret News

Dear Sir / Ma'am: I was interested to read in your edition of Thursday, January...

November 2015

November 12, 2015

To the General Presidents of the Women’s Auxiliaries

Dear Sisters, As a Relief Society president in a small unit outside of Utah I...

November 07, 2015

Polygamy and Same-Sex Marriage: The Contagion Theory

The recent policy changes in the LDS church treat polygamy and same-sex marriage as analogous...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

The Future of Mormonism

As has frequently been noted by a variety of commentators, modern Mormonism seems to be...

December 11, 2014

Our Dirty Hands

In 1973 Michael Walzer wrote an article entitled “Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands.”...

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...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

The Problem of Gendered Voice in the Church Memo to leaders of Ordain Women

The non-accidental choice of the Church to issue the recent press release through a female...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

Doubt and the Dangers of Reading Alone

A lot has already been said about the Hans Mattsson article in the NYT. One...

February 2013

February 13, 2013

The Evolution of Faith: or is God Creating a Better Mormonism?

Not long after the Evolution of Faith: How God is Creating a Better Christianity was published,...

November 2012

November 24, 2012

Mormons and Palestinians: Justice and only Justice

With the tragic recent escalation of conflict in Israel-Palestine, my thoughts have turned to experiences...

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...

September 2012

September 06, 2012

Scripture Mastery Context(s) Series: Jeremiah 16:16 – Should Missionaries be Hunting & Fishing?

“Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them;...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Seminary Series: What Is Seminary For?

(update:) Author's note: This is the second post in a series dealing with my experiences...

May 23, 2012

Seminary Series: Introducing the Class

(update) Author's note: This post is first in a series about my experiences and reflections...

February 2012

February 15, 2012

Knowledge For the Strong and the Weak

In 1 Cor 8, Paul give some advice to the "strong" who know something that...

February 02, 2012

Apologetics Into Doctrine: Romney’s Impact

It appears that Andrew Sullivan published something on Mormons yesterday. How do I know this...

January 2012

January 06, 2012

“Every wo/man that striveth for mastery”: Thinking About LDS Scripture Mastery (A New Series of Posts)

**I wish I could say that my recent lack of posts at FPR has been...

September 2011

September 29, 2011

Canon and Culture: The Scriptures Made Me Do It!

Fundamentalism is the belief that all that the scriptures and revelation say are to be...

September 09, 2011

On Biblical Scripture

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

July 2011

July 07, 2011

The Value of Mormon Liturgical Theology

Liturgy is prescribed or ritualized forms of public worship. For instance, the LDS Sacrament (=...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

I’m pitching the Whipple biography with all my might

Title: "Swell Suffering": A Biography of Maureen Whipple Author: Veda Tebbs Hale Publisher: Greg Kofford...

March 2011

March 14, 2011

Would Jesus “Stick to the Manual”?

Recently I was asked to fill in as Gospel Doctrine teacher. I thoroughly enjoy the...

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...

January 05, 2011

The Dumbing Down of Mormon Books, Made Easy!

A recent book review of Eric Shuster and Charles Sale's The Biblical Roots of Mormonism describes...

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...

December 01, 2010

Mormon Feminism at Patheos

The Mormon Portal at Patheos has an amazing forum on feminism up. The main article...

November 2010

November 11, 2010

Reflecting "our aspirations as a just and caring society" (The Church on Immigration)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint has release the following statement: As a...

October 2010

October 18, 2010

Research and Responsibility

Recent discussions about the influence a vague entity called "Correlation" has on various Bloggernaclers got...

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