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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...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

The Cyclical Nature of BYU’s Religious Education

A guest post from Mrs. Silence Dogood One of the most interesting books on Mormon...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Taylor Petrey is Tenured: What does This Mean for LDS Scholars of Religion?

We’ve been running our Tips on Applying Series for nearly a decade. We heard from...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

Diachronic or Synchronic? A Response to Nicholas J. Frederick

Introduction The fact that New Testament (NT) language appears throughout the Book of Mormon (BM)...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

10 Reasons to be Excited about the Study of Religion at BYU

In the spirit of the 10 tidbits series at FPR, I offer (for once!) a...

September 2013

September 22, 2013

“Are Mormons Christians?”: A Blog Round Table (Updated)

Author's Note: This post is cross-posted at Approaching Justice. Are Mormons Christians? For most Mormons,...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

The Value of an Outsider’s Perspective

Several years ago I was asked to accompany an investigator to church.We showed up a...

March 2013

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...

March 01, 2013

Wheat and Tares Apologetics

Apologetics has obviously been on my mind recently. In previous posts I discussed how certain...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

On the Malleability of Gold Plates: Mormonism and Modern Biblical Scholarship

From the time I first came to understand the nature of pseudepigrapha, I felt comfortable...

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...

August 2012

August 08, 2012

Apologetics in the Academy

In line with Daniel Peterson’s recent comments, I see significant points of congruence between apologetics...

August 02, 2012

A Reponse to Hamblin on Mormon Studies

A few days ago William Hamblin posted his views on the issue of Mormon studies...

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...

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 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...

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...

July 07, 2011

The Value of Mormon Liturgical Theology

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

June 2011

June 07, 2011

Pharisees, Scribes, and Modern Disciples

In TYD’s post below, “A Prophet is Only a Prophet When…,” one of the commenters,...

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...

February 03, 2011

Guarding the Temple: Our Procession to a Better Understanding; a Response to David L.

David L., who recently joined M*, and I have been having a really wonderful conversation...

January 2011

January 29, 2011

Ten Tidbits About Prophets and Prophecy in the Old Testament

1. The biblical, or so-called "canonical," prophets--those whom we tend to consider the prophets--in many...

January 05, 2011

Isaiah 7:14 and Scriptural Hermeneutics

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and...

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...

October 2010

October 18, 2010

Research and Responsibility

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

October 01, 2010

The Truth of Personal Narrative

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

July 2010

July 31, 2010

(Re)writing the Bible in Antiquity and Today

CANON The New Testament writers and early Church Fathers used the Septuagint (LXX) for proof...

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