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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.”...

January 2013

January 21, 2013

Inauguration Open Thread/Live Blog

UPDATE: Let's get started! Comments and thoughts will be shared in the comment section below....

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...

May 2012

May 19, 2012

Reject and Denounce: Obama and his church

Author's note I originally posted this here at FPR back on March 18, 2008. Am...

April 2012

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...

February 2012

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 13, 2012

9-0: Hosanna!!?

In a 9-0 decision the U.S Supreme Court has declared that the government may not...

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 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 20, 2011

Dallin H. Oaks and Subtext

Have you ever listened to an entire talk on a subject wherein the subject was...

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...

June 2011

June 06, 2011

“Sounds like Satan’s plan!”

From the recent Newsweek coverage of us Mormons: Congressman Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) sees an even...

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...

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...

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...

August 2010

August 22, 2010

Patrick Henry and Right-Wing (Anti-) Constitutionalism

The Patrick Henry Caucus is the pro-state’s right group within the Utah State Legislature. This...

June 2009

June 05, 2009

Women as the True Disciples and Apostles of Christ in the Gospel of Mark

The Gospel of Mark, written c. 65-70 C.E., is the earliest of the four gospels...

February 2009

February 27, 2009

Creating a World Without Poverty: Muhammad Yunus

In a speech titled "Becoming Self-Reliant—Spiritually and Physically" in the March 2009 Ensign, Elder M....

November 2008

November 09, 2008

Open Letter to Protesters of LDS Support of Prop 8

Dear Protesters, It has been a frustrating week. You're angry, maybe even irate. I understand....

October 2008

October 01, 2008

Agnostupid?

This weekend Bill Maher's movie Religulous will be released. I plan to see it. The...

August 2008

August 13, 2008

Children and SSM: An Analysis of “The Divine Institution of Marriage”

As far as I know, FPR has never had a SSM post, and I think...

January 2008

January 25, 2008

Mormonism and the State

Many skeptics of Mitt Romney on both the right and the left are concerned that...

December 2007

December 14, 2007

Our Muslim Allies?

I have been increasingly annoyed by the misinformation and accusations about Mormons in the media...

September 2007

September 18, 2007

Wanted: A Running-Mate for Mittt Romney

So who should it be? Since it's just a matter of time before Romney passes...

June 2007

June 12, 2007

I know that Mitt is true.

In testimony meeting this month, a good sister bore testimony of Mitt Romney. She stated...

January 2007

January 22, 2007

“My Husband is a Socialist”

Here is another post that does not fit in with the normal FPR post: I...

October 2006

October 18, 2006

My Ideological Journey

I grew up a very right wing conservative in the Maryland Suburbs of Washington, DC....

July 2006

July 20, 2006

Political Economy and the BOM

On July 13, over at By Common Consent Taryn Nelson-Seawright posted about the nature of...

June 2006

June 29, 2006

Kristen Cox: BYU and Md

Shout out to the 'Nacle and particularly the Nacle's feminists. Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich (R)...

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