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June 2007

June 19, 2007

Doctrine as an Expedient Means

I served a mission back when the commitment pattern was king. Prepare--Identify--Invite--Follow Up; those were the...

June 13, 2007

A Return to the Roots

A few Sundays ago the topic of the sacrament meeting talks was the "restoration". It...

May 2007

May 15, 2007

Faithful Dissent

While reading through some of the transcripts of the interviews used for PBS' "The Mormons",...

May 08, 2007

Herod’s Tomb Discovered

While everybody has been discussing the PBS film on Mormons, a recent archaeological discovery in...

April 2007

April 19, 2007

The Mormons on PBS an Early Review

I actually do not have much time to put together a thorough review (which the...

April 05, 2007

Apocalypticism in the Book of Mormon and the Striking Lack Thereof

Lehi and Nephi have apocalypses? Why doesn't anyone else? (Brother of Jared doesn't count, he's...

April 03, 2007

Oxford Press Puts It All Out There

Oxford Press, like some other publishers, have been cooperating to make their books available in...

March 2007

March 30, 2007

God-like Nature: Discovered or Recovered

As Mormons we believe that all human beings have the capability to become like God....

March 28, 2007

Mormon Support for War Waning

I always figured that the last sign of the apocalypse would be that the Boston...

March 27, 2007

Of Course Mormonism has Theology

Dave's post over at DMI reminded me of first time I heard that Mormonism didn't...

March 25, 2007

How to Reconcile Difference: In History and More

Earlier comments made by Mogget that the BoM tends to deal with the "other" in...

March 21, 2007

The Matthean Judas

One of the key differences between the story of the death of Jesus in Matthew and...

March 16, 2007

What is Mormon Studies?

Seriously. This is a real question. We've been so busy patting ourselves on the back...

March 12, 2007

The Intellectually Ousted

I have been thinking a lot lately about ex-Mos. In so doing, I imagine what...

March 05, 2007

Apologetics: “Don’t we have Anything Else to Talk About?”

The title for this post comes from the (slightly altered) title of a presentation given...

March 02, 2007

Religion 100

Like my buddies here at FPR, I’ve been thinking about the intersection of LDS life...

March 01, 2007

Role of the Scholar Pt. 1–A Priority of Questions?

At a recent conference held at Yale for LDS students doing work in Religious Studies,...

February 2007

February 28, 2007

Colonization, Conformity, and Contribution, Part I

Many posts at FPR of late have had to do with Kent Jackson's description of...

February 26, 2007

Elder McConkie and Targumim, or How to Help LDS Read Non-KJV Versions

I recently discovered that Elder McConkie was aware of Targums, translations of the Hebrew Bible...

February 22, 2007

Introducing Nitsav Lariv

Hello. I’m a new semi-perma-blogger here at FPR. I’m a graduate student in a similar...

February 12, 2007

Sacrament Meeting Suggestions

Sacrament Meeting can be one of the most spiritually fulfilling meetings in church. The talks...

February 05, 2007

On Watchin’ the Game

The health risks of American football have been getting a lot of attention in the...

February 01, 2007

When to put a Child up for Adoption

I recently learned that a person I know put her baby up for adoption. As...

January 2007

January 27, 2007

Passivity and Practice

handle's recent and excellent post on architecture raises some connected issues that I've been struggling...

January 21, 2007

What does architecture say about doctrine?

It was recently announced that Frank Gehry, an icon of postmodern architecture, will be designing...

January 16, 2007

On my honor I will… shave?

While at BYU I often wondered why "dress and grooming standards" were subsumed under "the...

January 10, 2007

Communal Judgment

This relates to a post I started before going on Christmas break on the topic...

January 08, 2007

Is Temple Prep Really Preparation?

I've thought a little about this in the past but I was reminded of it...

January 07, 2007

Of Saints and Schemes

I apologize in advance if this post is mostly anecdotal, but I have been concerned...

January 01, 2007

Sabbath and Sunday

A refreshing post at BCC asked bloggers what they were going to do for New...

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