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October 2012

October 01, 2012

Politics at the Pulpit

I was once a conservative activist. When I tell this to people, they rarely believe...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

Certainly of recent manufacture … the rumor, that is

Guess I should have been reading Religion News Service instead of First Things yesterday. Something...

September 26, 2012

Perils of publishing (and my do-it-your-self guide to forgery)

So it looks like the fragment is not going to be published, at least not...

September 23, 2012

Not convinced this scrap is a forgery, and let’s give Morton Smith some credit

Backlash against news of the Coptic papyrus fragment now known as the Gospel of Jesus’...

September 10, 2012

10 Changes If I Were In Charge of LDS Scripture…

1. I would change the layout of the LDS scriptures to create paragraphs and sections...

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;...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Chris H. for Congress at BCC

BCC is doing a couple of posts on my campaign for the U.S. House of...

August 28, 2012

Conference Announcement: Faith and Knowledge

We are pleased to announce this upcoming conference: THE FOURTH BIENNIAL FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE CONFERENCE...

August 24, 2012

The Jacob (pseud)epigraphon in the book of Alma

I have no idea how many Mormons there are in biblical and related studies. It’s...

August 21, 2012

Abraham in Egypt, in Persia

In a recent article by John Gee, "An Egyptian View of Abraham," in Bountiful Harvest:...

August 21, 2012

first-presidency-member statement on anti-intellectualism

Need some inspiration for school, whether you yourself are just starting out, returning for yet...

August 17, 2012

From glass-looking to social science

In episode 24 of the Mysterious Cities of Gold, an ancient Mesoamerican manuscript is discovered...

August 11, 2012

“So-called”

Some so-called "defenders" of the gospel, who appear in sheeps' clothing and taketh the truth...

August 04, 2012

Ten Tidbits: John

Prior post on gospels, with link to series intro. 1. Of the four canonical gospels,...

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...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Three Cheers for Old Joe and his Indian Bible

Because I can’t wait for August (I’m already on episode 11 of The Mysterious Cities...

July 23, 2012

Announcing unofficial ([post] post) colonial Americas month

In preparation for the release of the new season of The Mysterious Cities of Gold,...

July 23, 2012

Ten Tidbits About the Ten Commandments

1. Although commonly referred to as the "Ten Commandments," in the Hebrew Bible itself they are...

July 08, 2012

Taking Nibley Back: A Series #nibley

I met Boyd Peterson at Utah Valley State College in the the Summer of 2004....

July 05, 2012

Evil Eschatological Mothers

Heh. Back to work, are you? And not really in the mood, perhaps? Yeah. It...

July 02, 2012

Clean and Press Apologetics

This morning as I was doing a clean and press set the usual happened. At...

July 01, 2012

Apologetic Activism — Occupy Your Own Self

So even those of us who live under rocks have now heard that some sort...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

The Legacy of FARMS

Bill Hamblin is right. The old-FARMS is dead. Gerald Bradford didn't kill it. John Dehlin...

June 19, 2012

Seminary Series: Just how long IS three millennia?

Author’s note: This is the fourth post in a series about my experiences with and...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Conference Announcement: Women and the LDS Church

Fantastic lineup here, folks. Check it out, if you can. http://www.thc.utah.edu/?&pageId=6466 Women and the LDS...

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...

May 13, 2012

For Mother’s Day: Dependency and Rawls

Author's Note: My readings for the following essay started me thinking for the first time...

May 08, 2012

Five Questions for Ralph Hancock

Ralph, you've gotten into a bad spot with fellow LDS intellectuals from a lot of...

February 2012

February 26, 2012

Mormons as Protestants

Between the recent conference on Methodists and Mormons and the events of my own week,...

February 20, 2012

Beyond Borders: A Moral Approach to Immigration

Authors note: In light of this recent story, I am re-posting this. Originally published here...

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