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December 2010

December 22, 2010

With God, nothing shall be impossible

Advent is almost over, the season of the church year that anticipates Christmas. At some...

December 20, 2010

Profanity in Film (Part 2): Profane Language and the Third Commandment

The original Production Code for motion pictures in 1930 (called the "Hays Code") contained strict...

December 16, 2010

The pendulum swings, and Christmas returns: unconscious Gospel marketing

LDS have at times emphasized uniquely LDS characteristics, and at other times focused on what...

December 08, 2010

Movie Ratings and Content: Judging Profanity in Film

Series Introduction: Movie ratings are traditionally based on three primary criteria: profanity, sex, and violence,...

December 04, 2010

The Scriptures: an Anthology; or, Why Jonah and the Book of Mormon Have No Bearing On Each Other

When I teach Sunday School or Priesthood, I naturally draw on my experiences and knowledge...

December 04, 2010

How’s that equal-y, feminist-y thing workin’ for ya?

As many of you did, I read Kathryn Soper’s article about Mormon feminism with great...

December 02, 2010

Announcing Jim Faulconer and “Speaking Silence”

James Faulconer, BYU Philosophy professor has joined Patheos to write a weekly column, Speaking Silence....

November 2010

November 22, 2010

Review: James Calvin Davis, “In Defense of Civility”

Title: In Defense of Civility: How Religion Can Unite America on Seven Moral Issues that...

November 20, 2010

Podcasts are back! And on iTunes! Today, Ezekiel

We do have some work to do with iTunes in terms of getting the descriptors...

November 17, 2010

Audio- Reading the Bible Critically and Religiously: Jewish, Catholic and Protestant Perspectives

I posted a link and thoughts on Peter Enns' take on the question of reading...

November 17, 2010

Review: John F. Haught, “God and the New Atheism”

Title: God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens Author: John...

November 16, 2010

Announcing Rosalynde Welch, Salt and Seed

Rosalynde Welch will be contributing a weekly column to the Mormon Portal, entitled Salt and...

November 13, 2010

Remembering William Jennings Bryan

I’ve been watching the PBS television series “God in America” on Apple TV. It’s a...

November 11, 2010

Announcing Joanna Brooks and other columnists

Joanna Brooks has brought Ask Mormon Girl to Patheos as the first column on the...

November 09, 2010

Encultured prophets and the firmament: Peter Enns continued

In my last post (and hinted at in the one before that), I raised the...

November 07, 2010

First the baby, then marriage

A friend of mine recently told me about some acquaintances of hers that just had...

November 05, 2010

House Beautiful

I used to be a bit of a neat freak. As a child, when it...

November 02, 2010

Scripture, History and Myth: A Perfect Modern Example from NPR!

We’re way past Genesis at this point, but like the poor, the issue of non-historical...

October 2010

October 29, 2010

Balancing tradition with faith and scholarship: a Mormon application of Peter Enns

In my own struggles to balance faith and tradition with scholarship, I find it useful...

October 25, 2010

Here’s A Secret: Nobody’s Normal

An interesting thing has happened since I launched the Mormon Women Project at the beginning...

October 23, 2010

Faith and Knowledge Conference(s): Call for Papers and Past Experiences

Several years ago, a conference was organized by Richard Bushman, Terryl Givens, and several LDS...

October 22, 2010

Family traditions

General Conference has come and gone, and the holidays are fast approaching, reminding me of...

October 21, 2010

The Purpose of Pain

I gave birth to a beautiful 7 lb girl two weeks ago. I wanted a...

October 20, 2010

Thoughts on wrestling with lesson prep, the manual, and teaching the teachers.

Over at FaithPromotingRumor, TT analyzes a collection of statements from various manuals about using "outside"...

October 20, 2010

Review: Reid L. Neilson, “Early Mormon Missionary Activities in Japan, 1901-1924”

Title: Early Mormon Missionary Activities in Japan, 1901-1924 Author: Reid L. Neilson Publisher: University of...

October 19, 2010

Remembering Catherine

There was a recent bout of stomach flu at my house. In a period of...

October 17, 2010

Review: Terry Eagleton’s “Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate”

Title: Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate Author: Terry Eagleton Publisher: Yale...

October 01, 2010

Liveblogging Priesthood Session

Patheos will liveblog Priesthood Session on Saturday night. (Coverage of the apparently mandatory pre-session ice-cream

September 2010

September 28, 2010

Gospel Doctrine Podcast #35- Amos

This podcast is long delayed and the first podcast on Isaiah has been written already....

September 22, 2010

The Deseret News as the Church’s political voice?

The New York Times ran an article last Sunday titled "Mormon-Owned Paper Stands With Immigrants."...

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