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September 2013

September 16, 2013

Belief and Belonging in Mormonism

Mormonism's founding narrative is of a young man struggling with doubt, and finding sure answers....

September 13, 2013

On Science and Faith, Part II: Of Seekers, Heretics, and Organized Religion

In August, I argued that faith and science have a lot more in common than...

September 05, 2013

Why Mormon Feminism Should Be About Men Too

Anyone who has spent time in a feminist Mormon housewives discussion forum knows how frequently...

August 2013

August 22, 2013

On Science, Faith, and Evidence

There is perhaps no idea I hear at church that I find more wrong, or...

August 12, 2013

LL Cool J, Accidental Mormon?

Last week, I logged onto facebook to see my newsfeed crowded with excited links from...

August 05, 2013

The “Turning of Hearts”: On Family, History, and Faith

A few weeks ago, during an unusually long summer excursion away from home, my wife...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Mantra

The past several months, I’ve been trying to cultivate a practice of personal meditation (with...

July 23, 2013

Be a Man

Every summer, our family spends some time at a cabin in rural Utah and attend...

July 15, 2013

The Greater Apostasy? Responsibility and Falling Away in LDS Narratives

Over the course of the 20th century, LDS narratives about early Christianity shifted dramatically in...

July 08, 2013

Hidden Cameras

“My mom is watching me,” my son’s six year-old friend Jared confided. Jared and my...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

LDS v. USA: Mormonism in the Age of Same-Sex Marriage

In a newspaper interview in 1994, Marty Baudet, the executive director of Affirmation, the flagship...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Coming to MHA: the International Mormon Studies Book Drive Summer Fundraiser

Thanks to many wonderful donations, the IMS Book Drive is nearly ready to ship its...

May 27, 2013

Memorial Day and Helmuth Heubner

While Memorial Day in the United States is an opportunity to cultivate memory of all...

May 24, 2013

The Pope’s Conservative Reasons for Saying Nice Things about Atheists

Every Wednesday morning, the pope celebrates a Mass and holds a public audience. It...

May 21, 2013

It’s That Time of Year

The mulberry tree in my backyard has just blown seedpods all over the grass, but...

May 14, 2013

On the Cleveland Kidnapping and Anti-Polygamy Literature

This semester I taught early American religious history. We start with European settlement and end...

May 12, 2013

Mormons and the Politics of Mother’s Day

Mother's Day is a big deal in Mormonism. By some measures, Mother's Day has the...

May 10, 2013

Mormon Affect as Seen in Tap Dancing Missionaries and Laughing Robots

"Turn it Off,” one of The Book of Mormon Musical’s most catchy and popular songs,...

May 09, 2013

Thoughts on “Sexual Purity”

Earlier this week, Elizabeth Smart shared memories of her abduction that sent a powerful message...

May 06, 2013

Put Your Mormon Where Your Mouth Is: Gender, Sexuality, and The Second Great Commandment

During Conference in October 2007, at the end of General Relief Society President Julie Beck’s...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

A Time of War, a Time of Peace

This past weekend I was in Washington, DC, attending the third decennial symposium (entitled “A...

April 22, 2013

Is Mormon Studies Possible at a Mormon University?

"Should we begin with a prayer?" One of the most common, simple, and straightforward questions...

April 17, 2013

The More Things Change: A Review of The Mormon People

Continuing Peculiar People's recent theme of ridiculously late book reviews, I offer the following. If...

April 10, 2013

Lev Grossman’s _The Magicians_ and the Spiritual Longing of America’s Young

The Magicians Lev Grossman Viking, 2009 Yes, you get a book review of a four...

April 03, 2013

Mormonism, Interfaith Marriage, and the Practice of Pluralism

Behold, I say unto you that all old covenants have I caused to be done...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

A Couple Knots with Mormon Women and the Priesthood

Fairly recently, some Mormon feminists have generated a lot of discussion about women and the...

March 20, 2013

Weight Weight, Don’t Tell Me

A friend of mine had to renew her driver’s license on her birthday this year,...

March 12, 2013

Oregon and Utah: So Different, So Similar…

Lately I’ve been thinking about how historical conceptions of the U.S. West have helped to...

March 06, 2013

Of Paratexts and the New LDS Scriptures

For Mormons (and for their friends and for interested observers), the big news this week...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Mormon women and the priesthood of God

The first time I was asked to teach Sunday School, I was petrified. Though I’d...