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2013-04-23T21:55:44+00:00

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“Matt and Me (But Mostly Me)”*: A Conversation about _The Book of Mormon_ on Broadway

Last updated on: April 23, 2013 at 9:55 pm By Cristine Hutchison-Jones

The Book of Mormon, the musical comedy co-written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, went into previews on Broadway the week I turned in my dissertation on images of the Latter-day Saints in American culture from 1890 to the present. Sadly, this meant that while I quoted much of Parker and Stone’s work in my dissertation (South Park, Cannibal! The Musical, Orgazmo), I did NOT include a discussion of their Tony-winning musical in my work. Last week,... Read more

Book of Mormon; Broadway; musical; Trey Parker; Matt Stone; South Park

2014-02-11T21:25:13+00:00

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Is Mormon Studies Possible at a Mormon University?

Last updated on: February 11, 2014 at 9:25 pm By Richard Livingston

“Should we begin with a prayer?” One of the most common, simple, and straightforward questions for anyone who knows anything about Latter-day Saints. I mean, really, what LDS gathering doesn’t begin with a prayer? Still, this time it was different . . . very different. This time it was anything but mundane and insignificant. For one of the very few times in my life I had to think seriously about how to respond. And, if I’m being brutally honest, I was even a little... Read more

Mormonism, politics, Romney

2013-04-17T00:22:02+00:00

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The More Things Change: A Review of The Mormon People

Last updated on: April 17, 2013 at 12:22 am By Alan Hurst

Continuing Peculiar People’s recent theme of ridiculously late book reviews, I offer the following. If Matt can review Lev Grossman’s four-year-old book, I can review Matt’s one-year-old book, right? When young Latter-day Saints learn their history, I think the most common challenge to their faith is not any specific controversy, like polygamy or the Mountain Meadows Massacre, but rather just how different the Church and its teachings used to be. Prophets attacking capitalism? Apostles defending evolution? Women giving blessings, and... Read more

Mormonism, politics, Romney

2013-04-08T22:51:07+00:00

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

Last updated on: April 8, 2013 at 10:51 pm By Matthew Bowman

The Magicians Lev Grossman Viking, 2009 Yes, you get a book review of a four year old book. But, it’s free. Spoilers. What you need to know: the magicians of the title are a handful of America’s bright but directionless teenagers, lifted from their daily lives and transported to Brakebills, a college for magicians in upstate New York. There they fight, drink, sleep around, moan about how directionless they are in the way most of America’s generation Y and millennials... Read more

Mormonism, politics, Romney

2013-04-08T14:20:50+00:00

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On Historical Sources, Mormonism, and the Pinterests of the new General Young Women’s President

Last updated on: April 8, 2013 at 2:20 pm By Christopher Jones

I’ve spent the last three weeks carefully handling 18th century manuscripts housed in some of England’s most treasured and stories archives. Most of these sources fall into one of three general categories: journals, correspondence, or church records. The research is for my dissertation, and I’ve been doing this sort of thing for most of my adult life now: poring over records, considering their provenance and reliability, taking into account authorial point of view, comparing them with other accounts of the... Read more

2013-04-03T04:02:12+00:00

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Mormonism, Interfaith Marriage, and the Practice of Pluralism

Last updated on: April 3, 2013 at 4:02 am By Benjamin Park

Behold, I say unto you that all old covenants have I caused to be done away in this thing; and this is a new and an everlasting covenant, even that which was from the beginning. (D&C 22:1) As America continues to navigate the intended and unintended consequences of pluralism, interfaith marriage has become a significant arena of interest. This week, Stanley Fish highlighted Naomi Schaefer Riley’s new and provocative ‘Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage is Transforming America.... Read more

Mormonism, politics, Romney

2013-03-29T20:17:14+00:00

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A Couple Knots with Mormon Women and the Priesthood

Last updated on: March 29, 2013 at 8:17 pm By Rachael

Fairly recently, some Mormon feminists have generated a lot of discussion about women and the priesthood with a campaign for female ordination. Ironically, as some Mormon feminists lobby for integrating women into what’s been characterized as a patriarchal institution, other news outlets like the New York Magazine and the Atlanticand the HuffPo are debating what may be a growing trend in women choosing to leave the workplace to embrace the domestic sphere. The differing views over ordination have highlighted once... Read more

Mormonism, politics, Romney

2013-03-20T06:00:57+00:00

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Weight Weight, Don’t Tell Me

Last updated on: March 20, 2013 at 6:00 am By Kate Holbrook

A friend of mine had to renew her driver’s license on her birthday this year, and the new photo made her look overweight. The photo devastated her for days beyond her birthday. While making regular Sunday announcements, a former councilor in my Relief Society presidency often alluded to the constant struggle she waged with sweets. I often hear women, regardless of their faith tradition, say “I was bad,” referring to the fact that they bought themselves a doughnut or a... Read more

Mormonism, politics, Romney

2013-03-17T21:06:42+00:00

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Conferences at the Crossroads of Mormonism

Last updated on: March 17, 2013 at 9:06 pm By David Howlett

When April comes to Independence, Missouri, Latter Day Saints will go to conference. Community of Christ members will go to conference. Latter-day Saints will go to conference. Remnant saints will go to conference. Church of Christ (Temple Lot) members will go to conference. Saints who are first-generation Americans from Samoa will go to conference. Saints who have flown from Nigeria to Missouri will go to conference. And saints from dozens of other nations will go to conference. Members of the... Read more

2013-03-12T21:30:51+00:00

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Oregon and Utah: So Different, So Similar…

Last updated on: March 12, 2013 at 9:30 pm By Susanna Morrill

Lately I’ve been thinking about how historical conceptions of the U.S. West have helped to shape the present-day religious landscapes of this grouping of contiguous, but varied regions. I live in the Northwest and study and teach about the religious history of Oregon and Washington. But much of my research is also focused on Utah-based Mormonism. The contemporary religious landscapes of these two regions couldn’t be more different. As Patricia O’Connell Killen and Mark Silk have shown, the Northwest is... Read more

Mormonism, politics, Romney

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