Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Soul and the City

Home
Latter-day Saint

Uncategorized

Select a Category Uncategorized

Select a Month May 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 September 2016 August 2016 June 2016 May 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 May 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014

February 2015

February 10, 2015

Freedom is Religious, or it’s Not Freedom

(shutterstock) My latest in the Deseret News: no freedom without religious freedom. "It is unsettling...

February 10, 2015

Anti-Christs Among Us

The indomitable Maurine Proctor has said what so many faithful Mormons who support the Church...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

Mother(s?) for Patriarchy

If you're ready to think deep, and against the grain, try this remarkable essay that...

January 21, 2015

Who’s Afraid of Secularism (4): Humility, Patience and Progressive “Moral Convictions”

I have been otherwise occupied and have neglected my engagement with David Bokovoy’s very reasonably-presented...

January 12, 2015

Who’s Afraid of Secularism? (3) Or, My Irrepressible Rationalism

So just what is my problem with a certain “secularism” that seems to be setting...

January 09, 2015

Who’s Afraid of Secularism 2: My “Bracketing”

I was trying in my previous post, “Who’s Afraid of ‘Secularism’?”, to provide some clarity...

January 07, 2015

Who’s Afraid of “Secularism”?

Disagreement I can deal with. As a scholar of political philosophy and its history, you...

December 2014

December 24, 2014

Intellect and Affection – How to Be a Faithful Mormon Intellectual

I suppose I should be happy that no one has undertaken in any substantial way...

December 22, 2014

To Whom Shall We Go: From Apologetics to Mormon Studies

OK, the full article is now available at Meridian (For most, it should be...

December 19, 2014

From Apologetics to Mormon Studies: The Case of Benjamin Park — with Reference to Dan Peterson, David Holland, and Terryl Givens

Here are some excerpts from a 6700-word essay to appear shortly at Meridian/Expand: "To Whom...

December 13, 2014

Joseph Spencer on The Responsibility of Reason

Here is editor John Welch's able summary of Joe Spencer's serious and thoughtful review essay...

December 09, 2014

The Secular Storm: Nothing to Fear? (4)

[continued from here] As Matthew Wickman, Director of the BYU Humanities Center, pointed out, the...

December 06, 2014

BYU Prof FEARS SECULARISM (3): What, me Worry?

As I was saying: The Salt Lake Tribune has presented me as a critic of...

December 06, 2014

The Kindle of a Conservative: Marginal Fragments of a Correlated Worldview (2) – Steven D. Smith and the Problem of Religious Freedom

I'm probably going to need to shorten that title in future installments... As I...

December 04, 2014

BYU Prof FEARS SECULARISM (2): Why I am so Simple

Before proceeding to a deft and devastating disarming of my critics, let me repeat my...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

“BYU prof FEARS SECULARISM”

I appreciate Peggy Fletcher Stack’s and the Salt Lake Tribune’s interest in our new initiative...

November 30, 2014

Ralph on Rome (the Ancient one)

Here's my latest little piece on the significance of Rome for Western transcendence.

November 29, 2014

The Kindle of a Conservative: Marginal Fragments of a Correlated Worldview (1)

I, Ralph C. Hancock, Having occasionally undertaken to criticize the critics of ordinary, mainstream views...

November 18, 2014

Rome Report: Pres. Eyring and Prof. Wardle Praise Complementarity

I was pleased to receive this email dispatch from Rome from my friend Lynn Wardle,...

November 11, 2014

BYU, the Family, and the Gospel of Self-Indulgence. Prof. Sven Wilson on Family Capital

My colleague and now Department Chair, Sven Wilson, recently (10/23) delivered the annual Virginia F....

November 11, 2014

Apologetics of Intellectual Frameworks

Sorry I've been absent for a while. Well, here's part of my excuse - a...

October 2014

October 26, 2014

Givens on Mormon “Continuing Revelation”: History, Intellectual Eclecticism, and the Spirit’s Guidance

Another in a series of notes and highlights on Terryl Givens’ very important Wrestling the...

October 22, 2014

Terryl Givens’ Foundations: Wrestling with History and Theology

I could be annoyed by Terryl Givens. His new Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of...

October 21, 2014

Celebrating BYU III: The Glory of God and the Purpose of Reason

[A continuation of my earlier reflections on BYU, in response to Professor Richard Bushman] But...

October 18, 2014

Celebrating BYU, Part Deux: or Why I am so “Divisive”

I was happy to discover, a few months ago, that Richard Bushman, the most...

October 08, 2014

Morality and Transcendence

Check out my latest at National Review Online (Postmodern Conservative blog), where I compare "Ray...

October 03, 2014

Seeking the Promised Land

I'm just working through a timely, insightful and judicious new book: Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons...

October 01, 2014

“Your Mind doth begin to Expand”

[T]he word hath swelled your soul… and your mind doth begin to expand. (Alma 32:34)...

September 2014

September 27, 2014

Natural Law and The Person: Catholic and Mormon Questions

For readers who may have an interest in some finer points of political philosophy (within...

September 26, 2014

Celebrating BYU

It has been a few weeks now since BYU inaugurated its new president, in an...

Related posts from The Soul and the City

Latter-day Saint

200 Years of Karl Marx

The Soul and the City

Latter-day Saint

Beyond the Mormon Moment

The Soul and the City

Latter-day Saint

Vulgar Elitism & Empty Populism

The Soul and the City

Latter-day Saint

The Darkest Hour: Review

The Soul and the City

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos