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2015-02-10T12:07:48-06:00

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Freedom is Religious, or it’s Not Freedom

Last updated on: February 10, 2015 at 12:07 pm By rhancock

(shutterstock) My latest in the Deseret News: no freedom without religious freedom. “It is unsettling to recognize that the benefits of a “secular” political order derive from and ultimately depend upon an authority beyond politics. But the necessity of such an authority is a matter of quite simple logic: if there is no appeal beyond secular power, then that power is in principle absolute.” Read more

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2015-02-10T12:00:12-06:00

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Anti-Christs Among Us

Last updated on: February 10, 2015 at 12:00 pm By rhancock

The indomitable Maurine Proctor has said what so many faithful Mormons who support the Church leadership were thinking: the more militant among our dissident “intellectuals” and activists have a lot in common with Korihor and Nehor. Does that seem harsh, “judgmental”? Maurine herself seems to soften her critique at one point: “Please be clear that I am not calling Kate Kelly a Korihor, nor would I, but it is the arguments that bear exposing.” I hope indeed that there is... Read more

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2015-01-31T13:38:31-06:00

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Mother(s?) for Patriarchy

Last updated on: January 31, 2015 at 1:38 pm By rhancock

If you’re ready to think deep, and against the grain, try this remarkable essay that frames questions of sex and family in the broadest and deepest context. Maybe it challenges the modern paradigm (“equality” as sameness — even when this is denied) too squarely to persuade a critical mass of our contemporaries. But truth is still a good thing, no? Some highlights: Patriarchy is the social project of insisting men act as fathers in a meaningful and productive way before... Read more

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2015-01-22T10:26:40-06:00

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

Last updated on: January 22, 2015 at 10:26 am By rhancock

I have been otherwise occupied and have neglected my engagement with David Bokovoy’s very reasonably-presented thoughts on “How to Save LDS Youth in a Secular Age.” It is because David is reasonable and manifestly well-intentioned, and because I think many of the views he expresses resonate quite favorably among internet-active LDS, that it seemed worthwhile to address his arguments directly. In my earlier installments in this series I have tried to show that the difference between David and me is... Read more

2015-01-12T15:50:52-06:00

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

Last updated on: January 12, 2015 at 3:50 pm By rhancock

So just what is my problem with a certain “secularism” that seems to be setting the tone among a group of enthusiasts for a New Mormon Studies (notably at the New Maxwell Institute)? I hope I’ve already made it clear in my previous post that my objection is not to intellectual engagement with non-Mormons, or, for that matter, with non-Christians or even non-theists. Such intellectual engagement is part of my “spiritual journey,” as it is part of David Bokovoy’s. Some... Read more

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2015-01-09T15:22:43-06:00

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

Last updated on: January 9, 2015 at 3:22 pm By rhancock

I was trying in my previous post, “Who’s Afraid of ‘Secularism’?”, to provide some clarity on just where David Bokovoy (and the “progressives” he favors) and I disagree on the question of “secularism”. It would be nice to reach an agreement on what we are disagreeing about. First, we saw, David seems to think there is some difference between us on making available historical facts that some members may not welcome. I can’t see what the difference is. I fully... Read more

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2015-01-08T18:13:47-06:00

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Who’s Afraid of “Secularism”?

Last updated on: January 8, 2015 at 6:13 pm By rhancock

Disagreement I can deal with. As a scholar of political philosophy and its history, you can say that I’m in the disagreement business. But what I still find a bit frustrating is not to be able to agree on just what it is we are disagreeing about. So it is with recent discussions of the question of “secularism” as concerns “Mormon studies.” To be sure I have occasionally used the term “secular” as a shorthand to name arguments I have... Read more

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2014-12-26T14:03:17-06:00

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Intellect and Affection – How to Be a Faithful Mormon Intellectual

Last updated on: December 26, 2014 at 2:03 pm By rhancock

I suppose I should be happy that no one has undertaken in any substantial way to dispute my reading of Benjamin Park’s review of worthy books by David Holland and Eran Shalev in the recent Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, or my analysis of the significance of this review in relation to interventions by David Holland and by Terryl Givens, and to an attempt at self-clarification by Mr. Park himself. I should be satisfied, no doubt, that the essence... Read more

2014-12-22T14:09:32-06:00

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To Whom Shall We Go: From Apologetics to Mormon Studies

Last updated on: December 22, 2014 at 2:09 pm By rhancock

At Global Summit, Elder Soares Advocates for Peace Through Religious Freedom OK, the full article is now available at Meridian/Expand. (For most, it should be less annoying than BYU’s defense-less bowl performance. At least that is my response here in 2nd quarter down 24-14.) Read more

2014-12-19T15:02:07-06:00

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

Last updated on: December 19, 2014 at 3:02 pm By rhancock

Here are some excerpts from a 6700-word essay to appear shortly at Meridian/Expand: “To Whom Shall We Go? From Apologetics to Mormon Studies” All those whose views are discussed will be invited to respond — along with any other reasonable and civil interlocutors. What reasonable voices agree on is this: there is room in the study of Mormon things for both (1) scholarship that presupposes and often defends Mormon exceptionalism, that is, scholarship that openly assents to the peculiar truth... Read more

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