Theological ethics are derived from conceptions of the divine and are, in part, an effort to identify divine mandates and human obligations meant to serve a transcendent purpose. The work of Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine represent an attempt … Continue reading
It will be 5 years next month that I attended my first (and only thus far) Exmormon Foundation conference in Salt Lake City. At the time I was deeply immersed in studying ex-Mormon narratives as part of my graduate studies … Continue reading
Readers of the Book of Mormon encounter war and a lot of it. Indeed, the entire narrative seems to be driven by a cycle of conflict between competing groups. Destruction via war may come as a result of wickedness or … Continue reading
Defining Mormon Doctrine can be a difficult task. Not in defining the core doctrines, of course. But rather, in defining the corollaries which follow. Armand Mauss has designated four categories of Mormon doctrine as “an operational construct [and] not a … Continue reading
Many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are skeptical of Sunstone; as an organization, a magazine, and sponsor of symposia on Mormon doctrine, history, … Continue reading
“Come now, let us argue it out, says the LORD” (Isa 1:18 NRSV) In 2010 I presented a paper at a regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion entitled Mormonism and Same-Sex Marriage: Towards a Mormon Theology of Gender. A … Continue reading