A New Day For many, the recent addition of an explanatory header to Official Declaration 2 in the 2013 LDS edition of the Doctrine and Covenants was a breath of fresh air (see posts and comments here, here, here and … Continue reading
My introduction to Mormon Studies came in graduate school. I am quite embarrassed to say that before this time I had not seriously read Mormon Studies and my impressions of Dialogue and Sunstone were, if anything, somewhat negative (How can … Continue reading
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not … Continue reading
Miracle #2: Self When Rene Descartes thought about reality, he wondered what, if anything could be considered absolutely real. As part of a thought experiment, he assumed an ultimate level of doubt, presuming that any and everything he perceived or imagined could … Continue reading
On September 16, 2012 the Salt Lake Tribune published an editorial by R. B. Scott, a Massachusetts journalist and author of “Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics.” In his editorial, Scott argues that the LDS … 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
As society continues to migrate to towards secularism, a larger percentage of the population questions the existence of God and skeptics find it easier to dismiss scriptural or personal claims of miracles. Factors of modernity lead some to doubt the … Continue reading
The following is the beginning of a series on figures who lead or attempt to lead spiritual movements which have theological or historical roots in Mormonism. The intent of the series is to accurately reflect and record the claims and … Continue reading
Nearly two decades ago, I heard Elder Dallin H. Oaks commend the search for truth in the great literature of other cultures in a devotional address at BYU. Such sage intellectual advice, offered from the heart of Mormonism, is sometimes … Continue reading
Recently I read an account in the New York Times of some LDS missionaries in Uganda, a location chosen, no doubt, because that country is the setting for the fictional The Book of Mormon: The Musical. The article dutifully explained … Continue reading