A few years ago, I stumbled across one of Joanna Brooks’ many Ask Mormon Girl blog posts.[1] The inquirer was desperately trying to cope with his feelings of loneliness as a literature student attending “wards filled with aspiring physicians, lawyers, … Continue reading
RealClearPolicy editor Joseph Lawler had the following to say about this past weekend’s holiday: Each year, the days leading up to March 17th remind us of another alarming reality that wasn’t obvious before social media: apparently at least half of Americans … Continue reading
See the introduction to this series here: Adjusting the Narrative: Introduction and Proposal. I highly suggest reading the introduction before proceeding. As part of Joseph Smith’s prophetic literary output, he greatly expanded on the biblical figure of Cain in texts … Continue reading
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
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
The term “spiritual but not religious” has become popular over the last decade as academics and pollsters have noted a large rise in the number of Americans who eschew affiliation with or participation in any denomination or religious institution but … Continue reading
A great cloud of journalists and scholars have characterized Mormonism as an American religion. Leo Tolstoy reportedly called it the American religion.[1] Born and based in the United States, the LDS Church teaches that the Garden of Eden is in … Continue reading