Daily Archives: March 3, 2004

A Smoot Book

March 3, 2004 | 6 comments
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A Smoot Book

Kathleen Flake of Vanderbilt divinity school has just published what looks like a very interesting book with UNC press. She traces out the history of the Reed Smoot hearings, arguing that they were a pivotal event in defining the role of religion in American public life. Reed Smoot was an monogamist Apostle who was elected to the Senate at the turn of the 20th century. At the time, many Mormons continued to be polygamists from pre-Manifesto plural marriages. In addition, there had been a large number of secret, post-Manifesto plural marriages. These marriages, along with accusations that the Church... Read more »

Great Sermons

March 3, 2004 | 53 comments
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In our casting about essential Mormon texts and our questing for Mormon literary achievement, I think that we frequently foget on of the great Mormon mediums and one that we have produced in huge quanties, with occasional examples of great quality. I am talking about sermons. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »

Lying to Our Children

March 3, 2004 | 8 comments
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When I arrived home from work yesterday, my wife calmly informed me that she had just lied to our son. Sullivan, our oldest, has many quirky preferences (like a lot of other children, I believe) and he can be quite stubborn (gee, I wonder who he inherits that from?). One of his quirky preferences is that his sandwiches be made with grape jelly, not any other flavor, and especially not strawberry. I consider this preference to be quirky because Sullivan can’t really tell the difference once the sandwich is made. Yesterday we had a household crisis — we were... Read more »

Catholics Made to Provide Contraception

March 3, 2004 | 12 comments
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I’ve decided to stay in touch with my sexually-obsessed inner Puritan. Mormon texts, Mormon shmexts, what about birth control? More to the point, what about religious freedom? California law requires employers to pay for contraception through health plans. Catholics think contraception is wrong, so Catholic charities and Catholic hospitals resisted the rule. Now the California Supreme Court has ruled that the Catholics must comply. Apparently, it mattered to the Court that the charities and hospitals employed non-Catholics and treated non-Catholics. Segregation marches on. Religious belief is no longer allowed to influence legislation, post-Lawrence. In California, it is no longer... Read more »

“One Flesh”

March 3, 2004 | 3 comments
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One of my New Year’s resolutions was to spend more time with my wife, and since she didn’t object, this is one resolution that I have kept. My motivation is partly short term — my wife is my best friend, and I enjoy our times together. But I also am motivated by the idea of eternal companionship. Indeed, I like all of the doctrines of unity: marriage, Zion, exaltation. These concepts inspire me. With regard to marriage, we are told that “man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be... Read more »

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  • What Biblical Scholars Do (Ben S.)
  • Ed Harris on Mormon beliefs: “Out there, man. Just out there. Those guys … whew!” (Dave)
  • Church alters Bloch’s painting for modesty and theology (Wilfried)
  • High school (and seminary) student Jabari Parker on the cover of Sports Illustrated (ht Adam A.) (Sam)
  • Jabari Parker, ambassador of Mormonism (Sam)
  • Returning to church despite my doubts (not LDS, but telling) (Wilfried)
  • With or without Romney, D.C. a surprising Mormon stronghold (Wilfried)
  • Columnist misrepresents LDS Church doctrine and policy(Alison)
  • Talking to your pre-teens about pr0n, in the NYT (Ben S.)
  • Colbert lampoons McNaughton’s “subtlety”(Kent)
  • There are different rules for public discourse about Mormonism (Dave)
  • Church buys Haun’s Mill, other CoC properties. (Ben S.)
  • The perils of religious illustration, with special application to Mormonism (Dave)
  • Mormon poet named Utah’s Poet Laureate (Kent)
  • The Occupy movement hits Mormon books (Kent)
  • A glorious new age of Mormon visual displays! (Ben S.)
  • Pinewood Derby - how do you fix it? (Alison)
  • Kathleen Flake interview: “If Mormonism is anything in the American mind, it is a group of people who take their religion way too seriously.” (Dave)
  • NPR: Mormons Brace for a Mean Political Season (look for me!)(Alison)
  • Pioneer Day! Nauvoo! M-Men & Gleaners! Kolob! (Ben S.)

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