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- Funeral Services for Sister Frances J. Monson May 23, 2013
- “Duty to God” Is Fundamental to Scouting, Church Leader Says May 23, 2013
- Bible Brought to Life on Ancient Jerusalem Set May 22, 2013
- Church Working With Oklahoma Officials to Provide Support in Wake of Tornadoes May 21, 2013
- Funeral Services for Frances J. Monson Announced May 20, 2013
- Frances J. Monson, Wife of President Thomas S. Monson, Passes Away May 17, 2013
- Elder Dallin H. Oaks Honored for Championing Religious Freedom May 16, 2013
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- Rendering of Meridian Idaho Mormon Temple Now Public May 15, 2013
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Blog Archives
Implications of Not Answering the Big Question?
Mormonism rather spectacularly refuses to answer one of the big questions that has kept philosophers and theologians busy for the last couple of millennia. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Very Model of a Mormon Intellectual (with apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan)
As some readers of this blog may have guessed, comic operetta is a staple in the Oman home, 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
A Response to Kaimi
I like Kaimi, but I am afraid that he is just wrong. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Taste of Salvation
I wish that we didn’t use white bread for the sacrament. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Against Theodicy on the Road to Jericho
Natural disasters often lead people to think about the problem of evil and theodicy. This is, I think, probably a bad idea. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
The Metaphysics of Mormon Art
Grant me a simple premise: How one thinks about the nature of reality has an impact on how one thinks about art. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Poetry of Sex, Metaphysics, and Appropriation
Some poets are available for Mormon appropriation and some are only to be envied and enjoyed. John Donne is only to be envied and enjoyed. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Problems of Mormon-American Toryism
Being an American Mormon makes it difficult, perhaps impossible, for me to be a tory. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
From the Archives: A Mormon Studies Family
Both of my parents (now divorced) have been deeply involved in Mormon studies for my entire life. (more…) Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Dallin, Sandra and the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor has retired from the Supreme Court and John Roberts will almost certainly replace her. History might have been different. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
“Why Universal Love is Creepy,” or “Thoughts on Disliking my Investigators”
I find the universal love of mankind a little creepy. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Complicity and Consequences
I know some people who assiduously avoid buying Nike shoes. The moral logic of this position, however, is tricky. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
DC Get Together Tomorrow
If you are interested, email noman@sidley.com. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
An Open Letter to the Dialogue Board
August 11, 2005 To Whom It May Concern: I hope that you will not find an unsolicited letter presumptuous, but I wanted to give you my thoughts on what I see as Dialogue’s problems and some things it could do to improve. 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »
DC Get Together Reminder
This Saturday at 5pm in Springfield, Virginia. If you are interested in coming, please email me at noman@sidley.com. I will send details and directions via email. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Dating, Jane Austen, and the Virtues of Chastity
Like most rugged and red-blooded American men I have long enjoyed the work of Jane Austen. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Manners, Race, and Respect
I have always thought that one of the most telling and subtlety vicious aspect of segregation was the fact that a white person regardless of age or economic status could always call a black person, regardless of age or economic status, “boy” or “girl.” Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
From the Archives: Mormon Lawyers
Despite Brigham’s frequent attacks on the profession, there are a lot of Mormon lawyers. Some LDS thinkers have posited all sorts of troubling reasons why this is so. Nibley sees it as a symptom of moral decline, and I have repeatedly seen it used as evidence of excessive Mormon materialism or anti-intellectualism. However, today I realized that it might be about something else entirely: book binding. (more…) Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Lincoln on Blood Atonement
Today on my way to work, I passed by the Lincoln Memorial where the great man’s sermon on blood atonement is inscribed in marble. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
DC Get Together
Bloggernaclites! For those in the Washington, D.C. area there is going to be a get together at Casa Oman (sans, alas, Heather and Jacob, the more interesting Omans) on Saturday, August 13th beginning at about 5pm-ish. It will be a bring your own food kind of BBQ. I will provide watermelon, drinks, and fresh salsa from the Oman garden. If you are interested in attending, please email me at noman@sidley.com. I will send out an email with directions. UPDATE: I have changed the email address to a functional account. Sorry to anyone who tried to send an email to... Read more »
On the Possibilities of Kitsch
OK. I don’t want to go to film school any more. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
I Want to Go to Film School
My wonderful wife, She Who Must Be Obeyed, as left me. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Persecuted Mormons and Market Definitions
OK, lets talk about antitrust law and the plight of persecuted Mormons. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Boris and Brigham
I don’t often read novels, but after making it through the most recent Harry Potter, I thought I would try slumming it in fiction for awhile. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Who Reads This Thing?
Among my other glories, I am an assistant ward clerk. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Living in the Opinions of Others
I have a confession: I don’t much care about what the people in my ward think about me. I feel guilty about this. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
History, Objectivity, and Stalin’s Toes
In times past, Mormon intellectualdom has been much exercised over the issue of objectivity and the writing of history. By and large, I think that these debates have focused on the wrong issues. Stalin’s toes help to illustrate one of the reasons why. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
My School
I did not want to go to BYU. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
John Roberts and Mormon Theology
For those who haven’t noticed, John Roberts has been nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. The next obvious question is what does his jurisprudence tell us about Mormon theology. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Conferences and Events
- American Society of Church History Annual Meeting
- American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting
- Communal Studies Association Annual Meeting
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association
- Western History Association Annual Conference
- Utah State Historical Society Annual Meeting
- Center for Studies on New Religions
- Mormon History Association
- European Mormon Studies Association Conference
- Sunstone Symposium