Posts Tagged ‘ Mormonism ’

International Bibliography 2011

April 19, 2012 | 14 comments

International Bibliography 2011

This year I’ve again managed to put together a bibliography of international works on Mormonism. While I thought the list was substantial last year, it is much larger this year, at least in part because I think I’ve gotten better at finding what has been published. With any luck this will help call attention to the international nature of Mormonism today and to the study of Mormonism outside of the U.S. The list includes any work that talks about Mormonism more than just in passing (as far as I can tell without actually having the work in hand) and... Read more »

Why We’re Confused

June 27, 2009 | 62 comments

By Bridget Jack Meyers

An old adage among outsiders who study Mormonism states that determining what is and is not Mormon doctrine is a lot like trying to nail jello to a wall—except that the latter feat is entirely possible while the former remains a struggle to this day. Evangelicals who interact with Mormons often express frustration to that end. It seems that as soon as we think we’ve figured out what Mormons believe and how to respond to it, the next Mormon we meet will tell us “we don’t believe that,” “that’s not doctrine,” or “that’s just his opinion.” It would probably... Read more »

Gaggles of Girls

May 21, 2009 | no comments

By Adam Greenwood

On the sweetness of Mormon life. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

The Love That Moves The Stars

April 15, 2009 | no comments

By Adam Greenwood

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great acommandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Thus Christ’s summary of the Mosaic law. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Which is worse, pride or sexual sin?

April 10, 2009 | no comments

By Adam Greenwood

Every Mormon knows Jacob’s sermon in Jacob 2 where he condemns unchastity and men who sexually dishonor women. But Jacob begins by preaching against pride. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Notes from all over

March 13, 2009 | 9 comments

By Adam Greenwood

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The Gospel is Crude

March 11, 2009 | 33 comments

By Adam Greenwood

The temple, we are told, is where the most sacred gospel rites occur. Brigham Young explained the meaning of those rites this way: are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father, passing the angels who stand as sentinels, being enabled to give them the key words, the signs and tokens So, the deepest, most mystical, most mind-blowing things are . . . passwords? Secret handshakes? Door codes? Jon Stewart says, “Really, Brigham Young? Angel security guards. Really?” Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Adultery in Law

March 10, 2009 | 70 comments

By Adam Greenwood

I had a buddy in high school who was a fierce Navajo patriot. He bitterly resented what had become of his people. I needled him once on how much better off the Navajo were now with roads, and medicines, and aqueducts, and things. His voice got strangled and he could hardly say anything. He finally choked this out: “before you white men came, when we caught an adulterer we had horses drag him to death.” 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »

Notes From All Over

March 6, 2009 | 33 comments

By Adam Greenwood

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Coerced abortion, involuntary sterilization

March 5, 2009 | 28 comments

By Adam Greenwood

The US Senate just voted down an amendment that would prevent federal funds given to the United Nations Population Fund programs that support or promote coerced abortion (read China) or involuntary sterilization (still China, I think). Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

The Central Religious Experience of Mormonism

March 3, 2009 | 23 comments

By Adam Greenwood

What does Mormonism portray as the central religious experience? Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Are Mormons Crazy for Porn?

March 2, 2009 | 67 comments

By Adam Greenwood

A study has looked at what percent of broadband users in an area also subscribe to a particular network of paid online pornography. Articles about the study have suggested that conservative religious types, especially Mormons, are more likely to use porn. 9 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »

Notes From All Over

February 27, 2009 | 11 comments

By Adam Greenwood

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I the Lord thy God.

February 26, 2009 | 44 comments

By Adam Greenwood

On being smarter than other people at church 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »

A Motley Vision of the Wilderness

February 24, 2009 | 3 comments

By Adam Greenwood

Long-time Mormon culture blog A Motley Vision has added a companion blog focused on Mormon nature writing and Mormon thinking about the natural world. T&S stand-out Patricia Karamesines is the presiding muse. Check it out. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Notes From All Over

February 20, 2009 | 23 comments

By Adam Greenwood

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Woe to the Outcast

February 14, 2009 | 12 comments

By Adam Greenwood

Marginal groups get into the Second Coming. We contemplate with pleasant savagery the haves and the snobs getting smashed. “Kings shall see that which they had not considered.” “Bottom rail top dis time.” Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Notes From All Over

February 13, 2009 | 5 comments

By Adam Greenwood

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Scout Sunday

February 8, 2009 | 98 comments

By Adam Greenwood

Scout Sunday is today. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »

Notes From All Over

February 6, 2009 | 15 comments

By Adam Greenwood

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The Pity of the World

February 4, 2009 | 2 comments

By Adam Greenwood

Love is compassion and admiration mixed together. Pity and awe. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Notes from All Over

January 30, 2009 | 4 comments

By Adam Greenwood

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$819,000,000,000 Bill

January 29, 2009 | 142 comments

By Adam Greenwood

The Stimulus, Debt, Pork, Rescue, Special Interest Pay-off $819 Billion Bill (not counting interest) has passed the House. You can search the text here if you like. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Hindsight Prophecy

January 27, 2009 | 13 comments

By Adam Greenwood

Higher critics would claim that any suspiciously accurate revelations in the scriptures were probably put in afterwards. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

United States to Fund Abortions Abroad

January 26, 2009 | 119 comments

By Adam Greenwood

By executive order, President Obama has authorized government funding of abortions overseas (funding abortions in the United States is still illegal thanks to the Hyde Amendment). He described this taxpayer funding of abortion as a non-partisan measure that will move us beyond the stale, tired abortion debates of the past. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »

The Logic of Christ

January 22, 2009 | 10 comments

By Adam Greenwood

16 ¶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Who Should Have Been Mormon of the Year, 1990-2007

January 20, 2009 | 27 comments

Who Should Have Been Mormon of the Year, 1990-2007

This final of three posts, covers Times and Seasons reader Last Lemming’s suggestions for Mormon of the Year for the years 1990 through 2007. We already posted on Monday his picks for 1950 through 1969 and on Wednesday 1970 through 1989. I suspect as these posts get into more familiar and more recent territory, more of you will have comments and suggestions about who Last Lemming suggested and who should have been suggested instead. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

MLK Day

January 19, 2009 | 9 comments

By Adam Greenwood

The way we honor Martin Luther King Day, around here, is we post his words, usually the text of his letter from Birmingham Jail. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

First Mormon Studies Fellowships Announced

January 15, 2009 | one comment

Mormon Studies took another step forward this week with the announcement of two doctoral fellowships in Mormon Studies. Courtesy of the George S. and Delores Doré Eccles Foundation, the two fellowships will be awarded one a year this year and next. With any luck, the fellowships will be repeated in future years, assuming that they successfully lead to dissertations. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Commentary on 1 Nephi 17, pt. 1

January 15, 2009 | 11 comments

This is the first of a series of posts in which I will be offering some commentary on 1 Nephi 17. Why that particular chapter you ask? The answer is that I believe that chapter 17 is setting forth a method of scriptural interpretation that proved to be very important both for the Book of Mormon and for Mormonism generally. Furthermore, what I find fascinating about the story is that ultimately it is about the legal interpretation of scripture. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

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