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Mitt Romney’s Speech “Faith In America”: Your Reaction

By Matt Evans

Thank you, Mr. President, for your kind introduction. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Christ for the Pagans

By Adam Greenwood

A First Things writer reckons that the West needs a pagan revival before it can have a Christian revival. In Africa and in the ancient world, the theory goes, Christianity flourished because the people were afraid of the capricious spiritual powers and principalities and were glad to find refuge in a God... Read More »

Summer Seminar update

By Jim F.

For those interested in the BYU summer seminar, I’ve revised the post, adding the titles of and abstracts for the papers. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem

By Patrick Mason

My wife and I were in Jerusalem for a week in March. Below are some thoughts on the city, its religious heritage, and the current conflict. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism

By Greg Prince

David O. McKay presented a dramatic contrast to his predecessors: an athletic, movie-star-handsome, clean-shaven figure who often wore a white double-breasted suit; contrasted to the dark-suited, bearded polygamists (or, in the case of George Albert Smith, son of a polygamist) who preceded him as Church President ever since Joseph Smith. In an age... Read More »

Sectarianism and sincerity

By Ben Huff

I visited a Lutheran worship service today, and had one of those odd experiences where what I expect to be familiar is not, and what I don’t expect to be, is. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Anabaptists on my Mind

By Jonathan Green

Mormons are neither Catholic nor Protestant, we often hear, and I see no reason to doubt the basic truth of the statement. Is there any spectrum of Christian religions such that we can say, “Mormonism is one of the X churches”? 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Catholics and Protestants

By Jim F.

Mormons are often dismissive of some Protestants, especially evangelicals. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

A Few Facts on Religion in America

By Frank McIntyre

I have been reading papers that I may use in a Fall class, and one is a survey of the economics of religion. As best I can tell, this field largely consists of sociologists applying rational choice modeling to questions of religion. As subject matter it is very interesting but the modeling... Read More »

Do Unitarian Universalists have Morals?

By Kaimi Wenger

Over at Philocrites, Chris Walton, a knowledgeable UU and a sometime T & S visitor and commenter, discusses that very interesting question. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

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