On most cultural issues, the Church is situated somewhere between the center left and the center right.
Author: Jonathan Green
Stranger People
Season 4 of Stranger Things took a detour inside an exotic world it had never explored before: a Latter-day Saint home in mid-80s Utah.
Standing with Babylon
One nice thing about reading the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon together is that it lets us expand our mental geography of Zion into a full cartographic plane.
Thoughts on Ukraine
It’s going to be horrific.
Options for BYU faculty
Over at BCC, John S. has a post that is, overall, not very helpful.
Making Sense of Prophecies (6): Concluding Thoughts
The question “Did Samuel Lutz really write this” is ultimately not as useful as the question of how the prophecy of “Lutius Gratiano” came about, and what function it served for those who kept it in circulation.
Making Sense of Prophecies (5): “Lutius Gratiano” in the 20th and 21st centuries
Making Sense of Prophecies (4): The Origin of “Lutius Gratiano”
With early efforts to locate the text in mind, we can now reconstruct the origin of the prophecy of “Lutius Gratiano.”
Making Sense of Prophecies (3): Reconsidering “Lutius Gratiano”
In the prophecy of “Lutius Gratiano,” we have the unusual opportunity to observe the formation and development of a prophecy in some detail.
Making Sense of Prophecies (2): How to Read a Prophecy
Earlier scholarship has often understood the function of prophetic texts as providing information about the future.
Making Sense of Prophecies (1): Preliminaries
For several years, my academic research has focused on late medieval and early modern prophecies.
A plea for opacity
It’s the ecclesiology, stupid.
The hundred billion dollar question
The stakes in the 2024 election couldn’t be higher.
Ruf aus der Wüste 6: Appendix
Orson Hyde asks people to read his book. Or else.
Ruf aus der Wüste 5.5: Hyde’s police report
Orson Hyde might be protesting too much here.
Ruf aus der Wüste 5.4: Hyde on Illinois
For Hyde, Zion has been displaced, but not deferred.
Paid clergy isn’t priestcraft
But I’m still glad we don’t have one.
Ruf aus der Wüste 5.3: Hyde on Missouri
The experience of persecution in Missouri was not just recent history. For Hyde, it was the literal fulfillment of prophecy about the last days.
We did okay
If you survey the damage left by Donald Trump and Covid-19 in our neighborhood of the American religious landscape, a sigh of relief is warranted.
Ruf aus der Wüste 5.2: Hyde on wealth
Orson Hyde, socialist?