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  • Cornucopia

    How to read an “autobiographical novel”

    Julie M. Smith

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    April 15, 2008

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    27 responses

    I have no idea. You tell me. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Pagan Christianity: A failure of nerve

    Raymond Takashi Swenson

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    April 14, 2008

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    24 responses

    A new book written by two Evangelical Christians supports many of the views of Latter-day Saints about the apostacy from First Century Christianity. Frank Viola and George Barna have collaborated on an updated and expanded version of one of Viola’s earlier books, and titled it Pagan Christianity. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Some Thoughts about Provident Living

    Julie M. Smith

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    April 13, 2008

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    36 responses

    Two questions, actually. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    To see ourselves as others see us

    Ardis E. Parshall

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    April 13, 2008

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    29 responses

    A sister in Relief Society told us this morning of having toured Salt Lake’s then-newly renovated Cathedral of the Madeleine Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Love and skepticism

    Raymond Takashi Swenson

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    April 13, 2008

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    89 responses

    When Christ was sending out his disciples to work as missionaries, he told them “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16) Latter-day Saints need to be wiser when dealing with the wolves among us. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Noah’s flood in light of the Restored Gospel

    Raymond Takashi Swenson

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    April 12, 2008

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    71 responses

    There was an interesting post in September 2007 about a Dialogue article discussing the usual interpretation of the flood of Noah as being scientifically implausible. A couple of comments touched upon, but did not fully explicate, the way that the scriptures of the Restored Gospel and other insights from Joseph Smith can suggest a more scientifically feasible interpretation of Noah’s flood. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Marriott, Again

    Julie M. Smith

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    April 11, 2008

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    149 responses

    I know we’ve had this conversation before, but . . . Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Mormons in the Military

    Raymond Takashi Swenson

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    April 11, 2008

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    42 responses

    About 15 years ago I wrote a short piece for a Sunstone Symposium panel on the topic of Mormons in the Military. It was focused on my personal experiences as a Latter-day Saint dealing with the armed forces rules on religion and the chaplains specifically. A number of things have developed since then, so it seems worthwhile to revisit the topic and elicit readers’ own experiences. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Sorting out the virtuous and praiseworthy: Incorporating the gospel-compatible elements of an existing culture

    Raymond Takashi Swenson

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    April 10, 2008

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    11 responses

    As the Church’s membership has become predominantly non-American and non-English speaking, the question of how to construct a Mormon ethnic identity within the wide variety of existing cultures worldwide has become a present concern for millions of Latter-day Saints. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    “Well Known Facts”

    Ardis E. Parshall

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    April 10, 2008

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    69 responses

    This week while we’re hearing lurid tales from Tom Green County, Texas, it is worthwhile to remember exactly how ugly were the lies once printed about our own people, some of them told unashamedly by federal appointees and officers of the 19th century court. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Why it’s unchristian to call Mormons “not Christian”

    Raymond Takashi Swenson

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    April 10, 2008

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    60 responses

    In his new book, Claiming Christ, Professor Robert Millet, in dialogue with Evangelical scholar Gerald McDermott about the commonalities and differences of Mormonism and the varieties of Evangelical Christianity, makes the observation that the notion of labeling Latter-day Saints as “not Christian” is a fashion that became widespread only about twenty years ago. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Integrating Elites into the Church

    Raymond Takashi Swenson

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    April 9, 2008

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    91 responses

    While watching last weekend’s General Conference, with the sustaining of President Monson and the calling of new people into Church leadership, one of the things I felt is how fortunate the Church is to have as its leaders men and women who have achieved significantly in many walks of life. This is in contrast to most other denominations, where people with these skills would be excluded from formal church leadership. For example, what other church has attorneys in its most senior leadership? Read More

  • Cornucopia

    What’s Wrong with Ancient Research in Mormon Studies

    Jonathan Green

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    April 9, 2008

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    57 responses

    Mormon Studies has become a relic area for outdated ideas about texts and their transmission. That becomes clear in reading a number of contributions to Early Christians in Disarray: Contemporary LDS Perspectives on the Christian Apostasy (FARMS, 2005) Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Graven Images: The hunger for an authentic image of Joseph

    Raymond Takashi Swenson

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    April 8, 2008

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    14 responses

    Ardis Parshall has presented in previous postings “The CSI Effect and Mormon History”, 3/20/2008, and “And Yet Another Joseph Smith Photograph”, 4/1/2008, arresting images that have, at first glance, an arguable relationship to our known historical depictions of the Prophet Joseph Smith, but turn out, on further research, to have no chance of being what we wish they were. In commenting on Ardis’ second post (#14, #48), I pointed out the reasons why there are likely to be a great many old images that resemble our mental image of the Prophet, and why it would be extremely difficult to verify… Read More

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    Introducing Raymond Takashi Swenson

    Ardis E. Parshall

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    April 8, 2008

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    9 responses

    To help us compensate for the shortage of lawyers at T&S, Raymond Takashi Swenson has agreed to guest blog for a week or two. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    The Hallmark of Monson’s Presidency?

    Marc Bohn

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    April 7, 2008

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    65 responses

    “Change for the better can come to all. Over the years we have issued appeals to the less active, the offended, the critic, the transgressor — to come back. ‘Come back and feast at the table of the Lord and taste again the sweet and satisfying fruits of fellowship with the Saints.’ In the private sanctuary of one’s own conscience lies that spirit, that determination to cast off the old person and to measure up to the stature of true potential. In this spirit, we again issue that heartfelt invitation. Come back, we reach out to you in the pure… Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Sunday Afternoon General Conference Open Thread

    Russell Arben Fox

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    April 6, 2008

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    156 responses

    As has become tradition around here, Times and Seasons is opening up a thread for comments and discussion, insights and observations, thoughts and questions, arising from Sunday afternoon’s General Conference session. Enjoy! Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Sunday Morning General Conference Open Thread

    Russell Arben Fox

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    April 6, 2008

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    196 responses

    As has become tradition around here, Times and Seasons is opening up a thread for comments and discussion, insights and observations, thoughts and questions, arising from Sunday morning’s General Conference session. Enjoy! Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Thoughts on Hinckley and Monson

    Russell Arben Fox

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    April 5, 2008

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    31 responses

    Since Kaimi was kind enough to link to it, I thought I’d elaborate a bit on some comments of mine which Peggy Fletcher Stack used in her excellent article summarizing the accomplishments of President Hinckley, and the opportunities and challenges facing President Monson. It would be interesting to hear more from some of the other sources she made use of in putting her piece together (Melissa Proctor, Ronan Head, etc.), but for now, here is at least a little bit the context of my remarks. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Saturday Afternoon General Conference Open Thread

    Russell Arben Fox

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    April 5, 2008

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    127 responses

    As has become tradition around here, Times and Seasons is opening up a thread for comments and discussion, insights and observations, thoughts and questions, arising from Saturday afternoon’s General Conference session. Enjoy! Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Saturday Morning General Conference Open Thread

    Russell Arben Fox

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    April 5, 2008

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    184 responses

    As has become tradition around here, Times and Seasons is opening up a thread for comments and discussion, insights and observations, thoughts and questions, arising from Saturday morning’s General Conference session. Enjoy! Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Martin Luther King in Deseret

    Ardis E. Parshall

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    April 4, 2008

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    17 responses

    On this 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, and in the pre-Conference blogging lull, perhaps there is room in your day to remember Dr. King’s visit to Salt Lake City. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    An Ethics of Teaching

    Dave Banack

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    April 3, 2008

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    26 responses

    I’m reading a short book that reviews what one might call the virtues of teaching: learning, authority, ethics, order, imagination, compassion, patience, character, and pleasure. Each virtue (which might be though of as an aspect of the character of an ideal teacher) is reviewed in its own chapter. The ethics chapter suggested an interesting question to me: Is there an LDS ethics of teaching that differs in any particulars from a Christian or secular ethics of teaching? Read More

  • Cornucopia

    And Yet Another Joseph Smith Photograph

    Ardis E. Parshall

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    April 1, 2008

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    62 responses

    The April 1st posting of this article may tempt you to think this is an April Fool’s prank. I wish it were. It is not. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    History, apostasy, and faith-promoting rumors

    Jonathan Green

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    March 30, 2008

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    29 responses

    Mormon belief in an early Christian apostasy suggests a couple of historiographic projects that are, I think, doomed to failure, but there might be an alternative Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Mormon Studies This Week

    Ben Huff

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    March 25, 2008

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    7 responses

    This is a big week for Mormon Studies on the Wasatch Front, with events at the University of Utah, Utah Valley State College, Westminster College, and BYU. Read More

  • Latter-day Saint Thought, Life in the Church, Mormon Studies

    Mormon identity and culture

    Wilfried Decoo

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    March 25, 2008

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    68 responses

    The following is part of a larger study on the concept of “gospel culture”, which I have been working on. In a previous post I presented the question “How American is the Church?”, which yielded very interesting comments. For the present post I excerpted some further parts on culture and Mormon identity, with various questions to the reader. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Confessions of a News Junkie

    Marc Bohn

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    March 24, 2008

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    24 responses

    Sunday morning. Clicked off This Week with George Stephanopoulos just a couple of minutes after clicking it on. Feeling especially weary of the twenty-four hour news cycle for some reason today… the relentless intensity, the insatiable talking-heads, and a seemingly never-ending electoral season. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    BYU: The Crimson or the Crimson Tide of the West?

    Jonathan Green

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    March 24, 2008

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    55 responses

    Actually, it’s more like the Intermountain Cornhuskers, or the Mormon Maccabees Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Playing with Fire

    Julie M. Smith

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    March 22, 2008

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    24 responses

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