The Mormon Archipelago
Message versus method in Mormonism @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- So I'm reading through Christian blogs this morning and came across "In Defense of Seeker...
A short history of the megachurch, and why there aren't any Mormon megachurches @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
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At Mere Orthodoxy, "Why Didn't Jesus Start a Megachurch?" Megachurches are defined as a...
Take your tithing and have a kegger, thus saith the Lord?! @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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Cyberspace a gay haven @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- There's a story on the AP wire (by Jennifer Dobner) that ran in my local newspaper with...
Politics and Communion @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- And you thought Mitt Romney was the only candidate whose religion raised issues for...
Don't chase anyone out of the Church @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- At Life on Gold Plates, a summary of Michael Ash's FAIR Conference presentation on...
What echoes lurk in Alma 41? @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- Take your listening ear over to "Alma 41 and the Wiccan Rede" at The Rains Came Down,...
BYU Idaho Fight Club? What the Crap? @ New Cool Thang
- I frankly find this disturbing.
President Clark, you have a problem.
Model Minorities? @ Juvenile Instructor
- I have recently been exploring Chiung Hwang Chen’s 2004 book Mormon and Asian...
Brigham Young and the West, Part 2 @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- [See Part 1] This is the second installment hitting highlights in Brigham Young and the...
Compartmentalizing the Bracket and the Problem of Creep @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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Dreaming of Joseph Smith’s Mummy @ Juvenile Instructor
- So, I had a pretty wacked out dream last December. I found it rich with symbolism,...
Are denominations irrelevant? @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- From Mark D. Roberts:Most American Christians aren’t especially limited by or even...
Another Romney for VP plug @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- Of course Hugh Hewitt has been plugging Romney all along, but now the discussion turns on...
How many houses do you have? @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- Probably not as many as John McCain. Of course, that depends on the meaning of the term...
It Must’ve Been Love, But It’s Over Now @ Nine Moons
- When I was attending the University of Utah one of my then favorite movies, The Big...
Help me find “The Best Books” @ New Cool Thang
- So, I have noted that my typical habit of buying books and giving them away has once...
BYU Football: Best Sites To Bookmark @ New Cool Thang
- Football season is upon us.
Woohoo!
As I have in years past I will be posting on the...
For Shame @ a bird's eye view
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Roundtable Discussion on Mountain Meadows Featuring Faragher, Barlow, Fixico, and Turley @ Juvenile Instructor
- Word of this panel has been around already, but I thought I’d draw attention to it...
What do we do with the Revisionist Emma Smith? @ Juvenile Instructor
- In recent years there has been a consistent effort on the part of Church members to...
From the Archives: The Mormon Reformation of 1856-57 @ Juvenile Instructor
- I’ve been going through Joseph F. Smith’s letter correspondence from his...
Get Thee to a Grad School @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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Religion, Law and Legalism @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- At First Things, "Law and Unlaw," a fine short essay on the various permutations of law...
The Abortion Plank @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- The latest headlines in the unending abortion debate come from the draft 2008 Democratic...
Insider's view of Mormon chapels @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- As part of its continuing mission to explore new media worlds and combat misperceptions...
Dutcher's long and winding road @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- In the LA Times, "Richard Dutcher leaves the Mormon church and a genre," reviewing where...
Brigham Young and the West, Part 1 @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- I recently finished Brigham Young and the Expanding American Frontier, by Newell G....
You don't have to be perfect @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- Michelle at Blogger of Jared, in "Ideality vs. Reality":As a trying-to-recover...
The undeluded believer @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- LDS Science Review gathers links to responses to Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion. In...
To “Declare One’s Allegiance” When Writing Biography @ Juvenile Instructor
- Earlier this summer, in preparation for my first-time visit to Monticello in the lush...
Is Mormonism Euhemerism? @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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Your daily dish of Mormon blogs @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- The Today in the Bloggernacle feature at Mormon Times now updates every weekday. It's...
MMM book opens old wounds @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- So says the latest article making the media rounds with commentary on the newly-released...
Rational Supernaturalism, Part I: Joseph Smith, Emanuel Swedenborg, and Angels @ Juvenile Instructor
- Enlightenment thought brought many threats to eighteenth and nineteenth century religious...
LDS Chapel in London Firebombed? @ Dave's Mormon Inquiry
- A first-person report from an LDS blogger who was on the scene. In addition, he used the...
Too Much Excitement for Sunday, or on Burning Down a Mormon Church @ a bird's eye view
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The future of Mormon history @ Juvenile Instructor
- About a year ago, I was talking with a friend about the state of Mormon history. He...
New Guest Blogger: Brett D. @ Juvenile Instructor
- The Juvenile Instructor is pleased to announce our latest guest blogger, Brett D. Brett...
Children and SSM: An Analysis of “The Divine Institution of Marriage” @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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On Criticism @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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Sacrament Cups: Paper or Plastic? @ Nine Moons
- Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in...
From the Archives: David Whitmer on Joseph Smith and his Followers @ Juvenile Instructor
- David Whitmer was a powerful figure in the early Mormon Church. Besides being one of the...
Why be married? @ New Cool Thang
- So I have to teach the Young Men a lesson this Sunday on choosing an Eternal Companion,...
Pick Romney….Please @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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The My Girl Bill @ Nine Moons
- The stake president called on our home last night, a pre-arranged appointment that made...
The Discourse of Orthodoxy @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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8 Years a Couple, Forever a Family @ Nine Moons
- Last night at 5:30pm Sara gave birth to our daughter, Lucca Plum Clifton (Lucca as in the...
Why the KJV? @ New Cool Thang
- Someone asked me recently why the LDS church still uses the King James Version...
Can someone give me a solid definition of “the Lord’s anointed”? @ New Cool Thang
- Can someone give me a solid definition of “the Lord’s anointed”? Does...
Whoops. @ Nine Moons
- I have the nicest visiting teacher. She’s an older lady, and she’s very...
Smells and Bells @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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New Order Mormonism @ Faith Promoting Rumor
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And It’s Me You Need to Show, How Deep is Your Love? @ Nine Moons
- **This is my first entry on Nine Moons and I just wanted to thank Rusty for inviting me...
Question: Does the prophet ever publish original material in the Ensign? @ New Cool Thang
- As I opened the August Ensign, and went over the prophet’s message, I found it...
BOMB*: A Voice to Shake the Earth @ a bird's eye view
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Out of the Best Podcasts @ Nine Moons
- I’ve always had a love for the pure, unadulterated beauty of talk radio. No faces -...
Welcome Guest Blogger David T @ Nine Moons
- Nine Moons would like to welcome David T as our newest guest-blogger. And no, this...
Time Travel Survival Tips @ New Cool Thang
- I just want ya’ll to know that this is going to be kind of a weird post...
See you at FAIR @ New Cool Thang
- Living in Oregon I don’t get to many of the various conferences, but as it turns...
Feel this bag! @ New Cool Thang
- This recent story over at KSL cracked me up (hat tip to Eric Snider and sorry if you saw...
A Dog’s Life Part 3: the FuMan Cometh @ New Cool Thang
- After the Duchess I thought I was through with dogs forever. I know that Geoff really...
A Dog’s Life Part 2: The Duchess @ New Cool Thang
- So, moving on to “the Duchess” (or as I like to call her, Fat @$$). We now lived in...
Love in Mourning @ Nine Moons
- Last Tuesday our dear friends’ 1-month old baby passed away after a fight with the...
Of Good Report @ Nine Moons
- I’m a wee bit of a meme fan. I think they’re useful in helping bloggers...
A Dog’s Life Part 1: Portrait of a Lady @ New Cool Thang
- Last December, much to Geoff’s dismay, we (the children and I) brought a new addition...
25 Percent of American Adults Are Obese @ New Cool Thang
- A new report from the Center for Disease Control is out announcing that for the first...
Some Meandering Theological Musings @ New Cool Thang
- Which Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God, infinite and eternal, without end. Amen....
Newsroom Blogging and Grand Enterprises @ a bird's eye view
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How Does Libertarian Free Will reject Causal Determinism? @ New Cool Thang
- Ok, If you’ve been around a while, you know that I’ve never had a philosophy lesson...
Our Dead III @ a bird's eye view
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Temples at the Center @ a bird's eye view
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New CES change @ New Cool Thang
- I received the following in my e-mail today, and as I am aware that many of our friends...
New survey: Religious tolerance growing among Christians? @ New Cool Thang
- There was and interesting article today at Time.com (via Yahoo News) focusing on a recent...
God and the Future @ New Cool Thang
- I face sort of an odd situation in my life. You see, I don’t believe the future...
How much evil is okay? @ New Cool Thang
- Let’s assume for the sake of this post that God exists and that he’s good. ...
Black Nail Polish @ New Cool Thang
- Last month I was “fired” as Ward Clerk and moved to be Young Men’s...
Questions On Our Eternal Being @ New Cool Thang
- One of the most prominent and appealing concepts throughout our religion is that of...
A Textual History of the KFD, Part II @ Splendid Sun
- This post is a direct continuation of Part I and follows without introduction.
The...
A Textual History of the KFD, Part I: Sources to the “History of Joseph Smith” @ Splendid Sun
- EDITORIAL NOTE: This post contains links to various transcripts of the “King...
The end of an era @ Splendid Sun
- I am a chemist by training, but Mormon history has always been open to dilettants (for...
Moving to the lesser law — a bitter farewell to the 2.5 hour block @ New Cool Thang
- It’s finally over. After about 4 years of enjoying the higher law in our stake...
Baby girl, it was really nothing @ New Cool Thang
- My third grade daughter was distraught the other evening. She has/had a crush on a boy...
Forbidden Fruit @ New Cool Thang
- So, just to show I suck at New Years Resolutions, I switched from the Book of Mormon to...
EMSA Conference 2008, Programme and Instructions @ EMSA
- The European Mormon Studies Association
Annual Conference: 21-22 August 2008
Organized...
What Was Mormon Thinking? Or, 30+ Chapters on War Followed By One on 200 Years of Peaceful Utopia?!? @ New Cool Thang
- The response to my previous post could be characterized as a collective “that’s...
The Nine Commandments @ New Cool Thang
- In a book called The Nine Commandments, David Noel Freedman argues that the Old Testament...
In which I ask a Seventy a question @ New Cool Thang
- A few months ago, I enjoyed being in a Question and Answer session with Elder Anderson of...
A Dreamy Theodicy @ New Cool Thang
- Every night I go to sleep and have the most terrible dreams imaginable. I am torn to...
New Gilbert Temple announced — three miles from my house! [updated] @ New Cool Thang
- So I found out just yesterday that the church officially announced it will be building a...
Research update on Mormon healing @ Splendid Sun
- As some know, Kris and I have worked together for the past couple of years doing research...
1,000 Years of Abuse; Millions (Billions?) Victimized @ a bird's eye view
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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid @ a bird's eye view
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Bemused Observations @ a bird's eye view
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Two latest in Signature’s Significant Diary Series @ Splendid Sun
- John P. Hatch, ed., Danish Apostle: The Diaries of Anthon H. Lund (Salt Lake City,...
A Tale of Labor Terrorism in Salt Lake City @ a bird's eye view
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A Lady’s Life among the Mormons @ Splendid Sun
- One of the most invaluable publication series in Mormon Studies is Utah State University...
Elder Ballard’s Advice–Start a Blog @ Splendid Sun
- I haven’t written for a while, and now I feel remiss. Today was graduation day at...
EMSA Conference 2008, Call for Papers @ EMSA
- The European Mormon Studies Association
Annual Conference
Organized together with the...
Thanksgiving among the Mormons @ Splendid Sun
- Perhaps as we celebrate our feasts we will give thanks for our co-religionists who...
Review: barnesandnoble.com @ Splendid Sun
- I am typically an Amazon.com man. I have the free two-day shipping and I love their used...
Review: The Diaries of Charles Ora Card: The Utah Years, 1871-1886 @ Splendid Sun
- Donald G. Godfrey and Kenneth W. Godfrey, The Diaries of Charles Ora Card: The Utah...
Worcester Conference @ EMSA
- Many thanks are due to all those who made the inaugural EMSA conference such a resounding...
Final Details @ EMSA
- Programme here.
Venue: University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, WR2 6AJ. Leave extra time...
EMSA Conference: Programme @ EMSA
- European Mormon Studies Association Conference 2007, University of Worcester, England...
EMSA Conference: First Circular @ EMSA
- The inaugural conference of the European Mormon Studies Association (EMSA) will be held...
The People Of The Restoration @ Liberation Front
- I happen to work in a largely Jewish area. Within that vibrant community there is...
LDSLF is taking submissions! @ Liberation Front
- Several people have mentioned lately that they’d like to see LDSLF active again. ...
EMSA Summer Conference: Call For Papers @ EMSA
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The European Mormon Studies Association (EMSA)
Inaugural Conference
University of...
Abolition-R-Us @ Liberation Front
- I’ve been listening to some podcasts dealing with David Batsone’s new book,...
Even Educated Fleas… @ Liberation Front
- The BBC reports on a recent Norwegian museum exhibit which documents the presence of...
Review: Phillips, “Rethinking Expansion” @ EMSA
- The Mormon weblog, By Common Consent, has posted a brief review/description of Rick...
Review: Aird, “Without Purse or Scrip” @ EMSA
- EMSA intends to offer brief reviews of recent publications. Below is a review of Polly...
The Purposes of LDSLF: An Email Conversation @ Liberation Front
- From time to time, the folks here at LDSLF receive inquisitive or even confrontational...
Women, Priesthood @ Liberation Front
- One of the most frequent, and perhaps most important, conversations among people inclined...
Anna: “Separating Religious Belief from Authority and Structure” @ Liberation Front
- At the beginning of the year, LDSLF hosted a series of posts with the theme “What...
Why Do We Have Sunday School? @ Liberation Front
- Each Sunday, we devote roughly a third of our worship service to Sunday School. For new...
Backwards in Time @ Liberation Front
- As everyone knows, we use places where major events have occurred to structure our...
Praying for Strength @ Liberation Front
- I have to finish my dissertation by the end of this summer. Speaking realistically,...