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Come Follow Me: D&C 3-5 @ Millennial Star
- My blog post on Come Follow Me: D&C 3-5 Excerpt:In section 3, Joseph Smith is again...
Pres Nelson Received Covid Vaccine @ Millennial Star
- Pres Nelson, his wife and members of the 12 over 70 years were vaccinated for the Covid...
Come Follow Me Week 4: Doctrine and Covenants 3–5 @ FAIR Blog
- by Fiona Givens
D&C 3:2: “God is constant”
In his paper, delivered to the...
Great new web site about the Family: A Proclamation to the World @ Millennial Star
- This web site is really quite well done. It is dedicated to the Church’s...
How Mormon Pioneers Changed Native Life (Part 3 of 9) @ Gospel Tangents
- Shoshone Indians didn’t have fences. They shared everything. Imagine what it was...
Peer-reviewed study questions effectiveness of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders @ Millennial Star
- This study by Stanford researchers questions the effectiveness of locks and stay-at-home...
Is LDS theology responsible for LGBT Suicides? No. @ Millennial Star
- It probably is time to re-introduce this article from May 2020 that points out the...
Native Life Before Pioneers (Part 2 of 9) @ Gospel Tangents
- The Shoshone Tribe numbered just a few hundred when thousands of Mormon pioneers started...
Getting to Know Darren Parry (Part 1 of 9) @ Gospel Tangents
- I’m excited to have my first congressional candidate on the show, Darren Parry. We’ll...
Jan 2021 versus Jun 1844 @ Millennial Star
- I remember a day when I realized how much confusion could have been avoided had Joseph...
Come Follow Me Week Three: The Turning of Hearts @ FAIR Blog
- Come Follow Me – Doctrine and Covenants 2; Joseph Smith—History 1:27–65
by...
Come Follow Me: D&C 2; JSH 1:27-65 @ Millennial Star
- My blog post on: Come Follow Me: D&C 2; JSH 1:27-65 Excerpt:In this lesson, we learn...
Trailer released for movie on the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon: ‘Witnesses’ @ Millennial Star
- The movie looks great! You can read more about it here.
Slaying Dragons @ Millennial Star
- I have written from time to time about my quest to save a family member who had become a...
Church History Library (Part 5 of 5) @ Gospel Tangents
- The Church History Library is one of the most state-of-the-art libraries in the world. ...
Why was a Utah BLM activist who threatened to attack Trump in the Capitol yesterday during pro-Trump rallies? @ Millennial Star
- Utah BLM activist John Sullivan was in the Capitol building yesterday during the...
Saints (Part 4 of 5) @ Gospel Tangents
- It’s been about 100 years since the LDS Church published a history of the Church. ...
Joseph Smith’s First Vision @ FAIR Blog
- Come Follow Me – Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26
by Steven C. Harper
There is so much...
Willing to Be Weak @ FAIR Blog
- Come Follow Me – Doctrine and Covenants 1
by Wendy Ulrich, PhD
Have you ever done...
FairMormon Finances @ FAIR Blog
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The mission of FairMormon is to “provide well-documented answers to criticisms of the...
FAIR Voice Podcast #25: Interview with Blake Ostler @ FAIR Blog
- Blake Ostler discusses the fourth volume of Exploring Mormon Thought: God’s Plan...
FairMormon Statement Regarding “This is The Show” Videos @ FAIR Blog
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Recently FairMormon released a new set of videos titled “This is The Show”...
FAIR Voice Podcast #24: Learning Greek and Hebrew & Sola Scriptura with Robert Boylan @ FAIR Blog
- Latter-day Saints have several different books of scripture and obviously one of them is...
FAIR Voice Podcast #23: Race and the Priesthood with Tarik D. LaCour @ FAIR Blog
- Hanna talks with Tarik D. LaCour about his experience as a Black man in The Church of...
FAIR Voice Podcast #22: Bible Q&A @ FAIR Blog
- The Documentary Hypothesis, Q (Quelle), manuscript transmission, and more are covered in...
Book Review: The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 11: September 1842 – February 1843 @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FairMormon Bookstore
This volume of the Documents series of the...
FAIR Voice Podcast #21: Introduction to the Bible @ FAIR Blog
- In the coming weeks, Hanna will interview Biblical scholars about their thoughts on how...
FairMormon Questions: How should we respond when we feel men and women are unequal at church? @ FAIR Blog
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FairMormon has a service where questions can be submitted and they are answered by...
FAIR Voice Podcast #20: General Conference @ FAIR Blog
- Join Hanna for an uplifting General Conference recap before the series of interviews on...
FAIR Voice Podcast #19: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon @ FAIR Blog
- In a preview to the next episode on the Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, Hanna provides...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #61 – Mark Ashurst-McGee, “Joseph Smith’s ‘New Translation’ of the Bible, His Use of Adam Clarke’s Bible Commentary, and the Question of Plagiarism” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
FAIR Voice Podcast #18: Sunday Special on Historicity of Book of Mormon, cont. @ FAIR Blog
- In today’s episode of FAIR Voice, Hanna talks about the imperative for historicity...
Watch the 2020 Interpreter Conference @ FAIR Blog
- Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses
Live Streaming of the Conference
September...
FAIR Voice Podcast #17: Jasmin and Neal Rappleye @ FAIR Blog
- Jasmin and Neal Rappleye of Book of Mormon Central join Hanna for an exciting...
FAIR Voice Podcast #16: Sunday Special on Catholicism and Hanna’s Conversion @ FAIR Blog
- On this episode, Hanna talks about her own conversion, her views on Catholicism, and...
FAIR Voice Podcast #15: Worldview Apologetics with Joseph Lawal @ FAIR Blog
- Joseph Lawal, a Classics and Philosophy student, as well as the creator of LDSPhilosophy...
I Own My Testimony! @ FAIR Blog
- by John Lynch
I own my testimony!
I wasn’t raised in the Church. I had no family...
Interpreter Conference @ FAIR Blog
- by Jeffrey Bradshaw
Beginning in the 1970s, a few scholars, most notably Hugh W....
FAIR Voice Podcast #14: Interfaith Relationships and Missionary Work @ FAIR Blog
- Emily and Andrew Jordan, hosts of Outpost of Heaven: the podcast, focus on building...
Update from Kerry Muhlestein re: Raising the Abrahamic Discourse @ FAIR Blog
- [This is an update to a post from August 25, Raising the Abrahamic Discourse: An Essay on...
FAIR Voice Podcast #13: Sunday Special on Scripture Study @ FAIR Blog
- The early day saints worshiped in their homes due to a variety of reasons such as ongoing...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #60 – John Gee, “By the Numbers: Saving Faith” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
FAIR Voice Podcast #12: Interview with Tarik D. LaCour @ FAIR Blog
- Tarik D. LaCour is a Ph.D student in philosophy and MA student in neuroscience at Texas...
Raising the Abrahamic Discourse: An Essay on the Nature of Dialogues About the Book of Abraham @ FAIR Blog
- by Kerry Muhlestein
Cross-posted from The Interpreter Foundation
See also: Scholarly...
Scholarly Support for the Book of Abraham @ FAIR Blog
- Cross-posted from The Interpreter Foundation
See also: Raising the Abrahamic Discourse:...
FAIR Voice Podcast #11: Sunday Special with Robert Boylan @ FAIR Blog
- Robert Boylan, a LDS theologian, comes on the show to discuss Mariology. Robert discusses...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #59 – Elder Kim B. Clark, “Seek the Lord Jesus Christ” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
FAIR Voice Podcast #10: Polygamy and 1 Corinthians 13 @ FAIR Blog
- Polygamy is a difficult concept for many to grasp, but Hanna dives into the Hebrew Bible...
A Detailed Look at Internally Consistent References in the Book of Mormon Text, Part 15 @ FAIR Blog
- Part 15: Jacob – Words of Mormon and conclusion
The introduction to this series on...
A Detailed Look at Internally Consistent References in the Book of Mormon Text, Part 14 @ FAIR Blog
- Part 14: 1 Nephi 10 – 2 Nephi 31
The introduction to this series on internal...
A Detailed Look at Internally Consistent References in the Book of Mormon Text, Part 13 @ FAIR Blog
- Part 13: Ether 11 – 1 Nephi 3
The introduction to this series on internal...
FAIR Voice Podcast #9: Interview with Chris Blythe on the Terrible Revolution @ FAIR Blog
- Christopher Blythe, a research associate at the Maxwell Institute and co-editor of...
2020 Interpreter Foundation Conference @ FAIR Blog
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Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses
September 18-19, 2020
Due to the...
A Detailed Look at Internally Consistent References in the Book of Mormon Text, Part 12 @ FAIR Blog
- Part 12: Ether 1-7
The introduction to this series on internal consistency in the Book...
FAIR Voice Podcast #8: Sunday Special on Clarke Commentary, Doctrine, and the Sacrament @ FAIR Blog
- Perhaps the mostly highly anticipated article in Producing Ancient Scripture came from...
FAIR Voice Podcast #7 (Short): How to be an Apologist pt. 2 @ FAIR Blog
- Please register for the FairMormon Conference that is on August 5-7. It’s a great...
FAIR Voice Podcast #6: How to be an Apologist @ FAIR Blog
- Please register for the FairMormon Conference that is on August 5-7. It’s a great...
FAIR Voice Podcast #5: Interview with John Gee on the Book of Abraham @ FAIR Blog
- Please register for the FairMormon Conference that is on August 5-7. It’s a great...
Historicity: Not By Scholarship Alone @ FAIR Blog
- As I reflected upon the relationship between faith and scholarship, I have come to...
A Detailed Look at Internally Consistent References in the Book of Mormon Text, Part 11 @ FAIR Blog
- Part 11: 3 Nephi 19 – 4 Nephi
The introduction to this series on internal...
FAIR Voice Podcast #4- Sunday Special: CES Letter, and Come Follow Me @ FAIR Blog
- Please register for the FairMormon Conference that is on August 5-7. It’s a great...
Chiasmus in the News @ FAIR Blog
- by John W. Welch
Strong interest in the study of chiasmus, especially in biblical texts...
Q&A with editors of Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FairMormon Bookstore
This book includes a mixture of scholarship...
A Detailed Look at Internally Consistent References in the Book of Mormon Text, Part 10 @ FAIR Blog
- Part 10: 3 Nephi 1 – 3 Nephi 18
The introduction to this series on internal...
FAIR Voice Podcast #3 – Defending the Family Proclamation: Interview with Tristan Mourier @ FAIR Blog
- One of the more difficult doctrines to defend is that of the family. I sat down with...
Exceptions to Dress Standards Announced for Young Male Missionaries @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 12 June 2020 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Reassigned Missionaries Travel to New Missions @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 11 June 2020 | Thousands of reassigned missionaries of The...
Tabernacle Choir to Launch Streamed Organ Recitals @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 10 June 2020 | The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square will...
As COVID-19 Restrictions Ease, Here's How the Church Is Reintegrating @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 08 June 2020 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Prophet Joins NAACP Leaders in Call for Racial Harmony in America @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 08 June 2020 | In a joint op-ed published Friday in the Deseret...
Groundbreaking Date Announced for Salta Argentina Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 05 June 2020 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
October 2020 General Conference Will Be Virtual Only @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 04 June 2020 | The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus...
Deseret Industries Begins Phased Reopening @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 02 June 2020 | Deseret Industries, a nonprofit business...
Church Participates in Sheep Donation on Navajo Reservation @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Monument Valley, Utah | Monday, 01 June 2020 | Food and supplies from the Bishops’...
President Nelson Shares Social Post about Racism and Calls for Respect for Human Dignity @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 01 June 2020 |
News of the Church Is Now Merged at Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 01 June 2020 | Official announcements, news and events of The...
Church Breaks Ground for Layton Utah Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Saturday, 30 May 2020 | A small handful of members of The Church of...
President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy W. Nelson Share a Message about the Sacrament @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 28 May 2020 | On President Russell M. Nelson’s social media...
Young Women Organization Celebrates 150 Years in 2020 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 27 May 2020 | The Young Women organization of The Church of...
See What the New Temples in Guatemala and Japan Will Look Like @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 25 May 2020 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Small-Scale Groundbreaking Held for Layton Utah Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Saturday, 23 May 2020 | Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the...
Latter-day Saints Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites, May 22, 2020 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 22 May 2020 |
Global Sacred Clothing Production Facilities Temporarily Produce Masks and Gowns @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 20 May 2020 | Hundreds of thousands of cloth face masks and...
First Presidency Provides Guidelines for Safely Returning to Church Meetings and Activities @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 19 May 2020 | The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve...
Angel Moroni Statue and Capstone Removed from Salt Lake Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 18 May 2020 | Crews on Temple Square began the process of...
Young Missionary Passes Away in Georgia @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Sunday, 17 May 2020 | A missionary serving for The Church of Jesus...
Church Service Missionaries and Employees Work on Family History During Pandemic @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 15 May 2020 | More than 1,500 employees and service missionaries...
Sister Bingham Shares How She Hears Christ in #HearHim Video Series @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 14 May 2020 | Relief Society General President Jean B. Bingham...
Church Names Native Hawaiian as New President of Brigham Young University–Hawaii @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 12 May 2020 | The Board of Trustees of Brigham Young...
Art in Meetinghouse Foyers and Entryways to Reflect a Deeper Reverence for Jesus Christ @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 11 May 2020 | The First Presidency is asking local leaders to...
New Content at Joseph Smith Papers @ BOAP.org Blog
- The JSP has announced some new content at their web site. All annotation for Documents...
Conference Notice: John Whitmer Historical Association 2019 Annual Conference @ BOAP.org Blog
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Kindle Version of Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants for cheap @ BOAP.org Blog
- If you purchased your hard copy of Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The...
Job Announcement: Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, Editorial Assistant @ BOAP.org Blog
- Editorial Assistant Vacancy — Closes Feb. 8, 2019 The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS)...
Job Announcement: Associate Editor, Publications Department, Massachusetts Historical Society @ BOAP.org Blog
- The Massachusetts Historical Society seeks a full-time Associate Editor to work in its...
Here it is: Greg Kofford Ebook Sale. Plural Marriage Revelation Book @ BOAP.org Blog
- TSDC:PMR ebook along with ALL 2018 Kofford ebook titles is on sale until the end of the...
The Church History Library Goes Viral! @ BOAP.org Blog
- See for yourself.
Job Announcement: Einstein Papers @ BOAP.org Blog
- The Einstein Papers Project is engaged in one of the most ambitious scholarly publishing...
Book sale. 30% off. @ BOAP.org Blog
- I know you’ve all be waiting to buy my book on D&C 132 because you believe...
New Joseph Smith Papers Bulletin @ BOAP.org Blog
- Latest from the Joseph Smith Papers here:...
Book of Abraham Manuscripts. Revelations and Translations Vol. 4 of the Joseph Smith Papers on the shelf. @ BOAP.org Blog
- [Cross-posted at By Common Consent] A permanent identical “I” is a...
A Short History of D&C 132 @ BOAP.org Blog
- I composed this short reception/textual history of D&C 132 when my book Textual...
Featherston Family, Erstwhile Emigrants @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- One of the frustrating things about tracking emigrating members is the increasing...
Papers of Jonathan Edwards flyer @ BOAP.org Blog
- JEC Call for Support
Papers of Martin Van Buren, Series 1. @ BOAP.org Blog
- Association for Documentary Editing has posted a note on the Cumberland University Martin...
John & Rebecca Denton: Repeated Returnees @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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John & Rebecca Denton Family:
Back - L to R: Ezekiel, Robert, Sam, Alma
From - L to R:...
Katherine Alexander and Her Return from Gathering @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- There were a number of people who joined the LDS Church that decided to go west....
The Returnees: A Project to Identify Why Some Converts Wanted to Return Home @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Sometimes when a convert moves west to join the saints, something changes their mind and...
Weller’s Book Works April 14, 2018 Conversation about “The Plural Marriage Revelation” (D&C 132) @ BOAP.org Blog
- I’ll be at Weller’s Book Works at Trolley Square in Salt Lake City tonight at 7pm...
Middle Tennessee Baptismal Record - Lessons Learned @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Nestled in the family search catalog is something called the Record of Members. It is a...
Baptisms in 1918 by County @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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It may not look like a lot, but baptisms in Tennessee were picking up. Yes, there was...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 5 Leaving Tennessee @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young, quoted and...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 4 Seeds of Misunderstanding @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young, quoted and...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 3 Raised from the Dead @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young, summarized from his...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 2 Evil Spirits @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young. Written from his...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 1 Conversion @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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[This is an excerpt from the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young. Written from his...
On the Problem and Promise of Alex Caldiero’s Sonosophy @ A Motley Vision
- In January of 2011, I shared my dissertation proposal on Alex Caldiero’s sonosophy...
George W Brandon writes a Letter. @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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On July 6, 1842, George wrote the following letter in Nauvoo. George was an early...
You’re looking for a book @ A Motley Vision
- . Two Sundays ago, a member of my ward engaged me on the old question of the Great Mormon...
An conversation with Melissa Leilani Larson about Third Wheel and the writer’s life @ A Motley Vision
- William Morris and Melissa Leilani Larson discuss her two peculiar plays of women in...
“An Open Palm and a Consecrated Life” @ A Motley Vision
- When I don’t have other things occupying my mind (and often when I do), I think a...
Mother’s Milk @ A Motley Vision
- . The first impression Rachel Hunt Steenblik’s Mother’s Milk gave...
Claire Åkebrand’s What Was Left of the Stars @ A Motley Vision
- . You likely remember Claire Åkebrand from your studious rerereading of Fire in the...
Names You Can't Read: The Badam Family @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- I can't say I found the Badam family. As far as the Church is concerned, that happened...
Sundry Moldy Solecisms #5 The Drown’ed Book by Mahonri Stewart, (play review) @ A Motley Vision
- A few weeks ago our son told us one of his co-workers was performing in Annie at the...
The Lost Records of Mary E Dukes @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- While transcribing an old baptismal record I happened across a cryptic entry...
Slate Springs Tennessee Chapel @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- I won't go into a full history of the Slate Springs branch here, but I came across some...
Speedwell Chapel @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Speedwell Tennessee entered Mormon history in 1908 with the baptism of Josiah & Harriet...
Artists and Doctrine & Covenants section 58 @ A Motley Vision
- What D&C 58 means in relation to Mormon artists when it chastises Martin Harris and...
Short Creek Chapel @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Short Creek is a unassuming place along the east side of the Tennessee river in south...
Remembering Jonathan Langford the critic @ A Motley Vision
- It’s been almost three months since Jonathan died. I miss him very much. This is...
News from Tennessee Conferences 19 Jun 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 12 Jun 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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Nashville Chapel circa 1959 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- In 1959 the Nashville branch of the LDS Church met in this building. For those who know...
A Place for the Un-Gathered: The Home of Abraham and Mary Church of Hickman County Tennessee @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [Below is an abridged version of my presentation at the 2017 Mormon History Association...
States of Deseret is now available @ A Motley Vision
- Peculiar Pages in collaboration with A Motley Vision is pleased to announce the release...
News from Tennessee Conferences 29 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 22 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 15 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 1 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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