Jesus, Power, and Gender Roles
Discussions of the early biblical perspective on the roles of women in the Church and in marriage will remain seriously distorted unless set in the larger context... Read more.
Episode 4, “Telling and Hearing The First Vision” (Joseph Smith-History)
Though the story of the First Vision was relatively absent from most of the recorded early Mormon discourses of the nineteenth... Read more.
Sunstone and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Through his words, through his ethics, and even through a 2003 keynote symposium lecture from his eldest living son, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has left a beautiful... Read more.
Episode 3, “Knowing What It Is To Know” (Moroni 10)
What does it mean to ‘know’ that the Book of Mormon is true? Is it necessary to always have a certain testimony? Is there scriptural or historical precedent... Read more.
Episode 2, “Creating Safe Spaces for Healthy Encounters with Doubt” (Ether 12-13)
A widely quoted Mormon maxim states that “faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.” Yet lived experience... Read more.
Episode 1, “What Would Jesus Actually Say? What Did Jesus Actually Say?” (3 Nephi 12-15)
Listen in to “Sunstone Institute,” a new, free podcast series where theologian Michael Vinson leads a rousing group discussion of Mormon scripture, experience... Read more.