By Robert A. Rees Robert A. Rees is the director of Mormon Studies at the Graduate Theological Union. He is the author of A New Witness for the World (BCC Press, 2020) and editor of Why I Stay 2 (Signature Books, 2021). I According to Latter-day Saint theology, this earth was created by the …
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Liquid Assets: How Climate Change Could Affect the LDS Church in Florida
By Mark Thomas Mark Thomas earned an MBA from Northwestern University, and works professionally in public finance. He began his career as a real estate appraiser in Utah. “If we had poets, we’d be writing about the swallowing of Miami Beach by the sea.” Bruce Mowry City Engineer Miami Beach, Florida “In the …
God as the Answer to Fermi’s Paradox
By R. W. Richey R. W. Richey is the owner of FTL Strategies, a software company specializing in rapid application development and lean software methodology. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and a dwindling number of kids. In his spare time he maintains a blog/podcast at wearenotsaved.com where he posts on a …
Greenwashing In Zion
By Mark Thomas Mark Thomas earned an MBA from Northwestern University, and works professionally in public finance. He is the author of Digging in Cummorah: Reclaiming Book of Mormon Narratives. For the first time in history, a conviction has developed among those who can actually think a decade ahead that we …
Own Your Religion
By Gregory A. Prince Gregory A. Prince is the author of Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History (University of Utah, 2016), David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism (University of Utah, 2005), and Power from on High: The Development of the Mormon Priesthood (Signature, 1995). For two years, …
Biological Evolution: Toward A Reconciliation of the Science and Our Faith
By William S. Bradshaw “Do you believe in evolution?” In my experience, the chance for positive dialogue to take place among Church members following such a beginning is not very good. The problem is that the word evolution elicits such a wide range of reactions that the discussants are rarely able to focus on a …
Biological Evolution: Toward a Reconcilliation of the Science and Our Faith
By William S. Bradshaw (Sections of this article not included in the print edition of Sunstone are noted in brown type.) “Do you believe in evolution?” In my experience, the chance for positive dialogue to take place among Church members following such a beginning is not very good. The problem is that the word evolution …
November 1 – Ecology and Reverence in LDS Perspective
BYU professor Steven Peck will speak about the relationship between Mormonism and environmental stewardship. Sunday November 1 6:00 pm Sunstone House 343 N. Third West, Salt Lake City Connect with this event on Facebook Related content: SL07321, HEALING THE MORMON ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGE Despite abundant doctrines that suggest that Mormons should have a deep responsibility for …
The Inevitability of LDS Gay Marriage
Somewhere in the roiling sea of the Gay Marriage Debate ?¢Ç¨Äú where the determined, but overmatched boats of Prophetic Proclamation, Scientific Speculation, Political Posture, and Bleeding-heart Babbling bob and weave, toss and turn ?¢Ç¨Äú stand two immovable pillars.?Ǭ Like towering lighthouses, they patiently endure the pounding sea, barely taking notice of the pitching and tossing …