Compassion With Action There are a lot of discomforting stories in the Bible. The story of the final great division of the sheep and the goats in the 25th chapter of Matthew is certainly one of these. Perhaps this story has a message for us today. We will explore this story, and I will confess …
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Are Boys More Important Than Girls? The Conflict Between Gender Difference And Equality In Mormonism
Are Boys More Important Than Girls? The Conflict Between Gender Difference And Equality In Mormonism This presentation examines three sets of related inquiries to the question, “Are boys more important than girls?” (1) What kind of equality does God’s justice demand to fulfill the scriptural exhortation that we are all “alike unto God”? Can gender …
Boys, Boys, Spies? Mormon Missionaries As Suspected American Agents In Finland
Boys, Boys, Spies? Mormon Missionaries As Suspected American Agents In Finland This presentation tells the story of the suspicions in some Finnish political circles that during the Cold War, Latter-day Saint missionaries gathered information on the Finns’ political thoughts and perhaps even forwarded them to U.S. government intelligence. The resulting public scare, though limited, was …
Faithful to Whom–Art Or The Church? The Dilemma For Mormon Artists And Whether There’s A Way Out
Faithful to Whom–Art Or The Church? The Dilemma For Mormon Artists And Whether There’s A Way Out Why do so many Mormon artists find themselves torn between the Church and their art, feeling that they’re leading two very different lives that are difficult to reconcile? Why do so many of us feel that we have …
Maturing and Enduring: Dialogue and Its Readers After Forty Years
In the Spring 1987 Dialogue, a general survey of subscribers was published under the title, Robert W. Reynolds, Ph.D., Armand L. Mauss, Ph.D., John Dewey Remy, Panelists
A Testimony Of Motherhood: LDS Response To Changing Women’s Roles, 1940-2006
A Testimony Of Motherhood: LDS Response To Changing Women’s Roles, 1940-2006 Most conservative religions objected to the movement of women out of the household in the 1960s, but doctrines linked to the practice of polygamy made changing gender roles particularly challenging for the LDS Church. To understand Church responses to this crisis, I analyzed all …
My Mormon Dream Bible
My Mormon Dream Bible The Mormon Bible I will describe would be produced by Mormons for use by Mormons. It would have helpful features that facilitate the study of the biblical text (best original-language manuscript readings, paragraph layout, versification, poetic form, footnotes, cross-references, textual variants, modern language pronunciation guide). It would also lead to more …
‘Faithful Scholarship’ And The Mainstreaming Of Mormon Studies
‘Faithful Scholarship’ And The Mainstreaming Of Mormon Studies As Mormon studies emerges at non-LDS institutions of higher education (Utah Valley State College, Utah State University, Claremont Graduate University), it will be shaped by negotiation among various interests. The most important set of LDS interests is represented by “faithful scholarship,” which has come to set the …
The Flight From Reason: The Dynamics Of Faith And Rationality
The Flight From Reason: The Dynamics Of Faith And Rationality Latter-day Saints often appeal to the mantra, “Seek learning, even by study and also by faith,” to explain the appropriate relationship between faith, reason, and revelation in our tradition. But what about cases where faith and reason conflict? What do these conflicts tells us about …
The Hunchback Prophet: Victim Of The Muses
The Hunchback Prophet: Victim Of The Muses Hugh Nibley gave a series of talks about sophic and mantic persons in society: the sophic offers the shallow, deceitful cleverness of public relations and spin, which often leads to success in this world, while the mantic (from Greek mantis, “seer”) looks to the eternal vision of things. …