Armand Mauss and the Coronation of Emperor Napoleon: The Politics of Graceful Dissent
ARMAND MAUSS AND THE CORONATION OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON: THE POLITICS OF GRACEFUL DISSENT By Brian Whitney, 5/23/14 The role of academics is to complicate seemingly simple matters. Armand Mauss was a sociology professor for 25 years. He has written college curriculum in...
Fix the Church with This One Weird Trick
Former Church Historian Marlin K. Jensen was asked, “Has the church seen the effects of Google on membership? It seems like the people who I talk to about church history are people who find out and leave quickly. Is the church aware of that problem? What about the...
GAY STUFF AND MORMON DOCTRINE
NOTE: This post was first published on December 6, 2013 on the blog, No More Strangers. With Oregon’s ruling on gay marriage yesterday,me being an Oregonian, and one of my best friends (and fellow ward member), Jerilyn Hassell Pool, performing the first gay...
The Young Women (lessons) are a Changin’
So today I was browsing the ol’ book of Faces, when I saw a link to a Google doc done by Laura Compton comparing the Young Women’s manual from June of 2013 to June of 2014. The lessons are on the priesthood. The changes are pretty fascinating, especially...
The Creation Argument
First Post Previous Post Next Post Simulation Argument Before reading further, I recommend that you read this entertaining flow chart from Micah Redding illustrating the basics of the Simulation Argument, or the idea that our lives are a computer...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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