An Insider’s View–a personal review
I want to apologize for the negative, critical review I wrote about Grant Palmer’s book, An Insiders View of the Mormon Origins. While I don’t share the authors beliefs on several topics, I believe I was ungenerous in my examination and treatment of his...
Injustice in a Just World
I have always clung to the idea that the vast majority of people are basically good. At the same time, a look at history or the news makes quite clear that even good people are capable of doing some pretty horrible things. Why is this? Back in the 1960s a...
Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
One of the most exciting things to discuss and study in religion for me has always been Jewish apocryphal and pseudepigraphic literature.[i] Some of the most beautiful literary works I have read are found in the Jewish writings outside of the Hebrew Bible, but roughly...
Two Lampstands: Two Branches
Two Lampstands: Two Branches Women and the Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood by Michelle G. Wiener, M.A., M. Ecum. Studies And I will give power unto my two witnesses and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days,...
Celestial Math
I’ve said before on many occasions, that while I am certain I can claim to be a good Mormon, I am not a remotely perfect Mormon. And neither are you. Neither have been any members of this church. Nor prophets, founders, or leaders of this church. I’m not...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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