013: Rick Anderson on Mormonism and Intellectual Freedom
Rick Anderson is Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. Rick Anderson is the author of the article in the Interpreter entitled Mormonism and Intellectual Freedom. Themes Rick Anderson...
_Never Let Me Go_ by Kazuo Ishiguro: An Analogy for How I Feel at Church
Never Let Me Go is a novel that follows the life of a group of kids in a boarding school. It’s a weird school. They don’t learn stuff. They mostly just play around and do artwork. You eventually learn that these kids are actually clones, and they were created so...
You Can’t Handle the Truth!
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has long had three missions: Perfecting the Saints, Proclaiming the Gospel, Redeeming the Dead. A fourth was recently added: Caring for the Poor and Needy. But all along, the LDS Church has had a fifth...
Ask EOR Part IV
You know what time it is. Time for the fourth installment of “Ask EOR”! The previous 3 installments can be found here here and here. I just want to remind you all that you can e-mail your questions to me at askeor.rf@gmail.com and I will do my very best to shed light...
Why I Left
“I think fear is one of the primary forces motivating the PRethren..” Viliami on leaving the Church
Stop it! …No, seriously, stop it right now.
“We want perfectly whitewashed sepulchers.” -Jared Mooney considers the implications of ‘Judge not.’ in the internet age.
Do the Right Thing
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; - Isaiah 61:1 "I am...
Humor: The Balm of Gilead, or the Bomb of Kill-ead?
I realized that I have been blogging for the good people at Rational Faiths for over a year now. It has been a wonderful exercise for me. I have been really grateful to the Barker brothers and other bloggers for their continual support of my writing, and for the...
Drowning at church
Telling someone who is in or has been through a crisis of faith that they’re free to ask questions in the church is like telling a drowning person that they are free to grab onto the life preserver that no one is throwing to them. It is standing aside and watching someone drown all the while telling them that they should have seen the warning signs or turbulent water. Nevermind that the signs that were needed to avoid this crisis were long since buried in the sand of correlation.
Joseph: The Keystone of Canonizable Revelation
By my count Joseph Smith has added 868 pages to the LDS canon by means of the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. All other prophets since Joseph have accumulated a grand total of 13 pages by means of the Doctrine and Covenants...
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012: “Seek ye out of the best [podcasts]”: Moral Psychology 101
As human beings we are subject to a variety of influences that direct us in our lives. Our instinctual passions and reason often battle for control. As a species we have divided ourselves into groups such as conservative, liberal, vegan, bacon-eater, believer, and...
Answering the Hard Questions
Just in case you haven't noticed, the bloggernacle has been reeling to and fro like a drunken man these last few weeks. People are asking hard questions, and getting lots of answers and opinions to consider. However, I would like to bring to your attention some...
#Yes All Mormon Women Too
#Yes All Mormon Women Too – Kathryn Ricks talks about the place of women’s rights in the LDS church.
Repurposing Sunday School
This post must begin by acknowledging the current events regarding the excommunication of Kate Kelly. Regardless of how you feel about the excommunication, we should all be mourning together. We should all be grieving. We should all follow our baptismal covenant to...
Parenting Parallels
Recently, my husband and I attended a Love and Logic parenting course. Ever since, it's been interesting to notice the parent/child roles that occur in society. One that came to mind almost immediately while taking the class, was the role of the LDS Church. I think...
Did Kate Kelly Tell the Truth?
Since Kate Kelly’s excommunication was announced last Monday, the internet has been abuzz not only with the substance of Bishop Harrison’s letter excommunicating Kate Kelly, but also with the question of whether Kate Kelly has been completely forthright in her...
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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