207: Teaching the Old Testament to Latter-day Saints

Dan Wotherspoon Scripture, Teaching 13 Comments

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One of the most difficult but important things we can do as Mormons who are alerted to the complexities of cultural differences and sacred writings …

73: “And the Survey Says…!”: Reflections on Mormon Disaffection, Marlin Jensen’s Remarks, Recent Articles on Mormonism’s Challenge in Better Facing Its History

Dan Wotherspoon Disaffection 30 Comments

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This episode is an attempt to aid in processing the current moment in which various Mormon-watching communities are beginning to digest the preliminary results that …

58: Obedience and Agency

Dan Wotherspoon Doctrine, Theology 37 Comments

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Mormonism teaches the importance of being obedient to God and God’s will while at the same time emphasizing the bedrock fact of our individual agency. …

53: Mormonism and Capital Punishment

Dan Wotherspoon Theology 30 Comments

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The recent execution of Troy Davis brought to the front once more the issue of capital punishment, especially arguments about the very real possibility of executing …

48: Mormonism and Evolution

Dan Wotherspoon Science 74 Comments

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This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the controversies over the study and teaching of evolution at Brigham Young University that resulted in the …

42: Pros and Cons of Keeping Mormonism “Weird”

Dan Wotherspoon Mormon Culture 86 Comments

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Recent decades have seen a decrease in emphases of and public and internal discussions of many of Mormonism’s most distinctive doctrines and practices–especially some that …

32: Heavenly Mother in Today’s Mormonism

Dan Wotherspoon Doctrine 82 Comments

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The most recent issue of BYU Studies features the article, “ ‘A Mother There’: A Survey of Historical Teachings about Mother in Heaven,” co-written by …

Cultural Doctrines: The Unsaid Sermon

Clay Whipkey Doctrine, Missionary Work 13 Comments

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In 1991, Dr. Robert F. Bohn gave this great talk at the Sunstone Symposium titled “Cultural vs. Gospel Doctrine and the ‘Unsaid Sermon Phenomenon’”. I …