A Mormon history blog| Juvenile Instructor
Call for proposals From Lisa Barlow’s claim of being “Mormon 2.0,” to Meredith Marks’ immortal declaration about “the rumors and the nastiness,” The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has captured imaginations far beyond Utah. The show is at once high drama, cultural export, and local funhouse mirror—inviting us to think seriously (and playfully) about how SaltContinue Reading| Juvenile Instructor
A Mormon history blog| Juvenile Instructor
A Mormon history blog| Juvenile Instructor
A Mormon history blog| Juvenile Instructor
Make plans to come learn about the history of Utah, family, religion, and more at Utah State University on April 25, 2025! There will be more information about a tour on April 26, 2025 soon.| Juvenile Instructor
The Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites applications for grants to conduct research in its archival, art, and artifact collections in Salt Lake City, Utah. These grants are intended to offset travel and research expenses for performing research at the Church History Library and Museum in Salt LakeContinue Reading| Juvenile Instructor
I argue that a key indicator that JS was not simply seeking to restore biblical practice, but sought instead to restore doctrines and practices that he believed were MISSING from the Bible is the endowment. It’s clearly not in the Bible, though I argue Smith’s sources convinced him that Christians had an initiation rite thatContinue Reading| Juvenile Instructor
Here I quote a few paragraphs from my dissertation (36-38) in which I look at a couple of Stephen Webb’s books. Webb, though Catholic, borrowed from Mormon thinkers on asserting the claim of Platonic corruption of Christianity related to materiality and God’s body. I note that Webb, like Roberts, presented some contradictory claims. Recently, CatholicContinue Reading| Juvenile Instructor
A Mormon history blog| Juvenile Instructor
A Mormon history blog| Juvenile Instructor
A Mormon history blog| Juvenile Instructor