Many of you no doubt recall that there was a recent shake-up in the Mormon Apologetics community. I don’t have all the details (mostly because I don’t find apologetics to be a terribly interesting topic), but in a nutshell, it was this: The Maxwell Institute (which is perhaps? affiliated with…
a couple articles I noted this week…
Some good pieces out this week focusing on gender in the Church. Why Mormon Men Love “Church Ball” and Are Scared of Homosexuality by Kristine Haglund. (For a classic lengthy article on Mormon masculinity, check out this old Sunstone article from 1992.) This piece is neat: Joanna Brooks interviews Judy…
The Hammer of Judgment – What Would You Say?
My last post: Gay Trees and Gadianton Robbers gotseveral comments on my own blog. One, which I took from an email that was sent by a former classmate in high school, was pretty forceful. You can see the original post, and my response in the comments section here. I am…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Ambiguity Edition!
This week’s top topic was more analysis of the exciting revelations from last week! Paul Senzee has a Word of Wisdom anecdote many of us can relate to. Roger Hansen pointed out that the “clarification” raises a bunch of new questions: Does this make ice-tea okay? If its not the…
Gay Trees and Gadianton Robbers
As I have been wandering around the internet, looking for something interesting, there is an election going on. Did you know that? Well most of what is out there is not very interesting, just a lot of people with opinion that they want someone else to have, with an occasional…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Modern Revelation Edition!
In these dark times when it seems the heavens have gone silent, the faithful turn to the LDS Newsroom for God’s latest pronouncements on hot drinks and caffeine. Of the various reactions, Daniel Midgley’s kind of sums up the problem: I’m not sure if this is a policy clarification, or…
Valerie Hudson’s take on Taylor Petrey: A Misogynist in Sheep’s Clothing?
Today I read some articles by Valerie Hudson, a Mormon feminist and ex-BYU Poly Sci professor who’s written on interesting topics like the relationship of gender equality to state security. Here at MSP, we talked about her here. Back in 2009, she created some hubbub regarding the “real teleos” of…
And…The Book of Abraham is de-canonized
When I was growing up, I had a triple combination. This was a copy of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Book of Abraham in one book. We studied the Book of Abraham in seminary, the same year as the Old Testament. I remember my seminary teacher actually…
news roundup – Mitt’s coffee; more openish books; weird birthday bashes
I’ve been out of town hiking in the Rockies without internet access and now that I’m back and going through my backlog of news, a bunch of interesting stories have grabbed my attention. First, there’s news that Mitt Romney is fine with coffee-flavored ice cream. I’ve seen lengthy debates over…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Rape Edition!
A US congressman claimed that pregnancy from rape is really rare because “If its a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” And pretty much the whole Internet was quick to respond. Most responses were serious (or semi-serious) discussions of rape (including…