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Joseph Smith’s and Jonathan Edwards’ Spiritual Narratives Compared

December 13, 2010



The eighteenth-century American evangelist Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was one of the two most prominent figures associated with the First Great Awakening of the 1700s (Mormonism is considered to be part of the Second). Edwards was a fascinating personality — a compelling preacher, a missionary, and an insightful theologian, whose thinking and writing engaged head-on the [...]

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An American Church

November 12, 2010



We sometimes hear criticism that the LDS Church is too “American” — that its culture is too informed by the cultural context of the United States. I thought of that, when I read the following passage from Pope John Paul II’s 1998 encyclical Fides et ratio (“Faith and Reason”): In preaching the Gospel, Christianity first [...]

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