Posts Tagged ‘ intellectualism ’

In past years, it seems that the Sunstone Symposium and FAIR (Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research) have overlapped, so it was difficult to attend both. However, this year they were not the same week. I was able to attend my first FAIR conference, though my time was limited to just 2 speakers. Since this [...]

The Church’s correlated manuals are narrowly focused on topics the Church wants to reinforce with members.  When members want to learn more about Church history, there really aren’t any resources availabe to Church members, and in the past, it seems the Church has tried to discourage participation in events like Sunstone Symposia, or reading Dialogue [...]

More than almost any other religion, Mormonism delves into its history.  We draw upon our history to teach lessons.  Yet sometimes, the Church doesn’t like to emphasize certain parts of history.  In the 1970s and 80s, New Mormon History started to make headway, and the Church hired a professional historian, Dr. Leonard Arrington to be [...]

Why are young singles leaving Christianity? Are these same reasons applicable to the LDS church? What can we do about it? Is the generational divide being successfully addressed? What can we do better?

In 1969 Leonard Arrington asked 50 prominent Mormons to identify the “five most eminent intellectuals in Mormon history.” The list was published in Dialogue.  Twenty-four years later, Dialogue decided to run the survey again.  It was re-published a few month ago in the Deseret News, and it has been a favorite bloggernacle topic for the past few [...]

John Larson of Mormon Expression did a book review of Mormon Enigma by Linda Newell and Valeen Avery.  John gives a very interesting introduction to the book.  In light of my recent post Latter-day Dissent, I thought I would continue the theme of how the church deals with intellectuals. This book was published in the fall of [...]

A few months ago, I received an advance copy of a new book by Philip Lindholm called Latter-day Dissent: At the Crossroads of Intellectual Inquiry and Ecclesiastical Authority.  The book was released on Friday by Greg Kofford Books.  Lindholm interviews 5 of the “September Six”, as well as 3 others. The September Six refer to a [...]