Polyandry now!
I wonder about those Lost Boys of fundamentalist Mormonism, the boys ejected as teenagers from their families and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS): how do they make...
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American religion in the era of Fosdick’s revenge
Is bland beautiful? Almost never, most of us would say. But when it comes to religion in a diverse society, the answer may be yes. This is the chief, if probably unintended implication of American...
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A historian’s reaction to American Grace
David Campbell’s and Robert Putnam’s American Grace left me historically puzzled on my first reading, and my second didn’t clear things up. Its 550 pages of text, plus 97 pages of appendices and notes,...
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The naked public sphere?
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum spoke this past Sunday on Meet the Press about the role of religion in the American public sphere: The idea that people of faith should not be permitted...
View ArticlePolyandry now!
I wonder about those Lost Boys of fundamentalist Mormonism, the boys ejected as teenagers from their families and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS): how do they make...
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Beck, Falwell and “Christian America”
Back in 2004, evangelical educator Richard Mouw brought a message of friendship and reconciliation to Mormon America, speaking to a packed house at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Apologizing for the way...
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8: The Mormon Proposition
Joanna Brooks, a scholar of religion who grew up in a conservative Mormon household, writes about Mormon opposition to same-sex marriage, which she argues is regularly ignored by progressive Americans...
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Reflections on Mormon feminism
The editors of Scholaristas—a new blog on women’s religious history—have launched, as their inaugural forum, a discussion of the 1971 “Pink Issue” of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Now...
View ArticleThe future of Mormonism
Patheos has launched, as the latest installment in its “Future of Religion” series, a discussion on the future of Mormonism. Previous discussions have focused on Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism,...
View ArticleA Cold War choir
The Sunday New York Times featured an article on the significance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s “Operation Telstar” performance at Mount Rushmore, nearly fifty years ago. Telstar was the...
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American religion in the era of Fosdick’s revenge
Is bland beautiful? Almost never, most of us would say. But when it comes to religion in a diverse society, the answer may be yes. This is the chief, if probably unintended implication of American...
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A historian’s reaction to American Grace
David Campbell’s and Robert Putnam’s American Grace left me historically puzzled on my first reading, and my second didn’t clear things up. Its 550 pages of text, plus 97 pages of appendices and notes,...
View ArticleMormon ad campaign and the 2012 election
In the hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, Elder Price sings about how he believes that “ancient Jews built boats and sailed to America” and “in 1978 God changed His mind about black people.” The...
View ArticleAn uncomfortable spotlight
The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life has released a comprehensive survey of more than 1,000 Mormons living across the country. With two Mormon candidates in the running for the...
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The naked public sphere?
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum spoke this past Sunday on Meet the Press about the role of religion in the American public sphere: The idea that people of faith should not be permitted...
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Modern Mormons and socialism
At Salon, Troy Williams retells an old Mormon tale and chastises likely Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney, for abandoning his religion’s socialist roots: “You are cursed because of your...
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Romney and the two holy lands
Mitt Romney can’t find enough good things to say about Israel. And like his now defunct challengers, Gingrich and Santorum, he continually accuses President Obama of failing to support the Jewish...
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Evangelicals support Romney
At The New Republic, Eg Kilgore explains why the Christian Right will overcome its apprehensions about Mitt Romney’s religion, arguing that, for evangelicals, cultural issues are often more important...
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Mormon appointed to White House faith-based advisory council
Recently, Religion News Service reported that President Obama had appointed the first Mormon member to his faith-based advisory council. Elder Steven Snow was appointed to serve on the President’s...
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Mormon apostles and voting
According to a survey conducted by Aaron Campbell, a marketing and campaign consultant in Utah county, a large number of Mormon apostles vote, even in years when there is no presidential election....
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