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Religion and Public Discourse
Against the Law?
By Jeff Lindsay -- January 26, 2010
An experience at a Wisconsin bus stop suggests many people don't understand the church-state separation. Read more.
  • Religion and Public Discourse Religion and Public Discourse Against the Law?
    By Jeff Lindsay -- January 26, 2010
    An experience at a Wisconsin bus stop suggests many people don't understand the church-state separation. Read more.
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  • Doctrinal Sources and Authority Doctrinal Sources and Authority By Ben Spackman -- January 20, 2010
    Mormonism isn't Bible-based, so what is it? Read more.
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  • Reclaiming the Body Reclaiming the Body By Seraphine -- January 15, 2010
    LDS have an elevated concept of the body, but still hold to a spirit/body dichotomy. Read more.

     

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  • Only Mormons Go to Heaven? Hell No! Only Mormons Go to Heaven? Hell No! By Ben Spackman -- February 4, 2010
    How can many feel Mormonism is exclusionary, while others call it universalist? (Or does anyone have the philosophical chutzpah to suggest that Mormonism be termed "exclusionary universalism"?) Read more.

     

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Only Mormons Go to Heaven? Hell No!
By Ben Spackman -- February 4, 2010
How can many feel Mormonism is exclusionary, while others call it universalist? (Or does anyone have the philosophical chutzpah to suggest that Mormonism be termed "exclusionary universalism"?) Read more.

 

  • Only Mormons Go to Heaven? Hell No! Only Mormons Go to Heaven? Hell No! By Ben Spackman -- February 4, 2010
    How can many feel Mormonism is exclusionary, while others call it universalist? (Or does anyone have the philosophical chutzpah to suggest that Mormonism be termed "exclusionary universalism"?) Read more.

     

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  • Of Sacred Groves and Tree Huggers Of Sacred Groves and Tree Huggers

    By Green Mormon Architect -- October 22, 2009

    Trees and groves play a significant role in LDS religious life and worship. Read more.

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  • Elder Holland's Witness of Christ Elder Holland's Witness of Christ Elder Holland speaks of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and urges listeners to become more Christ-like. Read more link here
  • Sunday Meetings with the Mormons Sunday Meetings with the Mormons

    By Nicole Crook -- August 13, 2009

    What goes on in a Mormon Sunday service? Read more.

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Faith and the Power of Evidence
By John W. Welch - October 8, 2009
How do evidence and faith both contribute to an understanding of the truth of the Book of Mormon? Read more.

 

  • Faith and the Power of Evidence Faith and the Power of Evidence By John W. Welch - October 8, 2009
    How do evidence and faith both contribute to an understanding of the truth of the Book of Mormon? Read more.

     

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  • Study Mormonism Study Mormonism

    By Ben Spackman - May 28, 2009
    Recommended Online Sources for the Study of Mormonism. Read more

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  • Where to begin in Mormon History? Where to begin in Mormon History? By Mormon Gateway Team -- July 13, 2009
    Suppose someone has no more than $100, and wants to begin studying Mormon history ... Read more
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  • Encyclopedia of Mormonism Online Encyclopedia of Mormonism Online The four-volume Encyclopedia of Mormonism is available online for free. Read more ... link here
A Hierarchy of Heavens
By Stephen Taysom -- February 2, 2010
Mormonism thus lacks a traditional heaven/hell dichotomy and offers instead a variety of potential outcomes, based on the willingness of individuals to implement the teachings of the Church into his or her life. Read more.
  • A Hierarchy of Heavens A Hierarchy of Heavens By Stephen Taysom -- February 2, 2010
    Mormonism thus lacks a traditional heaven/hell dichotomy and offers instead a variety of potential outcomes, based on the willingness of individuals to implement the teachings of the Church into his or her life. Read more.
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  • Heaven, Hell, and Carrot Stick People Heaven, Hell, and Carrot Stick People

    By Rebecca J -- February 2, 2010
    In the spirit of oversimplifying the differences among believers, I submit that there are two types of religious people: "Carrot People" and "Stick People." I am a Stick Person. Read more.

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  • Mormon Doctrine, Church Publications Mormon Doctrine, Church Publications By Natalie B. -- January 20, 2010
    How does one know what is and isn't Mormon Doctrine? Where can it be found? What makes it legitimate? Read more.
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  • Doctrinal Sources and Authority Doctrinal Sources and Authority By Ben Spackman -- January 20, 2010
    Mormonism isn't Bible-based, so what is it? Read more.
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Religion and Public Discourse
Against the Law?
By Jeff Lindsay -- January 26, 2010
An experience at a Wisconsin bus stop suggests many people don't understand the church-state separation. Read more.
  • Religion and Public Discourse Religion and Public Discourse Against the Law?
    By Jeff Lindsay -- January 26, 2010
    An experience at a Wisconsin bus stop suggests many people don't understand the church-state separation. Read more.
    link here
  • Lance Allred's Polygamous Roots Lance Allred's Polygamous Roots and my Family's Narratives
    By John Crawford -- December 18, 2009
    A review of Longshot and its tale of basketball, polygamy, and family tragedy. Read more.

     

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  • Frau Ruster and the Cure Frau Ruster and the Cure

    for Cognitive Dissonance
    By Roger Terry -- October 29, 2009

    Witnessing and being a witness have a great deal in common. Read more.

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  • Thinking Myself into Mormonism Thinking Myself into Mormonism By Sam Bhagwat -- October 1, 2009
    The author recounts his journey from baptism to confusion to clarity. Read more.
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2012?

By Kevin Barney -- October 29, 2009

Was it meant to be the end or a beginning? Read more.

  • 2012? 2012?

    By Kevin Barney -- October 29, 2009

    Was it meant to be the end or a beginning? Read more.

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  • One Good Man... at the Movies One Good Man... at the Movies

    By Kevin Burtt - October 26, 2009

    One Good Man gives a tidy picture of Mormon life... perhaps too tidy. Read more.

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  • Most Powerful Octogenarian Most Powerful Octogenarian

    By Patheos Staff -- October 29, 2009

    Slate magazine names Monson... Read more.

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  • Nobody Knows ... at the Movies Nobody Knows ... at the Movies

    By Kevin Burtt -- October 26, 2009

    The untold story of black Mormons gets told in this documentary. Read more.

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    News and Commentary from the LDS (Mormon) Church

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    News for and about Mormons and Mormonism

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"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved." (2 Nephi 10:24)