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Mormon Culture vs. Mormon Doctrine
Episode 147: What to Wear
By Neylan McBaine -- March 12, 2010
Learn about the (imaginary?) Mormon (non)dress code. Read more.
  • Mormon Culture vs. Mormon Doctrine Mormon Culture vs. Mormon Doctrine Episode 147: What to Wear
    By Neylan McBaine -- March 12, 2010
    Learn about the (imaginary?) Mormon (non)dress code. Read more.
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  • Mormons and Film Mormons and Film By Randy Astle -– March 2, 2010
    Mormonism has arguably been the most cinematically engaged religious movement in the history of motion pictures. Read more.
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  • Mormons and R-Rated Films Mormons and R-Rated Films By Scott B. -– March 2, 2010
    What's the big deal with some Mormons and R-rated Movies? And why only some Mormons? Read more.
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  • Quiche, Haiti, and Suffering Quiche, Haiti, and Suffering Neylan McBaine –- March 1, 2010
    Pain and sorrow know no boundaries, and sometimes need is defined more by internal suffering than external. Read more.
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Beauty and the Beard
Facial Hair, Film, and Mormon Culture
By Eric Thompson -- March 3, 2010
Are beards evil in Mormon culture? What do three LDS films say? Read more.
  • Beauty and the Beard Beauty and the Beard Facial Hair, Film, and Mormon Culture
    By Eric Thompson -- March 3, 2010
    Are beards evil in Mormon culture? What do three LDS films say? Read more.
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  • Mormon References on the Afterlife Mormon References on the Afterlife February 11, 2010
    Where do Mormons get their view of the afterlife? Read here.
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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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  • 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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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
Mormons and R-Rated Films
By Scott B. -– March 2, 2010
What's the big deal with some Mormons and R-rated Movies? And why only some Mormons? Read more.
  • Mormons and R-Rated Films Mormons and R-Rated Films By Scott B. -– March 2, 2010
    What's the big deal with some Mormons and R-rated Movies? And why only some Mormons? Read more.
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  • An Evangelical View An Evangelical View of (Mormon?) Deification
    By Bridget Jack Meyers -- February 16, 2010
    Is Mormon belief about the full extent of salvation as heretical as it seems? This Evangelical says no. Read more.
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  • An Evangelical View An Evangelical View of (Mormon?) Deification
    By Bridget Jack Meyers -- February 16, 2010
    Is Mormon belief about the full extent of salvation as heretical as it seems? This Evangelical says no. Read more.
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  • 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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Quiche, Haiti, and Suffering
Neylan McBaine –- March 1, 2010
Pain and sorrow know no boundaries, and sometimes need is defined more by internal suffering than external. Read more.
  • Quiche, Haiti, and Suffering Quiche, Haiti, and Suffering Neylan McBaine –- March 1, 2010
    Pain and sorrow know no boundaries, and sometimes need is defined more by internal suffering than external. Read more.
    link here
  • There and Back Again There and Back Again A Mormon-Atheist Tale
    By David King Landrith -- February 12, 2010
    How one Mormon became an atheist at BYU and then regained his faith ten years later. Read more.
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  • Gospel Doctrine Boredom Gospel Doctrine Boredom By Neylan McBaine -- February 18, 2010
    Adult students deserve to learn something new after sitting through similar classes for decades. What's wrong with these Gospel Doctrine classes? 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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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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"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)