Monthly Archives: April 2010

I am looking to put together a panel for Sunstone on the broadly-defined category of Mormonism, Politics, and Ideology. I have some ideas for what I might do. I am now looking for the rest of the panel. Anybody interested? … Continue reading →

8: The Mormon Proposition is a fantastic and provocative film that I think is essential viewing for anyone interested in the subject of Mormonism and homosexuality. I see a great deal to praise in this film, not least of which … Continue reading →

Authors Note: This is not an essay/post about Glenn Beck. The ideas below have been bouncing around my head since Fall 1999 when I was first introduced to the philosophy of John Rawls. This is not about the crass politics … Continue reading →

The notion that the family is eternal is central to modern Mormon identity. The definition of the family that has been adopted in this vision is the 20th c. nuclear family. This is in stark contrast to how some early … Continue reading →

Edward Said’s monumental book Orientalism (1978) chronicled the discourse about the “Orient,” specifically Islam, that imagined it as fundamentally distinct from the “Occident.” He suggested that the various disciplines built around Orientalism as a mode of thinking, including literature, history, … Continue reading →