***   I offer here a potpourri of appalling horrors from the essentially inexhaustible Christopher Hitchens Memorial “How Religion Poisons Everything” File©:   “Donation to Assist Exploited Children in Hawaii: Church partners with Ho’ōla Nā Pua to support the Bromley Family Pearl Haven Campus”   “Latter-day Saint NBA CEO tells Wall Street Journal that his faith gives him a ‘longer view’”   “Why BYU, other church schools rejected tens of millions in COVID-19 relief”   “LDS congregation donates… Read more

    I’m pleased to report that, based on views and shares, the Interpreter Foundation’s theatrical film, Witnesses, is currently ranked Number Two nationally on iTunes Apple Trailers.  (To put this in perspective, Above Suspicion, starring Emilia Clarke, comes in fifth, and The Misfits, starring Pierce Brosnan, ranks seventh.)  It would be fun if we were able to reach the Number One slot.  So, if you want to help, please watch the trailer and share it as widely as you can:  … Read more

    Two new items went up today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship.  The first is by A. Keith Thompson, and the second is by Blake T. Ostler:   “The Brass Plates: Can Modern Scholarship Help Identify Their Contents?” Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains little information about what the Brass Plates contain. Nephi said it was a larger record than the Hebrew Bible brought to America by the Gentiles. But it could not have contained the records of… Read more

    Another trio of new items has gone up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   ““We Will Still Weep for Zion”: War and Wealth” This is the seventh of eight weekly blog posts published in honor of the life and work of Hugh Nibley (1910–2005). The series is in honor of the new, landmark book, Hugh Nibley Observed, available in softcover, hardback, digital, and audio editions. Each week our post is accompanied by interviews and insights in pdf, audio,… Read more