{"id":44714,"date":"2017-10-28T22:45:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T04:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=44714"},"modified":"2017-10-28T22:45:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T04:45:17","slug":"important-contribution-study-mormon-theology-marvelous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/10\/important-contribution-study-mormon-theology-marvelous.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA very important contribution to the study of Mormon theology. . . . marvelous\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Kofford<\/a>
You can\u2019t make this stuff up. No. Wait a minute. You actually CAN.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Here is what Steve Densley actually wrote in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cA few positive articles appear in the volume, but these few essays do\u00a0not entirely salvage what may have otherwise been\u00a0a very important\u00a0contribution to the study of Mormon theology<\/u>.\u00a0It would have been\u00a0marvelous<\/u>\u00a0to see a book that explored the history of Mormon apologetics,\u00a0the variety of topics that have been addressed, the way in which\u00a0critics have responded to\u00a0apologetic arguments, and more important, the\u00a0way in which apologetics has affected the lives of ordinary Mormons<\/a>.\u00a0Unfortunately, we must still await such a volume.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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(See his \u201cShould We Apologize for Apologetics?\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Here is what he\u2019s represented as having said in an advertisement from the publisher:<\/p>\n

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\u201cA very important\u00a0contribution to the study of Mormon theology. . . .\u00a0\u00a0marvelous\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I first publicly noted the, umm, divergence<\/em> between what Steve Densley actually said and what he\u2019s claimed<\/em> to have said in an entry\u00a0that I posted here on this blog about a week ago:<\/p>\n

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\u201cConstructing advertising copy and jacket blurbs: art or science?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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At that time, I reported that \u201cthe publisher of the book (and of the advertisement) has indicated its gratitude for having this matter called to its attention and has promised that, if its leaders determine that Steve Densley\u2019s statement in his review for\u00a0Interpreter<\/em>\u00a0has, in fact, actually been misrepresented, it will make a correction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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They were, I was told, planning to meet the next morning to deliberate over that very difficult and complex \u2014 indeed, almost impenetrable \u2014 question.<\/p>\n

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As of this writing, the item shown above is still up online:<\/p>\n

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Perspectives on Mormon Theology: Apologetics<\/a><\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s something else \u2014 from the (very Mormon!) magazine Food & Wine \u2014 <\/em>that\u2019s almost equally cheesy:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Best Places to Eat \u2018Mormon Funeral Potatoes,\u2019 One of the Greatest American Triumphs\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.\u201d \u00a0(Albert Einstein, 1879-1955)<\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny . . . it is the light that guides your way. \u00a0(Heraclitus. ca. 535 BC to ca. 475 BC)<\/p>\n

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Posted from Jerusalem, Israel<\/p>\n

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