{"id":66246,"date":"2018-10-12T12:20:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=66246"},"modified":"2018-10-12T12:20:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:20:36","slug":"i-cant-walk-away-from-this-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2018\/10\/i-cant-walk-away-from-this-role.html","title":{"rendered":"I can’t walk away from this role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Approaching<\/a>
The main entrance to BYU-Hawaii, in Laie, where Professor Bowen teaches (BYU-Hawaii website)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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New today in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture<\/em> \u2014 we\u2019ll get the name adjusted fairly soon! \u2014 which, I\u2019m reliably informed by someone who regularly invents and posts negative fictions about the Interpreter Foundation and about me, and who is in no position to know anything about our bank account, is in a severe financial crisis and (guess what!) about to die:<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018They Shall No More Be Confounded\u2019: Moroni\u2019s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is yet another piece from Professor Matthew L. Bowen, whose book\u00a0Name as Key-Word:\u00a0Collected Essays on Onomastic Wordplay and the Temple in Mormon Scripture<\/em><\/a> was recently published by the virtually comatose Interpreter Foundation.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve just found out that a transcript of my August 2018 remarks at the annual FairMormon conference is up. \u00a0(How long it\u2019s been up, I don\u2019t know.)<\/p>\n

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\u201cApologetics: What, Why and How?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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There\u2019s nothing like a transcript of a rambling and semi-coherent oral presentation to ensure that you\u2019re aware of how inarticulate you are. \u00a0And there are several problems specific to this particular transcription. \u00a0(I\u2019ve just skimmed through it.) \u00a0But I won\u2019t complain; I\u2019m grateful for the unpaid volunteers who devote hours and hours to transcribing these speeches. \u00a0And it\u2019s clear enough, I suppose, that you should be able to get a pretty good idea of what I was talking about.<\/p>\n

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President Nelson is, quite simply, amazing. \u00a0He\u2019s ninety-four years old!<\/p>\n

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\u201cPresident and Sister Nelson Prepare for Concepci\u00f3n Chile Temple Dedication:\u00a0Elder and Sister Stevenson join for five-country South America ministry tour\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cChurch Joins Community Leaders in Call to Prevent Child Abuse: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> and other Utah community faith leaders called on the entire state Wednesday to \u2018join with us in protecting Utah\u2019s children and making their safety and well-being one of our highest priorities.'\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe Are Accountable to God for How We Treat the Earth:\u00a0Church historian Elder Steven E. Snow speaks at environmental symposium\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018You can\u2019t walk away from these roles\u2019: \u2018Jane and Emma\u2019 star knew little about black Latter-day Saint trailblazer, but she\u2019ll never forget her\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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On a general topic that is recurrently controversial specifically among and about Latter-day Saints:<\/p>\n

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\u201cReligion and Suicide Risk: A Systematic Review\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve noticed a minor flare of interest recently, on at least one implacably hostile ex-Mormon message board, in a book that came out in 2016 and that, so far as I can tell, has received deservedly little attention from serious historians of Mormonism. \u00a0Here\u2019s an online review of it, called to my notice by the irreplaceable Robert Boylan<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMelonakos, \u201cSecret Combinations: Evidence of Early Mormon Counterfeiting 1800-1847\u201d (reviewed by Cheryl L. Bruno)\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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