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Ben Park has posted a response to the controversy.  It can be found here. It...

Grant Hardy and I have been corresponding concerning my interpretation of Ben Park's essay.  I...

My critics are much exercised because they believe I am trying to force someone to...

  Went to see "Exodus" today.  review:--Worst movie biblical theophany EVER! God as petulant 10-year...

Some of my critics have claimed that I have taken Ben Park’s statements out of...

Not many people will get this; but if they do, they'll love it! I Am...

“You're a plague and we are the cure.”  Agent Smith, The Matrix Benjamin Park, Ph.D. Cambridge,...

People should pay attention to the new Expand Blog.  Unfortunately, those who really need to pay...

Neal Rappleye's insightful comments.  

The local media has finally gotten wind of the open secret that some classrooms in Religious...

If anyone at BYU wants to hear what I say in the classroom, they don't...

Expand is a new web page focused on LDS intellectual issues; well worth following. Discussion...

Art, Mysticism, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila, deification, Maximus the Confessor, mystical union, beatific...

It is strange that being in favor of contextual, historical, scholarly, rigorous, historical, detailed study of scripture...

Some people have objected to the little satire I posted about the new Maxwell Institute (MI) a...

Here are some official statements; the first from the Church The second from Brent Top,...

Discussion of relics and mysticism, desert monasteries, contemplation, meditation, seeing God, Augustine's mystic visions

To illustrate my concerns regarding the change in CES/BYU curriculum, let's look at the study...

Dionysius the Areopagite, Dionysius, Pseudo-Areopagite, celestial hierarchies, angelic hierarchies, icons, mysticism, esotericism

Mysticism, Esotericism, Desert Fathers, Antony, miracles, withdrawal, Simeon Stylites, Trinity, Christophany, Francis of Assisi, Pilgrimage...

Some people seem to have misunderstood part of my concerns.  I have no objection whatsoever to...

After decades of being ignored when critiquing anti-Mormons, apostates, and liberal Mormons, I finally make...

The fundamental problem of rejecting the historicity of the Book of Mormon is that it...

It seems to me what is happening in both the "new" CES/BYU curriculum and at...

After two and a half years, the "New" Maxwell Institute has finally decided to try...

BYU's College of Religious Education has accepted a new curriculum.  They plan to replace the old...

Discussion of the relationship between Christian mysticism and esotericism with ancient Gnosticism, the veneration of...

This week brings a real feast for Temple Studies.   First, the Interpreter Foundation has...

Some Orthodox and Eastern Christian churches still have traditional veils (once found in all Christian...

Discussion of the New Testament background to medieval Orthodox and Catholic mysticism