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Sponsored by the Maxwell Institute. Information here: http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2013/06/18/the-maxwell-institute-summer-seminar-symposium-july-11-2013/ Read more
Sponsored by the Maxwell Institute. Information here: http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2013/06/18/the-maxwell-institute-summer-seminar-symposium-july-11-2013/ Read more
Observations by Tim Barker: http://lds-studies.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-direction-of-maxwell-institute.html Read more
Another author likes my critique of Hitchens. http://ricochet.com/main-feed/What-Christopher-Hitchens-Refused-to-Know Alas, publishing such reviews no longer fall in the purview of the New Maxwell Institute. Read more
I’m going to be presenting a stake fireside at the Daybreak South Jordan Stake center on Sunday 30 June 2013 from 6:00-7:30. The topic will be “The Mysteries of Solomon’s Temple.” I’ll post more details on the topic later. The stake center is located south of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple, on Foxview Drive just south of on the junction of 4000 W and 11400 S in South Jordan/Daybreak. [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?sll=37.06250000000001,-95.67706800000002&sspn=83.44999980926517,113.03462930566415&t=m&q=foxwood+south+jordan+utah&dg=opt&ie=UTF8&hq=foxwood&hnear=South+Jordan,+Salt+Lake,+Utah&ll=40.54226,-111.98817&spn=0.007827,0.013733&z=16&output=embed&w=640&h=480] Read more
I was interviewed on the radio program “Thinking Aloud” last week. You can listen to the discussion here: http://classical89.org/thinkingaloud/archive/episode/?id=6/20/2013 A rough draft of the paper I presented on the topic can be found here: incoherence-of-neomysticism Read more
My article critiquing Hitchens is favorably discussed in a new book by an atheist critiquing the New Atheism: Curtis White, The Science Delusion. http://www.mhpbooks.com/books/the-science-delusion/ http://www.amazon.com/Science-Delusion-Questions-Culture-Answers/dp/1612192009/ Here’s an excerpt from Salon where the discussion occurs: http://www.salon.com/2013/06/23/christopher_hitchens_lies_do_atheism_no_favors/singleton/ Funny how some atheists actually like the hard-hitting articles of the old FARMS Review better than the current regime at MI. The article in question can be found here: http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=21&num=2&id=773 Read more
In reviewing the past year of scholarship in the nexus of Mormonism and ancient studies, I note the following developments in journal publication. The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies (with a full-time staff of eleven and a multi-million dollar endowment) has published nine articles in two volumes: five articles (72 large-format pages) in an issue of The Journal of Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scriptures, and four articles (115 Pages) in the Studies in the Bible and Antiquity,... Read more
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581769/Ziggurats-are-temple-platforms-of-ancient-Mesopotamia.html Read more
Today is the one year anniversary of the coup at the Maxwell Institute. My grandma always said, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Read more
“Ether’s Cave” by Matt Roper and John Gee (and others?). http://etherscave.blogspot.com/ Read more
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