See Program here: MSH Program 2013 side B I will be speaking on “The Incoherence of Neomysticism” on Saturday, 9:30-11:30 session, in the HC 3rd floor assembly hall. Read more

At the recent BYU Church History symposium “Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith’s Study of the Ancient World” Samuel Brown presented a paper on “The Prisca Theology in Early Mormonism.”   He has given another related paper on “Prisca Theologia in the Book of Mormon.” It seems to me that Brown is using the term Prisca Theologia in such a broad sense as to render it essentially meaningless.  In its strictest sense, Prisca Theologia is a Latin phrase meaning “the old/ancient theology.”  It is a technical... Read more

I was able to attend most of the sessions of the recent conference “Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith’s Study of the Ancient World.”  The symposium schedule can be found here. http://religion.byu.edu/event/2013-byu-church-history-symposium They announced that recordings of the sessions will put put online in the next few weeks, and will be posted on the Church History Symposium web page: http://rsc.byu.edu/symposia/churchhistory   Read more

Extraordinarily hi-res images of the JS Egyptian papyri are now available at the Joseph Smith Papers. http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/egyptian-papyri Read more

A new edition of Mike Ash’s book Shaken Faith Syndrome is now available at FAIR. http://bookstore.fairlds.org/product.php?id_product=10 It is a great apologetic resource for people having questions about their faith. Read more

High resolution versions of the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar Manuscripts are now available online at the Joseph Smith Papers. http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/grammar-and-alphabet-of-the-egyptian-language-circa-july-circa-december-1835 Read more

Effective immediately, I’m resigning as executive editor of Interpreter for the following reasons. 1- My department told me today in essence that both my editorial work with Interpreter, and publications with Interpreter will not be considered serious scholarship.  They explicitly advised me to publish in other venues.  (This has been, by the way, the consistent policy of both my department and college for a quarter of a century.  I have consistently been told essentially the same thing about not publishing with FARMS by every administrator.  The fact that... Read more

  http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623200/Jainism-is-rooted-in-nonviolence.html Read more