Westminster Cathedral (Catholic), London

Last updated on: January 29, 2013 at 3:16 pm By William Hamblin

My photos of some of the sacred symbols and architecture. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamblinofjerusalem/sets/72157632641165213/detail/ Read more

Mysticism Conference at BYU

Last updated on: January 29, 2013 at 3:04 pm By William Hamblin

I’m attaching a preliminary, tentative schedule for the Mysticism conference. It is still subject to change, and I’ll post the final version when it is available. Note that Elliot Wolfson, one of the formost scholars on Jewish mysticism, will be speaking. MSH Finalized Schedule Read more

“The Confusion of Neomysticism”

Last updated on: January 28, 2013 at 1:56 pm By William Hamblin

I’ve had my paper proposal accepted for the Mormon Scholars and the Humanities conference on “The Mystical.” My paper is on “The Confusion of Neomysticism,” in which I argue that what most people call mysticism today is an entirely new invention of the twentieth century, having little to do with traditional forms of mysticism to which it claims to be related. The conference will be held at BYU on 15-16 March. I’ll post the details about the conference when they... Read more

My New Grandson: Collin Grant Bell

Last updated on: January 21, 2013 at 10:08 pm By William Hamblin

Awesomely cute, just like I expected! Read more

Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion

Last updated on: January 14, 2013 at 9:43 pm By William Hamblin

I purchased a copy of D. Largey and L. Dahl (eds.) Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion, (Deseret, 2012) today; here’s a basic description. The book is huge and hefty, over 900 pages. Most of the contributors seem to be drawn from BYU Religious Education and CES. The book is divided into three sections: 1- main alphabetical entries, 1-710 2- entires on historical background and context for each section, 711-862 3- Appendices with various charts etc. 4- There is an index at the end,... Read more

What does Allah mean?

Last updated on: January 12, 2013 at 3:12 pm By William Hamblin

My column (with Dan Peterson) in the Deseret News http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619974/Allah-is-not-pagan-term-2-it-means-God.html Read more

Video on D&C 3

Last updated on: January 10, 2013 at 8:19 pm By William Hamblin

Correlation of the Joseph Smith Papers Projects

Last updated on: January 9, 2013 at 4:42 pm By William Hamblin

This chart broadly correlates the documents in the new Joseph Smith Papers project (2008-2012+), with the original versions edited by Dean Jesse (1989-2002). JSP Correlation chart Read more

Some commentary on DC 2

Last updated on: January 7, 2013 at 4:53 pm By William Hamblin

Please ignore

Last updated on: January 6, 2013 at 2:58 pm By William Hamblin

Please ignore the post about unfollowing. It was meant for a blog I do for my class each semester, and I accidentally posted it here. D’oh! Now I’ve lost my two followers!! Read more