Several people have noted my veiled allusion to Nibley’s classic article “Leaders to Managers: The Fatal Shift.” Ironically, it is available on the Maxwell Institute web site, and is well worth a read to contextualize these unfolding events. http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=125 Read more
The Maxwell Institute (MI) controversy is not–or at least shouldn’t be–a personal feud. It is, rather, a clash about the fundamental vision for the future of the MI. Those who try to turn it into a feud of “good people” verse “bad people”–as the apostates and anti-Mormons are gleefully doing–are doing a disservice to the important issues at stake here. Let me be very clear. Gerald Bradford is not a bad person. I believe he is doing what he thinks... Read more
Dan Peterson’s first public comments: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2012/06/of-gratitude-and-its-expression.html The Tribune’s naturally garbled and biased account, which gets very little right. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54358137-78/mormon-institute-studies-lds.html.csp Read more
This just up on the MI news: http://maxwellinstit…d=150&type=news A New Beginning for the Mormon Studies ReviewThe Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship is continually striving to align its work with the academy’s highest objectives and standards, as befits an organized research unit at Brigham Young University. Our areas of endeavor include the study of LDS scripture and other religious texts and related fields of religious scholarship, including the burgeoning field of Mormon studies. To better serve these goals, last year... Read more
The Charge of the FARMS Brigade Half a page, half a page, Half a page onward, All in the valley of Death wrote the FARMS scholars. “Forward the FARMS Brigade! Charge Signature!” he said. Into the valley of Death Wrote the FARMS scholars. “Forward, the FARMS Brigade!” Was there a man dismay’d? Not tho’ the scholars knew Some one had blunder’d. Theirs was to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley... Read more
If you want to compare Bradford’s “new” vision for the Maxwell Institute with the “old” FARMS vision, compare the current Maxwell Institute mission statement with the traditional FARMS mission statement. Original Maxwell Institute mission statement: The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship encourages and supports research on the Book of Mormon, the Book of Abraham, the Bible, other ancient scripture, and related subjects. The Maxwell Institute publishes and distributes titles in these areas for the benefit of scholars and... Read more
OK, it’s really more of the same. Ireland photos of stained glass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Protestant), Armagh, Ireland http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamblinofjerusalem/sets/72157630227324760/detail/ Read more
John Tvedtnes’ Book of Mormon site: http://bookofmormonresearch.org/ Read more
The latest Deseret News column from Hamblin and Peterson http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765583547/Ancient-Asias-embrace-of-Christianity.html Read more
There have been a lot of rumors floating around the internet recently regarding a scandal brewing at the Maxwell Institute. In order to provide a reality check and quell some of the more wild and brazen speculations of apostates and anti-Mormons on the fringes of Mormondom, I’ll provide the following summary of my understanding of the situation. Some of the details may not be completely accurate, but I have original memos or eye-witness oral sources for almost all of this... Read more
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