Discussing Difficult Topics: Politics And The Church,
2017
Brigham Young University
Discussing Difficult Topics: Politics And The Church, Richard Davis, Thomas A. Wayment
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
Wayment: I’ll just start out by saying that we’re here with Richard Davis, professor of political science and director of the Office of Civic Engagement. Richard is also the author of The Liberal Soul: Applying the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Politics, published by Greg Kofford Books in 2014, and he is the author of Fathers and Sons: Lessons from the Scriptures. Richard is also a weekly columnist for the Deseret News and was chair for the Utah County Democratic Party from 2007 to 2011.
End Matter,
2017
Brigham Young University
End Matter
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
No abstract provided.
Joseph Smith, Robert Foster, And Chauncey And Francis Higbee,
2017
Brigham Young University
Joseph Smith, Robert Foster, And Chauncey And Francis Higbee, Andrew H. Hedges
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
On 7 June 1844, seven dissenters from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—William and Wilson Law, Francis M. and Chauncey L. Higbee, Robert and Charles Foster, and Charles Ivins—published the first and only issue of the Nauvoo Expositor, a four-page, six-column paper whose purpose was to provide “a full, candid and succinct statement of facts, as they exist in the city of Nauvoo, fearless of whose particular case they apply.” Concerned that the paper’s accusations and inflammatory rhetoric would result in violence against Nauvoo, the city council three days later ordered Joseph Smith, in his capacity as mayor …
Front Matter,
2017
Brigham Young University
Front Matter
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
No abstract provided.
The Great Plan Of Happiness: A Christ- Centered Visual Approach,
2017
Brigham Young University
The Great Plan Of Happiness: A Christ- Centered Visual Approach, Tyler J. Griffin
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
The greatest concept we can study or teach is the plan of redemption—sometimes called the plan of salvation or the plan of happiness. The doctrines of the plan of redemption have more power to bring men to God than any other truth or concept.
Review Of An Other Testament: On Typology,
2017
Brigham Young University
Review Of An Other Testament: On Typology, Andrew C. Smith
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
Typology has held a place of importance in the Christian tradition as a method of theology, scriptural exegesis, and history from the composition of the New Testament onward. In An Other Testament: On Typology, Joseph Spencer examines the place of typology within the Book of Mormon in order to understand the book’s theological complexity: “By theological complexity, I do not primarily mean that the ideas presented in the Book of Mormon are complex, though sometimes they are. Rather, I mean that it can be difficult to bring into focus some of the Book of Mormon’s overarching theological claims, given the …
The Word Made Flesh: Teaching The Gospel Concretely,
2017
Spanish Fork High School
The Word Made Flesh: Teaching The Gospel Concretely, Stephan Taeger
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
When compared to other Christian denominations, the restored gospel emphasizes the role of the body in unique ways. For Latter-day Saints, obtaining a body is not just a footnote in the plan of salvation; it is central to the very purpose of life. Joseph Smith taught, “We came to this earth that we might have a body and present it pure before God in the celestial kingdom. The great principle of happiness consists in having a body.”
Understanding The Abrahamic Covenant Through The Book Of Mormon,
2017
Brigham Young University - Provo
Understanding The Abrahamic Covenant Through The Book Of Mormon, Noel B. Reynolds
Faculty Publications
Interpretation of God's covenant to Abrahamic and its promised fulfillment varies across scholarly and religious writings. The Book of Mormon emphasizes this covenant and the promise that through Abraham all the kindreds of the earth will be blessed. It also features a unique interpretation--that the covenant will be fulfilled as the Book of Mormon itself, a record of the seed of Joseph, is given first to the Gentiles, and then to house of Israel.
On Doubting Nephi's Break Between 1 And 2 Nephi: A Critique Of Joseph Spencer's "An Other Testament: On Typology",
2017
Brigham Young University - Provo
On Doubting Nephi's Break Between 1 And 2 Nephi: A Critique Of Joseph Spencer's "An Other Testament: On Typology", Noel B. Reynolds
Faculty Publications
This essay rejects the proposal by Joseph Spencer to recognize the true break in Nephi's two books as occurring after the fifth chapter of the second book. The essay invokes standard interpretive practices arguing that while Spencer does present reasoning to make sense of this novel proposal, he does not acknowledge the much greater weight of standard interpretation or provide explanations for ignoring it.
How "Come Unto Me" Fits In The Nephite Gospel",
2017
Brigham Young University - Provo
How "Come Unto Me" Fits In The Nephite Gospel", Noel B. Reynolds
Faculty Publications
Book of Mormon readers can easily be left wondering in numerous passages where the repeated term "come unto me/him/Christ" refers to unspecified elements of the gospel understood as "the way" by which men and women can come to him. This paper identifies six passages that are presented as quotations from Jesus himself and that have identical rhetorical structures---in which this phrase appears to refer each time to that stage of the gospel described as "enduring to the end." This discovery may offer useful interpretive guidance for the numerous other passages that invoke the same phrase. This paper was updated June …
Mormonism And Same-Sex Marriage: Theological Underpinnings And New Perspectives,
2017
St. John's University School of Law
Mormonism And Same-Sex Marriage: Theological Underpinnings And New Perspectives, Seth R. Payne
Journal of Catholic Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Terryl L. Givens And Reid L. Neilson, Eds., The Columbia Sourcebook Of Mormons In The United States,
2017
Brigham Young University
Terryl L. Givens And Reid L. Neilson, Eds., The Columbia Sourcebook Of Mormons In The United States, Reviewed By Max Perry Mueller
Mormon Studies Review
No abstract provided.
Royal Skousen And Robin Scott Jensen, Eds., Revelations And Translations, Volume 3, Parts 1 And 2: Printer's Manuscript Of The Book Of Mormon,
2017
Brigham Young University
Royal Skousen And Robin Scott Jensen, Eds., Revelations And Translations, Volume 3, Parts 1 And 2: Printer's Manuscript Of The Book Of Mormon, Reviewed By Paul Gutjahr
Mormon Studies Review
No abstract provided.
Mark A. Scherer, The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Restoration, 1820 To 1844; The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Reorganization, 1844 To 1946; The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Worldwide Community, 1946 To 2015,
2017
Brigham Young University
Mark A. Scherer, The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Restoration, 1820 To 1844; The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Reorganization, 1844 To 1946; The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Worldwide Community, 1946 To 2015, Reviewed By Chrystal Vanel
Mormon Studies Review
No abstract provided.
Still The Seed Of Abraham?,
2017
Brigham Young University
Still The Seed Of Abraham?, David A. Hollinger
Mormon Studies Review
No abstract provided.
Thomas Carter, Building Zion: The Material World Of Mormon Settlement,
2017
Brigham Young University
Thomas Carter, Building Zion: The Material World Of Mormon Settlement, Reviewed By Paul G. Monson
Mormon Studies Review
No abstract provided.
Letter To The Editor,
2017
Brigham Young University
Letter To The Editor, David G. Stewart Jr., Matthew Martinich
Mormon Studies Review
No abstract provided.
Mormon Scholars And Mormon Families In Family Studies: A Brief Retrospective,
2017
Brigham Young University
Mormon Scholars And Mormon Families In Family Studies: A Brief Retrospective, David C. Dollahite, Loren D. Marks, Heather Howell Kelley
Mormon Studies Review
No abstract provided.
Nathan Thatcher, Paco,
2017
Brigham Young University
Nathan Thatcher, Paco, Reviewed By Michael Hicks
Mormon Studies Review
No abstract provided.
Mormonism And Anthropology: On Ways Of Knowing,
2017
Brigham Young University
Mormonism And Anthropology: On Ways Of Knowing, Fenella Cannell
Mormon Studies Review
No abstract provided.
