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Line upon [or reading between the] line in the development of Mormon theology
Part 4 of my series, “Intellectual disability in Mormon thought…” Jim Faulconer has depicted Mormonism as “atheological,” meaning that Mormonism lacks the sort of systematic theology found in other...
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Sunday Evenings With The Doctrine and Covenants. Section 130. Part I. The...
In honor of the Doctrine and Covenants study this year, this begins a short series on one of the sections that doesn’t get too much play in the Gospel Doctrine course this year. Sunday posts are...
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Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas, or Why I Might Be Okay With the 3-Hour Block
Last night, my wife and I went to hear the final performance in this season’s Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chicago residency. Pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel performed all five of...
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Do Mormons do theology?
Depending on who you ask you’ll get a different answer. I offer a qualified “yes,” which may be against the grain depending on who you ask and how the discussion goes. BYU professor James E. Faulconer...
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Book Review: Sarah Coakley, “God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay ‘On the...
Sarah Coakley, God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay “On the Trinity” (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Amazon Indiebound Why should Mormons read (or even care about) a work of Anglican systematic...
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The Meetinghouse and the Temple
Michael Haycock has a bachelor’s from Yale and a master’s in religion from Claremont Graduate University. He currently serves as the Ecumenical/Christian Life Coordinator at Georgetown. Views are, of...
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Republicans render unto Trump that which is God’s
Photo by Brad Dodson on Unsplash Scripture is replete with warnings about placing faith in political leaders above God. God repeatedly calls the faithful to reject kings and idols, to disperse power...
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New Institute Class: towards a “pedagogy of the question”?
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash David Aubril is a French teacher and regular BCC guest blogger. He follows with great interest the contemporary debates on Gospel and Church matters from France....
View ArticleOman, A Possible Theology of Same-Sex Marriage Sealings
This morning, Nate Oman posted what may be the most important and consequential piece of Mormon theology I’ve read in a long time over on his Substack. In it, he explores whether and how same-sex...
View ArticleStassi Cramm called as Prophet-President in Community of Christ
On January 17, 2024, Community of Christ called Stassi Cramm to be the next Prophet-President of the church; a call she has accepted pending a vote by the body of the church in their 2025 World...
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