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Mormon Blogging and the Good Ole Boys’ Club
Mormon Life says: What do you think: Does Mormon blogging sometimes inadvertently reinforces patriarchy?
In September 2006 NPR ran a story on a study of numbers of women in academia (or lack thereof), particularly science. Maria Zuber, commenting on the study, made good points that I think are also...
Thinking about Mormonism and “critical thinking”
I read the news today, oh boy. The New York Times has a little series on Mormonism, tidbits from five writers, “What is it about Mormonism?” It presents, for the most part, highly caricatured pieces of polemic. (Maffly-Kipp and Reiss hold their own, however.) Elsewhere, Tricia Erickson recently...
Mormon Architecture
Mormon Life says: I wish Vitruvian principles were still used in LDS meetinghouse designs.
For bold new ideas in ecclesiastical architecture, the world might well look to the Mormon Church where there are no narrowly prescribed conceptions nor pre-determined structural plans, where the...
“Spoiling the Egyptians”: On Non-LDS Source Usage
Mormon Life says: What do you think: Is it okay to quote non-LDS sources in lessons/ talks/ church?
I once made the silly mistake of suggesting that members of the Church might beneficially learn from non-LDS sources, or more specifically, that non-LDS sources might have messages for people in the...
Live Blogging Conference Call with Pew Forum
BCC has been invited to participate in a conference call discussing the latest results from the Pew Forum study Mormons in America. I will be liveblogging the conversation. Thank you to the Pew Forum for allowing us to participate. Many of the major news venues across the US have been...
The University of Utah Institute of Religion
Mormon Life says: Are all institutes equal? What was your experience like?
The Institutes of Religion were and are an outreach by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to LDS college students. To a lesser extent this was and perhaps is true for faculty too. When...
Expectations for the Celestial Kingdom
Mormon Life says: This blogger felt like he just couldn't keep up the Mormon mentality of perfection.
While in graduate school, I fell into a dark place. I was doing everything badly. In every aspect of my life I was failing. I was a lousy father, a bad student, and a terrible Teacher’s Quorum...
Food, Intimacy or Cars?!
Mormon Life says: This blogger came up with a silly game that's actually fun to play (and see how other people voted).
Welcome to the inaugural installment of “Food, Intimacy, or Cars?!” The game where you, dear reader, must make commensurate the incommensurable! Here’s how you play: Various alimentary, hominid, and...
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The law of chastity is not a crash diet
Mormon Life says: It's kind of a long video, but it has a great message at the end.
Corpus Christi
Mormon Life says: This brings up a really fascinating point: how do new Mormons with non-Christian backgrounds celebrate traditional Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter?
I don’t think it’s insignificant that Mormons do not have religious holidays, even Christmas and Easter are drawn from western Christian traditions; and thus are usually celebrated by Mormons when...
Remember that time P. Diddy quoted L. Tom Perry?
Mormon Life says: Ha! This is awesome! Oh, Twitter.
The quote is from Elder Perry’s 1974 BYU devotional talk, “Be the Best of Whatever You Are.”
2011: The Year of the Mormon
Mormon Life says: This blogger lists all the people, events, and things that made this year big for the LDS Church.
What a wild year it’s been. Never has Mormonism been so culturally relevant, and never has the undulating curve of popular opinion shifted so wildly, so quickly. As the year draws to a close, I...
Leggings, Modesty, and EFY
Mormon Life says: The blog mentions LDS Living's recent article on leggings--woo woo!
To the left is the cover of the official an EFY souvenir book from 1991. It consists of the title, Feeling Great, Doing Right, Hanging Tough, in 80′s-tastic font design, and a photo of an exuberant...
Does Mitt have a Mormon problem, or do Mormons have a Mitt problem?
Historically, I have not been a Mitt Romney supporter. I’m not anti-Romney. He just doesn’t float my boat. (Or should I say he doesn’t punch my ballot? Or pull my lever? Or hang my chad? Or maybe I should give up on the voting metaphors before someone accuses me of unduly influencing the...
Awkward Mormon Family Photos, Part II
Mormon Life says: In case you need to laugh today...
We’re coming up on the one year anniversary of the original Awkward Mormon Family Photos post, so it is time for a sequel. For each photo in the list, I make my case that the people in the photo are...
