The Proverbial Elephant, Non-overlapping Magisteria, and Gifts of the Spirit
I can’t help but laugh at the ridiculous title of this post, but I swear to you that I tie all the ideas together.
intellectual integrity
Advice from Mormon Intellectuals to Mormon Intellectuals
Religion historian Kathleen Flake imagines what advice some of Mormonism’s departed intellectuals might give to us today.
Choosing to Believe: Thoughts from the Givenses
The following is taken verbatim from the introduction of an important new book from Terryl and Fiona Givens called The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life. Whether and/or when belief is a legitimate choice is a fascinating topic to me.
Terryl Givens on Choosing to Believe
The following is a partial transcript I made of an excellent Mormon Stories podcast interview with Terryl Givens, one of the most intellectually interesting and thoughtful Mormons I know of. Here he discusses his view on how and why religious belief must be a choice and not simply something that’s obviously false or obviously true.