Tuesday, August 9, 2011

THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE GOLD PLATES (Seminar's Preliminary Program--Pass the invite along!)

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The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship and the Mormon Scholars Foundation Invite you to the Annual Summer Symposium on...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

Captain Kidd's Golden Bible?

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Ron Huggins wrote an interesting paper several years ago arguing that the Gold Plates/Moroni story evolved from Joseph Smith's activiti...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Turning Point

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To this day, it is still amazing to me how a single experience or event can dramatically influence the path of an entire life. While living ...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Speaking Engagements

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The preliminary programs for the Sunstone West symposium and the Mormon History Association conference are out. I will be speaking at both...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Gay Marriage and "Religious" Freedom

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LDS church owned Deseret News* reports: "Religious groups should unite to protect the religious freedom guaranteed by the U.S. Constit...
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Comore, Meroni

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Bellin, Jacques Nicholas Carte De L'Isle D' Anjouan ( Comoros ) Paris: Chez Didot, 1784; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale D...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Joe Smidt [sic] the Glass-Looker

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Here is story that was published in 1843, about treasure digging quest that the prophet Joseph Smith (or rather, "Joe Smidt") was ...
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