<a aria-current="page" href="/" class="router-link-active router-link-exact-active"> Face in Hat

YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park

Parks and Recollection, with Jim O’Heir and Greg Levine

https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/parks-and-recollection

Saints, Volume 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1

History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, by Lucy Mack Smith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Joseph_Smith_by_His_Mother

Thomas B. Griffith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_B._Griffith

The Book of Mormon (musical)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)

Alexander Campbell (minister)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Campbell_(minister)

Ada Palmer and the Weird Hand of Progress, by Gregory Barber

https://www.wired.com/story/ada-palmer-sci-fi-future-weird-hand-progress/

James 1:5

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/james/1#p5

Burned-over district

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned-over_district

The Glass Looker: The Collected Tales of Joseph Smith, by Mark Elwood

https://theglasslooker.com/

Hero's journey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey

An Interview With Gordon Hinckley, by Mike Wallace (this includes the boat and garments story)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/an-interview-with-gordon-hinckley/

William Apess

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Apess

Saturday Aug 24, 2024

6.9 Movie Night

Saturday Aug 24, 2024

Settle in for Movie Night! Aaron and Eric each picked movies that they argued had LDS or interesting religious themes. Do you agree or have other picks? Let us know on discord!

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://web.archive.org/web/20050612235541/http://www.adherents.com/people/pl/George_Lucas.html

The Religious Affiliation of Director George Lucas

But hey, there is an LDS connection to George Lucas! From the article:

“Lucas eventually came to state that his religion was "Buddhist Methodist." Gary Kurtz, a Latter-day Saint who had studied Comparative Religion extensively in college and on his own, was pivotal in introducing Lucas to Eastern religions (particularly Buddhism) and Native American religion, and discussing with Lucas how best to improve "Star Wars" by giving it a believable but sufficiently universal religious underpinning. Kurtz was the producer of "Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back" and also did some work on the "Star Wars" screenplay.”

Linked to from his wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas#Personal_life

Contact (1997 American film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)

https://www.amazon.com/Contact-Jodie-Foster/dp/B001AH6ZWY

Hercules (1997 film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(1997_film)

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-ae19dd2f-a945-442b-a18e-d57fa8f5091f

Eastern Orthodox and Divinization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinization_(Christian)#Eastern_Orthodox

Relevant older Face in Hat episode, “5.2 Divinization and Deity”:

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/52-divinization-and-deity/

The Tree of Life (film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_(film)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B005UKJX4E

“Rituals themselves are actually very boring. They go on and on, beyond your secular tolerance” (The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Myth

https://www.amazon.com/Power-Myth-Joseph-Campbell/dp/0385418868

Quoted in Why Myth?, by John Bonaduce

https://www.jcf.org/post/why-myth

Aphasia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia

Aphantasia (includes the apple chart for degree of mental visualization)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia

Eric may have been referring to this podcast: “The human brain is hardwired to recognize faces. But what if you can't?”, by Emily Kwong, Rachel Carlson, and Rebecca Ramirez

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/26/1198910315/face-blindness-prosopagnosia-memory-aphantasia-sight-imagination

Fred Rogers Acceptance Speech - 1997, The Emmy Awards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upm9LnuCBUM

Wreck-it Ralph 1 and 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck-It_Ralph

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-0cde80b0-5085-447b-b65e-c81a713a90f0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Breaks_the_Internet

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-4f2c48ef-b3f9-4422-9feb-011a17ff2afb

The Official Disney Princess Rules, Explained, by Micaela Pérez Vitale and Samuel Cormier

https://movieweb.com/official-disney-princess-rules/

Navigating Mental Health Comedy with Conservative Parents, Taylor Tomlinson

https://www.tiktok.com/@taylortomlinsoncomedy/video/7288425135990770990

Shanghai Express (film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Express_(film)

Coco (2017 film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_(2017_film)

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-ce1ccdca-f468-4960-b67c-026b01ba42ab

Angels and Seerstones: A Latter Day Saint Folklore Podcast, by Christopher James Blythe and Christine Elyse Blythe

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/angels-and-seerstones-a-latter-day-saint-folklore-podcast/id1693940296

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Princess_Kaguya_(film)

https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Princess-Kaguya-English-Language/dp/B0817R94P8

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park

https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657

Sunday May 12, 2024

6.8 Jarom and living in the middle

Sunday May 12, 2024

Today we chat about prophecy, the book of Jarom, and what it means for us to be living in the middle. We draw especially on Sharon J. Harris’s brief theological introduction to Enos, Jarom, Omni. Check it out!

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/jarom/1

The Book of Jarom

Enos, Jarom, Omni: A Brief Theological Introduction, by Sharon J. Harris

https://www.amazon.com/Enos-Jarom-Omni-theological-introduction/dp/0842500154

Wiki: patriarchal blessing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchal_blessing

Irreantum: Stories from the Blue Cherubim

https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/21-2-top/

D&C 51:16-17, “…act upon this land as for years…”:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/51?id=p16-17#16

Tales from Pleasant Grove, by Steven L. Peck

https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Pleasant-Grove-Steven-Peck/dp/1986604233

No link to the Elder Holland story, it’s something Eric heard on the radio. If someone has a better reference, send it in!

The Hugh B. Brown story can be found in From the East: The History of the Latter-Day Saints in Asia, 1851-1996, by R. Lanier Britsch

https://www.amazon.com/East-History-Latter-Day-Saints-1851-1996/dp/1573452688

Living “as Though” God’s Promises Have Been Fulfilled, by Lori Newbold

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2022/02/living-as-though-gods-promises-have-been-fulfilled

The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction, edited by Andrew Hall, Robert Raleigh, with contribution from Eric Jepson

https://www.amazon.com/Path-Gate-Mormon-Short-Fiction/dp/1560854677

$1 in 1844 money is $41.64!

The Moneyball connection! Retroactively, Aaron remembered the song In Moneyball sung by Kerris Dorsey is a Lenka song, "The Show", which includes the line “I'm just a little bit caught in the middle”. Eh? Totally works!

Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

6.7 Women and Priesthood, Part 3

Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

The recent Worldwide Relief Society Devotional was awesome! One quote caused a bit of a kerfuffle, which sets the stage for part 3 of our series on women and priesthood. But the devotional really was great! Go watch it! And also listen to this episode :)

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/event/worldwide-relief-society-devotional-2024

Worldwide Relief Society Devotional

Accessing God’s Power through Covenants, by J. Anette Dennis, First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/broadcasts/language-recording/2024/02/14dennis

Midwife of The Wild Frontier, by Melissa Tyler (Author) and Luciana Maruca (Illustrator)

https://amzn.to/3PO0RUh

Instagram post with quote on women, power, and authority

https://www.instagram.com/churchofjesuschrist/p/C4oZ-otMOVL/

Twitter thread on YW fundraiser

https://twitter.com/sunday_southern/status/1770885870847250553

LDS Church gives more power to women than any other religious organization, leader declares, by Tamarra Kemsley

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/03/17/lds-church-gives-more-power-women/

The Emotional and Priestly Logic of Plural Marriage" (2009), by Kathleen Flake. Utah State University Press, Arrington Annual Lecture. Paper 15

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/arrington_lecture/15

The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions Boxed Set, including Jacob: A Brief Theological Introduction, by Deidre Nicole Green

https://amzn.to/49rsnhp

Barred by Congress: How a Mormon, a Socialist, and an African American Elected by the People Were Excluded from Office, by Robert M. Lichtman

https://amzn.to/3Ufp3Sh

Saturday Mar 23, 2024

6.6 Women and Priesthood, Part 2

Saturday Mar 23, 2024

Credit, authority, the danger of hierarchies, and how Jewish whiskey relates to fiction, equity, and legislation. Join us in our second of a multipart series on women and the priesthood.

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://web.archive.org/web/20140223100456/https://difficultrun.nathanielgivens.com/2014/01/20/a-companion-meet-for-male-priesthood/

A Society Meet For Male Priesthood, by Fiona Givens

Buying Jewish Whiskey, by Nate Oman

https://www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/buying-jewish-whiskey

The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy, by David Graeber

https://www.amazon.com/Utopia-Rules-Technology-Stupidity-Bureaucracy/dp/1612195180

Pop culture on the apricot tree, ep 39 - Indiana Jones, Lapsed Latter-day Saint?, hosts Liz Busby and Carl Cranney, guests Matt Bowman and Megan Harris

https://www.popcultureapricottree.com/post/indianajones

Thursday Feb 29, 2024

6.5 Women and Priesthood, Part I

Thursday Feb 29, 2024

Our first of a multi-part series on women and the Priesthood of the Church. Themes for this part include defining terms, Priesthood vs. religious office, and Priesthood in the past. Join us!

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2014/09/men-and-women-and-priesthood-power

Men and Women and Priesthood Power, by Elder M. Russell Ballard

Wiki: Mormonism and women

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_women

LDS website: Women and Priesthood

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/relief-society-organization/work-and-purpose/women-and-priesthood

Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/joseph-smiths-teachings-about-priesthood-temple-and-women

Women Are Not Better at Multitasking. They Just Do More Work, Studies Show, by Leah Ruppanner

https://www.sciencealert.com/women-aren-t-better-multitaskers-than-men-they-re-just-doing-more-work

Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time, by Sarah Ruden

https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Among-People-Reinterpreted-Reimagined/dp/0385522576

Eric’s initial take on Sarah Ruden: We got mysteries, we got apples, we got St. Paul. . . .

https://thmazing.substack.com/p/we-got-mysteries-we-got-apples

Stapley, Jonathan A. and Wright, Kristine, Female Ritual Healing in Mormonism (January 1, 2011). Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 37, pp. 1-85, Winter 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1754069

A Society Meet For Male Priesthood, by Fiona Givens

https://web.archive.org/web/20140223100456/https://difficultrun.nathanielgivens.com/2014/01/20/a-companion-meet-for-male-priesthood/

D&C 25:7: Emma Smith being “ordained” but footnote 7a says “set apart”

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/25#p7

History of the Young Women’s Organization Timeline Infographic, by Deborah Owen. Laurels used to be Junior Gleaners!

https://makingprogresspersonal.com/2015/03/history-of-young-women-organization/

Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity, by Olga Khazan

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/warm-offices-women-productivity/589966/

Original study: Tom Y. Chang ,Agne Kajackaite (2019). “Battle for the thermostat: Gender and the effect of temperature on cognitive performance.” PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216362. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216362

2 Ne 2:25

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/2#p25

How Rare a Possession

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIhAsifEMFs

The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, by Joseph M. Spencer et. al.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085HJWGSQ

Family Proclamations, by Blair Hodges

https://www.familyproclamations.org/

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

6.4 Taking the Stand

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

Women LDS Relief Society leaders are no longer allowed on the stand in the Bay Area, as covered in Peggy Fletcher Stack’s SL Tribune’s article. On this show, we talk about activism in general, our reaction to this change (not great) and discuss how we think our personal responsibility for revelation needs to be balanced with our need for change to come top down from the Church.

‘A slap in the face’: LDS Relief Society leaders ordered off the stand, by Peggy Fletcher Stack

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/11/24/slap-face-lds-relief-society/

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/why-i-write/

Why I write, by George Orwell

Lukewarm and getting spewed

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/rev/3?lang=eng&id=p15-p16#p15

Eric thinks Peggy Fletcher Stack original art story might not have been written about, if someone had a link let us know and we’ll update the notes here :)

The Star Chamber

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Chamber

Un-American activities committee from the 50s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee

Franklin/Peanuts articles:

Black Isn’t a Personality Type, by John H. McWhorter

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-12-op-mcwhorter-story.html

The sweet story behind Peanuts’ groundbreaking first black character, by

Thu-Huong Ha

https://qz.com/571393/the-sweet-story-behind-peanuts-groundbreaking-first-black-character

'Peanuts' First Black Character Franklin Turns 50, by Cecilia Lei and James Delahoussaye

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/29/633544308/peanuts-character-franklin-turns-50

Women at Church: Magnifying LDS Women's Local Impact, by Neylan McBaine

https://www.amazon.com/Women-Church-Magnifying-Womens-Impact/dp/1589586883

Will You Engage in the Wrestle?, by Sheri Dew

https://ing.byui.edu/devotionals/sheri-dew

Jacob wrestling with the angel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_wrestling_with_the_angel

Enos’s wrestle before God

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/enos/1#p2

Cool stuff from Eric we didn’t get to:

Theric Jepson, Danny Nelson and Steven L. Peck: The Path and the Gate

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/theric-jepson-danny-nelson-and-steven-l-peck-the-path-and-the-gate/

Humor in Mormon Literature with Theric Jepson and Stephen Carter

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/humor-in-mormon-literature-with-theric-jepson-and-stephen-carter/

Faci in Hat Podcast episodes referred to in this episode:

2.10 The Columbian Exchange, Wilford Woodruff, and #BlackLivesMatter

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/ep-210-the-columbian-exchange-wilford-woodruff-and-blacklivesmatter/

3.12 Minerva Teichert and the Manti Temple

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/312-minerva-teichert-and-the-manti-temple/

3.13 Close to home: the Church Building Program

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/313-close-to-home-the-church-building-program/

3.14 Paul, the Oakland Temple, and Pride

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/314-paul-the-oakland-temple-and-pride/

Saturday Dec 23, 2023

6.3 Revelate!

Saturday Dec 23, 2023

Did you know that we as members of the Church believe in the Book of Revelation? Let’s have some fun and open some seals!

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

New YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

Look, playlists!

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_seals

This is the link for the Seven Seals wiki!

The Hofmann Wobble, by Ben Lerner

https://harpers.org/archive/2023/12/the-hofmann-wobble-wikipedia-and-the-problem-of-historical-memory

Eric’s commentary on The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner

https://thmazing.blogspot.com/2022/05/books-extralong-edition.html#047

Wikipedia and the danger of trusting its facts, with Scott Tong and Ben Lerner

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/12/18/wikipedia-facts-danger

Book of Revelation: Canonical History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation#Canonical_history

Ussher chronology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussher_chronology

D&C 77

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/77

Historical Context and Background of D&C 77, Brief Synopsis by Steven C. Harper

https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/historical-context/dc-77/

Steven C. Harper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_C._Harper

Interpretations of the Book of Revelations (wiki!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation#Interpretations

Found one bit to answer Eric’s question on Jehova’s Witnesses: “ The visions apply to “the Lord’s day,” which began when God’s Kingdom was set up in 1914 and Jesus began ruling as King. (Revelation 1:10) We can therefore expect the main fulfillment of Revelation to be in our time.”

https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/the-book-of-revelation/

Cleon Skousen. Note the description: “American conservative author with the John Birch Society and a faith-based conspiracy theorist.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Cleon_Skousen

Face in Hat: 3.4 David O. McKay and the confrontation with communism

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/34-david-o-mckay-and-the-confrontation-with-communism/

This is the movie I saw as a kid: Visit Israel with Dr. W. Cleon Skousen: Prophecy

https://www.amazon.com/Visit-Israel-Dr-Cleon-Skousen/dp/B000EHIL7I

Source for LDS 1st seal quote in wiki: McConkie, Bruce R. (1981). Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, Vol. III. Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft Publishers. pp. 476–497.

Seminary lesson referenced:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/new-testament-seminary-teacher-manual-2023/revelation-6-7?lang=eng

New Testament Student Manual: Chapter 54: Revelation 4–11: Revelation 6. The First Six Seals

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/new-testament-student-manual/revelation/chapter-54-revelation-4-11?lang=eng&para=title17-figure5_35#title17

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

https://www.amazon.com/Good-Omens-Accurate-Prophecies-Nutter/dp/0060853980

World Happiness Report

https://worldhappiness.report/

Face in Hat: 2.1 Millennial musings

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/21-millennial-musings/

12 billionth person citation: Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained, by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348

Mormon Transfigurism

https://www.transfigurism.org/

https://www.transfigurism.org/library/primers/1-what-is-mormon-transhumanism

The Immortality Upgrade, by Dawn Chan

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/mormon-transhumanism-and-the-immortality-upgrade

Face in Hat: 1.10 Translation and the Book of Abraham

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-10-translation-and-the-book-of-abraham/

Monday Sep 11, 2023

6.2 Idol Meat

Monday Sep 11, 2023

In 1st Corinthians, Paul teaches about protecting the weak ones by avoiding the appearance of evil. Is this applicable to online discourse? Should we avoid the musty corners of church history or should we investigate? Is there harm in causing doubt, or will that doubt come anyway and is best met head on, guide in hand? We want to frankly look at these questions. Join us, and let us know your thoughts!

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

New YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

Look, playlists!

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Translation-Latter-day-Revised/dp/1589587863

The New Testament: A Translation for Latter-day Saints, Revised Edition, by Thomas A. Wayment

Additional reference for today from Eric that we didn’t get to:

Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time, by Sarah Ruden

https://amzn.to/3R8E4DY

Pilot episode for your reference:

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/the-man-with-his-face-in-his-hat/

Our grace vs. works episode:

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/58-grace-works-and-foreknowledge/

Chloe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_New_Testament_figures#Chloe

The Zipf Mystery, Vsauce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCn8zs912OE

Corinthians 8 from The Message, by Eugene H. Peterson

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%208&version=MSG

xkcd: Ten Thousand

https://xkcd.com/1053/

Possible reference for using milk to avoid appearing to drink alcohol: In the World, by Elder L. Tom Perry

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1988/04/in-the-world

Wednesday Aug 23, 2023

6.1 Barbie as an Endowment Film

Wednesday Aug 23, 2023

Spoilers for the Barbie movie!! The Barbie movie takes people into the presence of God and delivers them to the real world. Join us as we discuss the LDS endowment, existentialism, and heavenly mother as we revel in one of the best movies released in years.

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

Dialogue Podcast Network