Episodes
Saturday Aug 24, 2024
6.9 Movie Night
Saturday Aug 24, 2024
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!
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The Religious Affiliation of Director George Lucas
https://web.archive.org/web/20050612235541/http://www.adherents.com/people/pl/George_Lucas.html
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
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
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
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!
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Dialogue Podcast Network
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The Book of Jarom
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/jarom/1
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
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
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!
https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat
https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists
Dialogue Podcast Network
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/
Worldwide Relief Society Devotional
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/event/worldwide-relief-society-devotional-2024
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)
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
Barred by Congress: How a Mormon, a Socialist, and an African American Elected by the People Were Excluded from Office, by Robert M. Lichtman
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
6.6 Women and Priesthood, Part 2
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
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!
https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat
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Dialogue Podcast Network
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/
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
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
6.5 Women and Priesthood, Part I
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
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!
https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat
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Dialogue Podcast Network
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/
Men and Women and Priesthood Power, by Elder M. Russell Ballard
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2014/09/men-and-women-and-priesthood-power
Wiki: Mormonism and women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_women
LDS website: Women and Priesthood
Joseph Smith’s 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
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
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
6.4 Taking the Stand
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
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!
https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat
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Dialogue Podcast Network
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/
Why I write, by George Orwell
https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/why-i-write/
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
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
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!
https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat
Look, playlists!
https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists
Dialogue Podcast Network
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/
This is the link for the Seven Seals wiki!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_seals
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:
New Testament Student Manual: Chapter 54: Revelation 4–11: Revelation 6. The First Six Seals
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
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!
https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat
Look, playlists!
https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists
Dialogue Podcast Network
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/
The New Testament: A Translation for Latter-day Saints, Revised Edition, by Thomas A. Wayment
https://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Translation-Latter-day-Revised/dp/1589587863
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
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
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
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
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/
The Barbie movie transcript we used:
https://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?t=121979
Greta Gerwig Refused to Cut a ‘Barbie’ Scene That’s the ‘Heart of the Movie,’ by Zack Sharf
(FYI my theater was actually in high school… -Aaron)
Wiki existentialism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism
What Barbie Understands About Mother-Daughter Relationships, by Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/barbie-movie-mother-daughter-relationship/674931/
In the beginning, there was Barbie, by Alissa Wilkinson
https://www.vox.com/culture/23800753/barbie-review-bible-eden
Barbiemania! Margot Robbie Opens Up About the Movie Everyone’s Waiting For, by Abby Aguirre
https://www.vogue.com/article/margot-robbie-barbie-summer-cover-2023-interview
Walk in the Pink Moccasins, by Carol Lynn Pearson
https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/137-21-25.pdf
The Meeting, by Elouise Bell
https://web.archive.org/web/20171008222301/http://signaturebookslibrary.org/only-when-i-laugh-04
The Year They Gave Women the Priesthood, by Michael Fillerup
The Defection of Baby Mixo, by Mark Penny
https://lit.mormonartist.net/2016/02/the-defection-of-baby-mixo
Dialogue Book Report’s episode with Eric’s about his book, Just Julie’s Fine, isn’t quite out yet, but here’s the link to the podcast:
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcast-subjects/book-report
Is ‘Barbie’ an allegory of Mother Eve in LDS theology? | Episode 298 of Mormon Land, by Peggy Fletcher Stack, with Rachel Rueckert as guest. Referenced from:
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/08/09/mormon-land-is-barbie-an-allegory/
Parks and Recollection
https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/parks-and-recollection
Heavenly Mother is Packing a Suitcase, by Aisling Rowan, part of Birds to Bones
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
5.9 Golden plates, translation, and Tibetan Buddhism
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
We welcome Tanner McAlister today as we discuss two articles on the translation of the Book of Mormon. We kick things off using our season’s reference, “Yet to be revealed”, from BYU studies. Grant Hardy’s article “The Book of Mormon Translation Process”, provides an excellent discussion of possible problems and resolutions in the translation of the Book of Mormon. Then Tanner, a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, walks us through his recent work, “The Production of the Book of Mormon in Light of a Tibetan Buddhist Parallel”, published in Dialogue, which draws parallels between the discovery and “translation” of both a class of ancient Tibetan Buddhist scripture and the Book of Mormon. Join us!
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Dialogue Podcast Network
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/
The Book of Mormon Translation Process, by Grant Hardy
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-book-of-mormon-translation-process/
The Production of the Book of Mormon in Light of a Tibetan Buddhist Parallel, by Tanner Davidson McAlister
The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens
https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/60-3/
Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide, by Grant Hardy
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Book-Mormon-Readers-Guide/dp/0199731705
Kathleen Flake, “Translating Time: The Nature and Function of Joseph Smith’s Narrative Canon,” Journal of Religion 87, no. 4 (2007): 497–527
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/519770
Jared Hickman, “‘Bringing Forth’ the Book of Mormon,” in MacKay, Ashurst-McGee, and Hauglid, Producing Ancient Scripture, 78–80.
Blake T. Ostler, “The Book of Mormon as a Modern Expansion of an Ancient Source,” Dialogue 20, no. 1 (1987): 66–123
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V20N01_68.pdf
James Gentry, “Power Objects” (Leiden: Brill, 2017)
https://brill.com/downloadpdf/book/9789004335042/B9789004335042_001.pdf
Rosalynde Welch, “The New Mormon Theology of Matter,” Mormon Studies Review 4, no. 1 (2017): 70.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1077&context=msr2
Longchenpa and the Possession of the Dakinis, from Tantra in Practice, by David Germano and Janet Gyatso
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691190457-020/html?lang=en