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

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

A Mormon Maid

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

Emmeline B. Wells

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmeline_B._Wells

Episode 1.8 Polygamy’s Ghost

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-8-polygamy-s-ghost/

Polygamy (Polygyny, Polyandry), by Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1377

Find Randy Astle on the AML Discord server! Eric can spot you an invite. AML:

https://www.associationmormonletters.org/

Thursday Feb 20, 2025

7.4 The Big 3 in 1850

Thursday Feb 20, 2025

Polygamy, Racism and Indian affairs. These stories dominated Chapter 3 of American Zion by Benjamin E. Park, “Of empires and wars, 1846-69”. Come for the historical controversy but stay for the good vibes at the end!

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

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

Pioneer Children sang as they walk, words and music by: Elizabeth Fetzer Bates

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/music/songs/pioneer-children-sang-as-they-walked

Legacy (1993)

https://youtu.be/TZALT-fK9Ao?si=vN-6uAZMRRW485dD

Walker Lewis

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

Chief Walkara

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

The Angel (2024), directed by Barrett Burgin, Jess Burgin

https://letterboxd.com/film/the-angel-2024/

Episode 1.8 Polygamy’s Ghost

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-8-polygamy-s-ghost/

Commentary: New LDS curriculum flops in teaching eternal polygamy to children, by Carol Lynn Pearson

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2025/01/13/new-lds-curriculum-flops-teaching/

Emmeline B. Wells

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmeline_B._Wells

(Aaron) Note the comment on Emmeline changing her mind was actually in relation to Emily Dow Partridge (note the redirects if you click on this link)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Dow%20Partridge?redirect=no

Phoebe Pendleton Woodbury: not a lot of her online. Dr. Park is citing letters to her children

Into the Headwinds: Why Belief Has Always Been Hard―and Still Is, by Terryl Givens and Nathaniel Givens

https://a.co/d/59qRjS1

(Aaron) Couldn’t find the tiger roar/rattlesnake article :)

You are Two, by CGP Grey

https://youtu.be/wfYbgdo8e-8?si=Z1qkIrKNMLMJL3K_

Episode 5.4 Agency and its opposition

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/54-agency-and-its-opposition/

Moroni: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions 12), by David F Holland

https://a.co/d/7lkNflh

After transcribing 1.2 million of his words, this researcher has something to say about Brigham Young, by Jacob Hess, about LaJean Purcell Carruth

https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/10/10/new-discoveries-about-brigham-young/

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teachings-brigham-young

Latest issue of Dialogue (Volume 57, No. 3) which includes works by Eric Jepson and William Morris (former guest of the show)

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/issues/fall-2024/

Monday Dec 23, 2024

7.3 Zion (not the Matrix one), Part 2

Monday Dec 23, 2024

“O My Father”, and the Council of Fifty! Let’s wrap up chapter 2 of “American Zion” in a quick show for the end of the year!

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

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

Eliza R. Snow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_R._Snow

“Invocation, or The Eternal Father and Mother” or “O my father”

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

Testimony in Art: John Hafen's Illustrations for “O My Father”, by Dawn Pheysey

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol36/iss1/5/

John Hafen

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

A Little Lower than the Angels, by Virginia Sorensen

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Angels-Signature-Morman-Classics/dp/1560851031

Episode 1.8 Polygamy’s Ghost

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-8-polygamy-s-ghost/

Hosea Stout

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

Council of Fifty, Church History topic

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/council-of-fifty

Council of Fifty on wiki

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

Latest issue of Dialogue (Volume 57, No. 3) which includes works by Eric Jepson and William Morris (former guest of the show)

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/issues/fall-2024/

Saturday Dec 07, 2024

7.2 Zion (not the Matrix one), Part 1

Saturday Dec 07, 2024

Part one of our journey through Chapter 2 of Dr. Benjamin Park’s book, “American Zion”, “The Voice of the People,1831-46.” This history is a rollercoaster of emotion! Also, we have just so many show notes. Check them out and be sure to join us on Discord!

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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

Not a lot about Laura Hubble out there, but this Historical Introduction to D&C 43 seems relevant:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/church-historians-press/jsp-revelations/dc-043-1831_02_01_000

Peter Kerr (Black Pete)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kerr_(priest)

Episode 1.8 Polygamy’s Ghost

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-8-polygamy-s-ghost/

Carol Lynn Pearson, Radiant Mormonism Award, recorded by Paris Fox

https://vimeo.com/1018163129

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

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

Century of Black Mormons

https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/welcome

Missouri Executive Order 44

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Executive_Order_44

Related to the ‘am I better for suffering’ section of the pod: Opinion | A man at work, A half century of George Will

https://wapo.st/4g7HdgJ

Quote: “In “The Roosevelts,” George, the conservative thinker, found empathy at the core of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. “Polio gave FDR the gift of empathy. There was no suffering that he could not in some sense relate to,” George explained. “Just as the irons were clapped on his legs, the steel entered his soul by having to fight through the constant pain of therapy that was unforgiving in its demands and not very fulfilling in its success.””

Episode 1.2 Theodicy and the Red Ball

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-2-theodicy-and-the-red-ball/

Not sure about the last Shaker Eric mentioned, but this is probably relevant: There Are Only Two Shakers Left. They’ve Still Got Utopia in Their Sights, by Jordan Kisner

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/magazine/shakers-utopia.html

James 1: 5-6

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201%3A5-6&version=KJV

Tumult of opinions quote is from Joseph Smith - History:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1#p10

Oakland Stake First Vision Lecture Series - Eric Jepson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFSicnZ3B3k

Wiki on Limbo

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

(Really enjoyed finding this -Aaron) Comparison of the texts of Doctrine and Covenants 76 and Joseph Smith’s poetic rendition of The Vision, Courtesy of Dr. Lawrence Flake from his book “Three Degrees of Glory”

https://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~clement/rel325/vision-poem.pdf

The Drowned World, by J. G. Ballard

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

Revised Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early August 1833

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revised-plat-of-the-city-of-zion-circa-early-august-1833/1

The Maine story might have been Vermont, see Building Zion: the controversial plan for a Mormon-inspired city in Vermont, by Claire Provost

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/31/building-zion-controversial-plan-mormon-inspired-city-vermont

Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.

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

Wiki on the Book of Commands mentions the teenage sisters Caroline and Mary Elizabeth Rollins who saved the “remnants of nearly 100 copies” from an anti-Mormon fire

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

Latest issue of Dialogue (Volume 57, No. 3) which includes works by Eric Jepson and William Morris (former guest of the show)

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/issues/fall-2024/

Tuesday Oct 29, 2024

7.1 A Visionary Nation

Tuesday Oct 29, 2024

Welcome to season 7! We are starting by reviewing the Prologue and Chapter 1 of Dr. Benjamin Park’s book, “American Zion”. The first single volume history of the Church in over a decade, and taking advantage of new sources, it’s an excellent way to get some good old Mormon history. This was fun!

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

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!

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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.

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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!

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YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

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