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Dialogue Podcast Network

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/understandings-of-the-relationship-between-grace-and-works/

Understandings of the Relationship between Grace and Works, by Terryl L. Givens

On the Foreknowledge of God: Time, Knowledge, Reality, Agency, by Rosalynde F. Welch

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/on-the-foreknowledge-of-god/

The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens

https://deseretbook.com/p/after-all-we-can-do-grace-works-robert-l-millet-902?variant_id=132598-paperback

(I think this is the one I was referring to! -Aaron)

After All We Can Do...Grace Works, by Robert L. Millet

Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News, by Stephen E. Robinson

https://deseretbook.com/p/believing-christ-parable-bicycle-other-good-news-stephen-e-robinson-3355?variant_id=108581-hardcover

Aaron’s top three talks :)

The Mediator, by Elder Boyd K. Packer

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1977/04/the-mediator

The Purifying Power of Gethsemane, by Elder Bruce R. McConkie

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1985/04/the-purifying-power-of-gethsemane

Beware of Pride, by President Ezra Taft Benson

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1989/04/beware-of-pride

Pelagianism

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

Original Grace, by Adam S. Miller

https://www.amazon.com/Original-Grace-Adam-S-Miller/dp/1639930248

Book of Mormon infinite atonement: Alma 34: 9-14

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/34?lang=eng&id=p9-p14#p9

2 Nephi 9:7

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/9#p7

The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt by Parley P. Pratt

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44896

Our episode that includes the Great God by Orson Pratt

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

Exploring Mormon Thought: Volume 1, The Attributes of God, by Blake T. Ostler

https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Mormon-Thought-Attributes-God-ebook/dp/B0077YUTJE

Gospel Topic: God the Father

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/god-the-father

D&C 130:7, “...past, present, and future… are continually before the Lord.”

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/130?lang=eng&id=p7#p7

The “eternal now” quote: “the past, the present, and the future were and are, with Him, one eternal ‘now.’” History of the Church, 4:597, quoted here:

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/knowledge-of-gods-plan

If You Could Hie to Kolob

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/music/library/hymns/if-you-could-hie-to-kolob

“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14434-space-is-big-you-just-won-t-believe-how-vastly-hugely

Joseph Smith and the Possibility of Comics Andrew Knaupp and Sal Velluto, Pillar of Light Mark Elwood, The Glass Looker Noah Van Sciver, Joseph Smith and the Mormons, by Eric W. Jepson

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/joseph-smith-and-the-possibility-of-comics-andrew-knaupp-and-sal-velluto-pillar-of-light-mark-elwood-the-glass-looker-noah-van-sciver-joseph-smith-and-the-mormons/

Wednesday Apr 12, 2023

5.7 War, Polygamy, and Disobedience

Wednesday Apr 12, 2023

When exactly are we supposed to be obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law? Nathan Oman’s article on Civil Disobedience in Latter-day Saint Thought took us down a winding road exploring this question. Ride along!

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Dialogue Podcast Network

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/civil-disobedience-in-latter-day-saint-thought/

Civil Disobedience in Latter-day Saint Thought, by Nathan B. Oman

The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04?lang=eng

General conference

Peacemakers Needed, by President Russell M. Nelson

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04/47nelson?lang=eng

The Restoration of Conscientious Objection, by Ron Madsen

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/british-latter-day-saint-conscientious-objectors-in-world-war-i

QI Series M, Episode 2 - Military Matters (transcript)

https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/qi/episodes/13/2/

Google Books Ngram Viewer: conscientious objection and civil disobedience

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=conscientious+objection%2Cconscientious+objector%2C+civil+disobedience&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3

Doctrine and Covenants 98

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/98?lang=eng

The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men, by Carol Lynn Pearson

https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Eternal-Polygamy-Haunting-Hearts/dp/0997458208

Wiki on “The Freeze” in Ghana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Ghana#%22The_Freeze%22

You Can't Close My Heart: Ghanaian Saints and the Freeze

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2015-12-0001-you-cant-close-my-heart-ghanaian-saints-and-the-freeze?lang=eng

Helmuth Hübener

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_H%C3%BCbener

Hübener, a play by Thomas F. Rogers

https://www.amazon.com/Huebener-Other-Plays-Thomas-Rogers/dp/0963261800

(This includes a review of the play Hübener! Check it out!) Review: The Plays of Thomas F. Rogers, by B. Kent Harrison

https://squaretwo.org/Sq2ArticleHarrisonThomasRogers.html

The Darkest Abyss: Strange Mormon Stories, by William Morris. Look for the story “Reach”, a science fiction story about an oppressive future where a bishop is released from a calling his conscious mind doesn't realize he held.

https://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Abyss-Strange-Mormon-Stories/dp/1948218682

Saturday Feb 18, 2023

5.6 History, narration, and theological work

Saturday Feb 18, 2023

Our church’s framing of the apostasy and restoration is changing, and Miranda Wilcox wrote about it! How we narrate our religious history affects our general understanding of Christian history, and can help us better appreciate the centuries of progress between the ancient apostles and 1820.

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/narrating-religious-heritage/

Narrating Religious Heritage: Apostasy and Restoration, by Miranda Wilcox

Joseph Smith and the Possibility of Comics

Reviewed by Theric Jepson

Dialogue 56, no. 1, Spring 2023 (in press)

Pillar of Light, by Andrew G. Knaupp (Author), Sal Velluto (Illustrator)

https://www.cedarfort.com/pages/pillar-of-light

The Glass Looker, by Mark Elwood

https://theglasslooker.com/about/

Joseph Smith and the Mormons, by Noah Van Sciver

https://amzn.to/3JPxRJw

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

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

Remnant or Replacement? Outlining a Possible Apostasy Narrative, by Nicholas J. Frederick and Joseph M. Spencer

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5076&context=byusq

1st Nephi 11-14

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/11

John the Baptist wiki

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

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History), by Thomas Cahill

https://amzn.to/3I4v8uF

Martyrs' Crossing, by Melissa Leilani Larson

https://www.melissaleilanilarson.com/martyrs-crossing

Friday Dec 23, 2022

5.5 Holy Matrimony, Holy Grail

Friday Dec 23, 2022

So, was Jesus married? Our holiday edition of our series on open questions follows Christopher James Blythe’s article on the same question. Conspiracy, Assassin’s Creed, Dan Brown, this one’s got it all. Lots of great links in the show notes! See you next year!

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Dialogue Podcast Network

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5137&context=byusq

Was Jesus Married?, by Christopher James Blythe

The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens

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

The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, by The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail

Wiki on the book!

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

Identical ancestors point

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

Terrible Revolution: Latter-day Saints and the American Apocalypse, by Christopher James Blythe

https://amzn.to/3WBKo6E

LDS Church Issues Statement Regarding "The Da Vinci Code"

https://www.ksl.com/article/266159/lds-church-issues-statement-regarding-the-da-vinci-code

Evil along the Mississippi: Stories from Nauvoo, by Christopher James Blythe

https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/17-1-evil-along-the-mississippi-stories-from-nauvoo/

Introducing Introductions to Mormon Thought. The first two books are linked there and below: Eugene England: A Mormon Liberal, by Kristine Haglund, and Vardis Fisher: A Mormon Novelist

https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/introducing-introductions-to-mormon-thought/

https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p058332

https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=83xxc9pb9780252044090

Dialogue Book Report #19: Strange Mormon Fiction: Dave Butler and William Morris

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/dialogue-book-report-19-strange-mormon-fiction-dave-butler-and-william-morris/

Saturday Dec 03, 2022

5.4 Agency and its opposition

Saturday Dec 03, 2022

Agency is critical to the plan of salvation, and the adversary wanted it gone. But how? Philip L. Barlow wrote a banger of an article in Dialogue looking at prevailing theories, and argues the theology yields critical implications for how Mormons interact with government, politics, and church organization. It’s a great read!!!

Philip L. Barlow has a doctorate of theology (Th.D.) from the Harvard Divinity School and serves on the boards of directors for the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology and the Dialogue Foundation. How cool is that?

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

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Dialogue Podcast Network

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/shards-of-combat/

Article for today: “Shards of Combat: How Did Satan Seek to Destroy the Agency of Man?”, by Philip L. Barlow

The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens

https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/

Darlene Young’s “A plan of salvation” isn’t yet published, but will appear in Irreantum’s next issue, “The Plan”.

Moses 4:3

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/moses/4?lang=eng#p3

Bonus! Jaywalking chat was cut from the episode, but enjoy Adam Ruins Everything - Why Jaywalking Is a Crime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AFn7MiJz_s

Sunday Oct 30, 2022

5.3 Eternal individuation and King Follett

Sunday Oct 30, 2022

We welcome William Morris aka Wm, founder of A Motley Vision, onto our show to talk about the BYU studies article, The King Follett Discourse: Pinnacle or Peripheral?, by James E. Faulconer and Susannah Morrison. We talk about the nature of individuality, intelligence, and our own eternal destiny, as revealed by Joseph Smith and studied by prophets and scholars ever since. We even may have come to a new conclusion on the discourse as a whole? Join us!

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Dialogue Podcast Network

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-king-follett-discourse-pinnacle-or-peripheral/

Article for today: The King Follett Discourse: Pinnacle or Peripheral?, by James E. Faulconer and Susannah Morrison

The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens

https://motleyvision.org/

Motley Vision website

The Darkest Abyss: Strange Mormon Stories, by William Morris

https://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Abyss-Strange-Mormon-Stories/dp/1948218682

Email subscription for Wm

https://buttondown.email/motleyvision

God has created “both things to act and things to be acted upon”, 2 Nephi 2:14

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/2#p14

Science the Key to Theology: Volume One: Preliminaries, by Steven L. Peck

https://www.amazon.com/Science-Key-Theology-One-Preliminaries/dp/0998605204

The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media, by John Durham Peters

https://www.amazon.com/Marvelous-Clouds-Toward-Philosophy-Elemental/dp/022625383X

Dark Watch and other Mormon-American stories, by William Morris

https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Watch-other-Mormon-American-stories-ebook/dp/B00WQHCCFG

Talking to Dante in the Spirit World,by Daniel Cooper

https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/talking-to-dante-in-the-spirit-world-by-daniel-cooper/

Hemingway in Paradise and Other Mormon Poems, by Scott Hales

https://www.amazon.com/Hemingway-Paradise-Other-Mormon-Poems/dp/B09WQBHBQG

Thanks to our sponsor! Check out Beyond the Witch's Woods: Book One of the Kingdom of Adair, by Nathan K Caulder

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BF2Q4TJX/

Monday Oct 17, 2022

5.2 Divinization and Deity

Monday Oct 17, 2022

It’s a two for one today as we look at two BYU studies articles on whether God ever has or is currently progressing, and on progression in the afterlife. Go deep with us! It’s so much fun! Plus Hadestown makes an appearance!

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BF2Q4TJX/

Thanks to our sponsor! Check out Beyond the Witch's Woods: Book One of the Kingdom of Adair, by Nathan K Caulder

Two articles in this episode:

What Is the Nature of God’s Progress?, by Matthew Bowman

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/what-is-the-nature-of-gods-progress/

How Limited Is Postmortal Progression?, by Terryl L. Givens

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/how-limited-is-postmortal-progression/

Both from the full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/10/14/1128875298/brain-cells-neurons-learn-video-game-pong

Brain cells in a lab dish learn to play Pong — and offer a window onto intelligence, by Jon Hamilton

Heike's Void, by Steven Peck (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Heikes-Void-Steven-Peck/dp/1948218550

The Plan, a play by Eric Samuelsen

https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/155-06-31.pdf

Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel, by Kurt Vonnegut (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Slaughterhouse-Five-Novel-Modern-Library-Novels/dp/0385333846

Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s_paradox_of_the_Grand_Hotel

Infinity - Here Come the 123s, by They Might Be Giants

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pTpEB-Y2Ai0&list=OLAK5uy_ltENVxaQXfqCtKD-WTW_t38dlM81kvy-E

How To Count Past Infinity - Vsauce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrU9YDoXE88

Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvOZm0d4H0

(Aaron) I couldn’t quite verify it, but it’s rumored that Matthew Bowman’s The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith states that James Talmadge was one of the first Mormon’s with a Ph.D.

https://www.amazon.com/Mormon-People-Making-American-Faith/dp/081298336X

Talking to Dante in the Spirit World, by Daniel Cooper

https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/talking-to-dante-in-the-spirit-world-by-daniel-cooper/

Hadestown! It’s the best. Here’s a spotify link.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1J1yxODbNlqKbwRqJxYJUP

Hades! Also the best. Get it on steam or it’s free right now on xbox if you have game pass!

https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/hades/

Joseph Smith and the Mormons Hardcover, by Noah Van Sciver

https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Smith-Mormons-Noah-Sciver/dp/141974965X

Next time! The King Follett Discourse: Pinnacle or Peripheral?, by James E. Faulconer and Susannah Morrison

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-king-follett-discourse-pinnacle-or-peripheral/

Our related previous episode: 2.2 Canonization and the King Follett Discourse

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/22-canonization-and-the-king-follett-discourse/

Saturday Sep 24, 2022

5.1 Open Questions, an intro to season 5

Saturday Sep 24, 2022

Welcome to season 5! In this season we are studying the recent BYU Studies Quarterly issue 60:3: “Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology.” In each of the articles, an unsettled, open question is presented along with viewpoints from LDS authorities, theologians, and scholars. The goal is not to resolve or debate but to present and discuss, a take we appreciate. Join us! Our first episode is on the article “Oh Say, What Is Truth?”: Approaches to Doctrine, by Michael A. Goodman.

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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/article/introduction-3/

Introduction to a BYU Studies Quarterly Special Issue on Open Questions in Latter-day Saint Theology, by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens

“Oh Say, What Is Truth?”: Approaches to Doctrine, by Michael A. Goodman

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/oh-say-what-is-truth/

Optimistic Nihilism - The philosophy of Kurzgesagt, by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

https://youtu.be/MBRqu0YOH14

People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture, by Terryl L. Givens

https://www.amazon.com/People-Paradox-History-Mormon-Culture/dp/0199915989

Argument - Monty Python

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDB5gbtaEQ

Tuesday Jun 28, 2022

4.8 Mormonism and Judaism

Tuesday Jun 28, 2022

Mormons love the Old Testament and everything about the Jewish faith and culture. Join us as we go into the history of Judaic influences on the LDS faith, and the sometimes complex relationship between our faiths.

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