Articles Of Faith Fairmormon

In this installment brother Ash relates the history of Dr. M. Wells Jakeman and Thomas Stuart Ferguson along with the work done by John L. Sorenson whose work was published in the 1984 Ensign. The full text of this article can be found at Deseret News online. Brother Ash is author of the book Shaken Faith Syndrome: […] The post Fair Issues 92: A short history of LDS Mesoamerican scholars appeared first on FAIR.

Duane Boyce received his academic training in psychology, philosophy, and the clinical treatment of families. He received a PhD from Brigham Young University and conducted his postdoctoral study in developmental psychology at Harvard University. He was a member of the Moral Studies Group at Brigham Young University (BYU) and served on the faculty there before […] The post Articles of Faith – Sustaining the Brethren – Interview with Duane Boyce appeared first on FAIR.

Laurie White is a mother of four and grandmother of ten in Sacramento, California.She often writes as Tudie Rose. She writes a weekly column for LDS Blogs at http://ldsblogs.com/. She blogs as Laurie White about spiritual things (Thoroughly Mormon) at http://thoroughlymormon.wordpress.com/ She has written articles for Meridian Magazine and Familius. She comes on today to talk […] The post Articles of Faith: Inside the Mind of an Inactive Member appeared first on FAIR.

Jeffrey Thayne grew up in Elk Ridge, Utah, collecting bugs in the woodland hills behind his home. He has wanted to be a physicist, a detective, a entomologist, a cartographer, an explorer, a linguist, an astronaut, an architect, a writer, a teacher, a video-game programmer, and all of the above. He therefore graduated from BYU […] The post Articles of Faith Podcast: Jeffrey Thayne – Some Thoughts on Discipleship and “Staying Mormon” appeared first on FAIR.

April 2015 General Conference featured presenters from the presiding quorums and general officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In this podcast, volunteers from FairMormon discuss the issues and quotes from selected talks through an apologetic perspective. Panelists in this episode are Steve Densley, and Cassandra Hedelius (via telephone); moderated by Nick […] The post Best of FairMormon: April 2015 General Conference – An Apologetic Review (Part 2 – Sunday Sessions & Women’s Session) appeared first on FAIR.

Bio: Brian and Laura Harris Hales are the co-authors of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding. Brian is the award-winning author of six books on polygamy, including the first three volumes in the Joseph Smith’s Polygamy series. Together they are the co-webmasters of JosephSmithsPolygamy.org and speak frequently about the history of early polygamy. Laura is an active blogger and editor […] The post Articles of Faith Podcast: Joseph Smith’s Polygamy – Interview with Brian and Laura Hales appeared first on FAIR.

Stanford Carmack has a linguistics and a law degree from Stanford University, as well as a doctorate in Hispanic Languages and Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara, specializing in historical syntax. In the past he has had articles published on Georgian verb morphology and object–participle agreement in Old Spanish and Old Catalan. He […] The post Articles of Faith Podcast: Syntax and Book of Mormon Authorship – Interview with Stanford Carmack appeared first on FAIR.

Bio: Dr. Taylor Halverson received a B.A. from Brigham Young University in Ancient Near Eastern Studies in 1997, an M.A. in Biblical Studies from Yale University in 2001 and an M.S. in Instructional Technology from Indiana University in 2004. He completed Ph.D.s in Instructional Technology and Judaism & Christianity in Antiquity—both from Indiana University in 2006. Dr. […] The post Articles of Faith Podcast: In The Gospel, Faith Must Come First – Interview with Taylor Halverson appeared first on FAIR.

Carolina Allen is a Brazilian native and US immigrant. She is a 2nd generation member of the church. A Philosophy major from U of U. She is now happily married to Dr. Kawika Allen, a professor of counseling psychology at BYU. Her UN bio stayed that she Speaks, English, Spanish, Portuguese. She has an interracial […] The post Articles of Faith podcast: Big Ocean Women – Interview with Carolina Allen appeared first on FAIR.

Cassandra S. Hedelius studied political science and mathematics at the University of Oklahoma and law at the University of Colorado. She is a bureaucrat by day, and by night a member of FairMormon, the Board of Editors at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, and a blogger at Meridian Expand. She lives in Maryland with […] The post Articles of Faith – The Parable of Chesterton’s Fence – Cassandra Hedelius appeared first on FAIR.

Dr. Valerie Hudson joined the faculty of Texas A&M University at the Bush School in 2012 as the George Bush Chair. She is considered an expert on international security and foreign policy analysis, she received her PhD in political science at The Ohio State University. In 2009, Foreign Policy named her one of the top […] The post Articles of Faith – In Argumentato Pietatis – Valerie Hudson appeared first on FAIR.

Stop what you are doing – right now and do this. We really need you to do this. We need your help to get nominated again for the People’s Choice Podcast Award. In 2011 and in 2013 we made the list of nominations for our religious podcasts and in 2013 we won best religious podcast. […] The post Mormon Fair-Cast: Peoples Choice Podcast Awards appeared first on FAIR.

Neal Rappleye volunteers with FairMormon, The Interpreter Foundation, and writes on his own blog called Studio et Quoque Fide. He is currently attending Utah Valley University and working towards a degree in History, with a minor in Political Science. He served a mission for the LDS Church in the Virginia Richmond Mission from August 2006 […] The post Articles of Faith Podcast #22 – Neal Rappleye – Making God in Our Own Image to Cast Aside His Prophets appeared first on FAIR.

SAMUEL M. BROWN is Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of Utah and an intensive care physician in the Shock Trauma ICU at Intermountain Medical Center. His award-winning book In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early  Mormon Conquest of Death […] The post Articles of Faith: Samuel M. Brown – First Principles and Ordinances (Book) appeared first on FAIR.

Geoff Biddulph is a convert to the Church of just over 15 years. Before joining he read a lot of anti-Mormon literature. However, it was the Spirit that converted him and helped him be open to being baptized. Since then, Geoff has read the book of Mormon more than 10 times and have read the […] The post Articles of Faith 20: Geoff Biddulph – Why Didn’t The Church Teach Me This Stuff? appeared first on FAIR.

Bio: Daniel C. Peterson holds a Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, is a professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University, and is the founder of the University’s Middle Eastern Texts Initiative, for which he served as editor-in-chief until mid-August 2013. He has published and spoken extensively on both Islamic and […] The post Articles of Faith Podcast: Dan Peterson – Reason, Experience, and the Existence of God appeared first on FAIR.

Darla Isackson learned about adversity at an early age. She received life-threatening third degree burns as a child and has had health challenges all her life as a result. She served a full-time mission to Southern California, graduated as a valedictorian from Utah State University, married a returned missionary in the temple, gave birth to five healthy sons, and has been a […] The post Articles of Faith 18: Darla Isackson – Suicide, Grieving, Finding Comfort in Christ and Strength to Go On appeared first on FAIR.

In this special episode of the Articles of Faith Podcast, Steve Densley (executive Vice-President of FairMormon and host Nick Galieti, review some of the presentations from General Conference – October 2014. These focus on quotes and talks that had apologetic value, or addressed some of the critical questions that some have faced surrounding the LDS […] The post Articles of Faith 17: General Conference October 2014 – Apologetic Highlights appeared first on FAIR.

Margaret Blair Young was raised in the Church and learned the standard Mormon clichés and customary phrases of a Mormon testimony. As a child, she could imitate the strokes and expressions of Mormonism well, in time she came to understand these were expressions of an immature, inexperienced faith. Time propelled her further into the faith. In […] The post Articles of Faith 16: Margaret Blair Young – The Heart of Africa and The Welcome Table appeared first on FAIR.

Loren Spendlove (MBA, California State University, Fullerton and PhD, University of Wyoming) has worked in many fields over the last thirty years, including academics and corporate financial management. Currently, he and his wife design and manufacture consumer goods. A student of languages, his research interests center on linguistics and etymology. Questions addressed in this episode: […] The post Articles of Faith 15: Loren Spendlove – Understanding Nephi with the Help of Noah Webster appeared first on FAIR.