When Theological Disagreement Spills over into Anti-Mormonism
Over the last few weeks we've seen a maelstrom over at Patheos, which published Warren Cole Smith's article "A Vote for Romney is a Vote for the LDS Church" on May 24. As this follow-up...Read the...
View ArticleWhat We Can Take from “The Mormon Moment”
Today's "Talk of the Nation" broadcast will be devoted to Mormonism: what it is, what it's not, and why so many non-Mormons are afraid of it. I don't know who all the guests are, but I'm thrilled that...
View ArticleBecoming Gods: What Mormons Won’t Hear in This Weekend’s General Conference
This week, the cover story in the Christian Century is one I was asked to write about the "Mormon Moment" in America today, and all the attention given to the LDS faith in the wake of Broadway's Book...
View ArticleWhy Won’t 22% of Americans Vote for a Mormon Candidate? Help Some Filmmakers...
Most Americans know enough about our national history to realize that no politician running for federal office should ever have to take a religious oath or pass an orthodoxy litmus test. It's in that...
View ArticleWashington Post on Faith: Is Romney Mormonism’s JFK?
I have an article today in the Washington Post's "On Faith" blog, tackling the question of Mitt Romney's Mormonism and how it fits into American political history. Now that the Republicans seem to be...
View ArticleNYC Conference on Mormonism & American Politics, February 3-4
"First Mitt won Iowa, then he lost Iowa? That's a classic Romney flip-flop." --Stephen Colbert Working with the theory that there hasn't been nearly enough attention to Mormonism and politics this...
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