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At SI.com, “When choosing where to play, Mormon recruits face unique issues,” discussing the challenges faced by a couple of high-profile LDS athletes as they consider which four-year sports program to enroll in. [Yes, I realize there is a four-year college degree program affiliated with the four-year sports program.] I suspect some of the social…

From David Ford’s Theology: A Very Short Introduction: Religions are learning communities which benefit from interactions with other learning communities, and they also need to cultivate their own educational institutions. There have been devastating consequences when religious communities have had negative attitudes to study, scholarship, and intelligent faith, or have failed to face intelligently major…

He didn’t get the GOP nomination and he didn’t get the VP slot, but Mitt Romney was named Mormon of the Year over at Times & Seasons. The Salt Lake Tribune ran a story on it, too. An argument could be made for Stephenie Meyer (anyone can run for president and lose; it takes real…

Here’s a short quote from Richard Rorty’s essay “Truth without Correspondence to Reality” for those who feel there is a tight link between politics and doctrine. Rorty uses the term “philosophy,” but I think the same argument holds true for philosophy, theology, or doctrine. It is unfortunate, I think, that many people hope for a…
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