Conversations about the religious and spiritual life on the other side of fundamentalism
 
Month: <span>June 2020</span>

338: Finding Freedom For the Mind: Luna Lindsey Corbden

The question as to whether or not Mormonism is a cult is a contentious one, but despite your definitions, one thing is for certain, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a high …

337: Mourning America’s Brokenness: The Rev. Dr Fatimah Salleh

Liberation theologian James Cone has said: “It is ironic that America, with its history of injustice to the poor, especially the black man and the Indian, prides itself on being a Christian nation.” So, what …

336: Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier: Ben Park

Is the USA a democracy, a nascent theocracy, or a mobocracy?  Perhaps it’s all of those things and all at the same time.   The Mormon Nauvoo experience gives us a strong sense of the unsettled …

335: Mormonism and White Supremacy: Joanna Brooks

In this much-needed volume that follows the evolution of LDS Church thought about race from its earliest beginnings to its contemporary constructions, Professor Brooks seeks to account for a religious tradition that has never made …