Professor Rick Phillips hails from Utah and has an impressive Mormon pedigree. He was raised under the sacred canopy of LDS belief and faith. And it was a good life, one that Rick remains nostalgic …
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 …
One of the great American phenomena is the enmeshment of religion and politics. That relationship is never more present than in the Book of Mormon belt where being Republican is a matter of faithfulness. From …
The Navajo Nation has approximately 356,000 people living on the reservation, yet from the Navajo Times on Monday 27 April 2020 we read: “As of Monday evening, there are 1,769 positive COVID-19 cases on the …
In order to really understand the LDS Church, one absolutely needs to understand Mormon history. There are few periods in Mormon history that are darker and more defining than the Mormon Reformation. Lindsay Hansen Park …
What kind of claim does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have to the proposition that they are a faithful continuation of the church Joseph established? What kind of character was Brigham Young …
Those who grew up in the Restoration tradition will be familiar with the songs of Zion; That place where God and community meet. But, despite his original intentions Joseph Smith was corrupted by his ‘Kingdom’ …
Church College of New Zealand, which was opened in 1958, had a short life by education standards. For 52 years it served the mostly Māori Mormon LDS community. But, in a swirl of confusion, it …
In 2019 Professor Peter Lineham was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to religious history and the community. And that honour is well deserved. Few, if any scholars in …
The Rev. Rob McKay began his religious life in the LDS Church. When he returned home from his mission he affiliated with a Pentecostal church in Auckland, New Zealand. He then became Anglican and was …
