In the hallowed and oft-visited bloggernacle, not all blogs are equal, or so Mormon Matters’ Niblet Nominations 2008 tell us. Juvenile Instructor (collective) and some individual Juvenile Instructors have found favor among the many remarkable blogs and bloggers out there and have been nominated for a few awards. So, please, make your adoration for JI known to the world and more importantly to the one true Blogmaster. No pressure. Just vote!

Here are the nominations (drumroll): (more…)

The news is spreading that on June 15, Ron Romig was informed that budget cuts would would necessitate the elimination of his job as archivist at the Community of Christ archives.  A number of outlets have the complete story.  Apparently as of the story’s writing Community of Christ President Steve Veazey had received 18 letters on Ron’s behalf asking them to reconsider.  (more…)

Posts You Might Have Missed, January-February 2008

Posts You Might Have Missed, March-May 2008

Posts You Might Have Missed, June-August 2008

Posts You Might Have Missed, September-October 2008

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This summer the JI hopes to host a number of fascinating and informative guest bloggers; our first is Jacob Baker, who blogs normally here and who also eats a mean calzone.

Jacob is a PhD student in Philosophy of Religion and Theology at Claremont Graduate University. He has published essays on Mormon theology, philosophy, and history in Dialogue and Element: The Journal for the Society of Mormon Philosophy and Theology and is currently working as editor of a collection of essays by Mormon and non-Mormon scholars on Mormon philosophy and theology (somehow he’ll need to learn write and care about non-Mormon topics if he is ever to get a job). Though ridiculously ignorant of history and historiographical methodology, he feels honored to be a former Bushman fellow (2007) and sit in wonderment and awe at the feet of Matt B., Stan T., and David G. (Richard Bushman and Terryl Givens were pretty good too). Most importantly, he he is married to the former Amanda Nielson and has 3 children.

Posts You Might Have Missed, January-February 2008

Posts You Might Have Missed, March-May 2008

Posts You Might Have Missed, June-August 2008

Here are some great posts from September to October 2008: (more…)

It was a productive summer for JI bloggers in 2008.

Enjoy these gems, remembering that there were many more great posts than these.

Be sure not to miss Posts You Might Have Missed January-February 2008 and March-May 2008.

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More great stuff, March and April 2008:

Posts You Might Have Missed From January-February 2008

Directions to the Steed Farm Please

Mormon Responses to Darwin, 1859-1933 (more…)

For those embroiled by the academic search for truth—who have suspended belief or lost faith or sought a new faith—the word is not doubt but hope, fierce and brave and full of anxious questions. A few poems today from beloved poetess Emma Lou Thayne. (more…)

I realized I started a “Posts You Might Have Missed” series that was supposed to cull some memorable posts from our first year, but I only got through December, 2007.  So, this is the first part of my atonement for dropping the ball on that, which will cover from January to February 2008.  Enjoy with us this stroll down memory lane. (more…)