Comments on: “Myths” among Mormon Historians

By: Juvenile Instructor » Christian Common Sense and the Shape of Mormonism

Juvenile Instructor » Christian Common Sense and the Shape of Mormonism — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:54:15 +0000

[...] more theological influence in the early church than the Book of Mormon, although there are some calling this into question. As with grace, the original Latter-day Saints arrived on the scene with Biblical Christianity [...]

By: BHodges

BHodges — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:06:25 +0000

Better phrased: What I have read of Ricks new publication goes beyond contextualizing to practically directly attributing.

By: BHodges

BHodges — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:03:55 +0000

I see what I have read of Rick’s work so far to go beyond contextualizing to mostly attributing.

By: David G.

David G. — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:21:55 +0000

Blair, to be honest I haven’t read it closely. When I said we agree with his model, I was referring to the gloss he provided here, not the paper. Are you asking if I agree with his assumptions and conclusions or just his basic premise that contextualizing Mormonism within broader cultures is a good thing?

By: Mark D.

Mark D. — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:22:24 +0000

The use of a term like “polytheism” is ambiguous without further qualification. In this case there is “poly-omnipotent-being-ism” and “poly-exalted-personism”.

I don’t think there is any question that the D&C rather explicitly teaches “poly-exalted-personism” nor that Joseph Smith taught that God is an exalted person in the KFD.

I don’t see any evidence that Joseph Smith ever taught or believed in the “poly-omnipotent-being-ism” that is a common belief today, even if the latter is a vaguely plausible (if logically contradictory) implication of the “photocopier theology” first given serious treatment with the every exalted being an Adam or Eve (and HF or HM) to a new world theory.

By: BHodges

BHodges — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:14:27 +0000

David G, based on Rick’s provided paper, how well do you think Rick employs a contextualizing model?

By: Rick Grunder

Rick Grunder — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:18:38 +0000

Many thanks, Blake.

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:26:51 +0000

BTW Rick, your webpage is beautiful.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:48:40 +0000

#6: I feel ” New Mormon History” began when the GAs stopped being the “Historians” of the Church, and “outsourced” the task to Provo and the professional thinkers.
We now see things being written that would not be written by any of today’s GAs.
I also see more Church History is being written by the young, not the old. This speeds the transition.

By: Rick Grunder

Rick Grunder — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:56:26 +0000

Blake: I would not expect it to.