Comments on: The Best of the “Mormon Moment” http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/ Thu, 23 May 2013 19:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tom S. http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-235123 Tom S. Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:13:52 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-235123 Wow, Ben, this is fantastic — thanks so much!

]]> By: Ben P http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-232924 Ben P Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:38:33 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-232924 Great addition, david! Can’t believe I forgot that one.

]]> By: david http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-232923 david Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:22:00 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-232923 I’d also include Kathleen Flake’s essay in “Christian Century”

http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2012-08/bible-plus

]]> By: Saskia http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-232198 Saskia Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:58:58 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-232198 Thanks for the list, Ben.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-232152 Christopher Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:39:35 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-232152 Thanks for putting this together, Ben. There’s been a lot of great stuff, and I’m happy to see so many friends step into the spotlight this year and provide intelligent and thoughtful analyses of Mormonism. Hopefully the articles you’ve listed here outlast in memory and influence some of the, uh, less-than-good pieces on Mormonism over the last year.

]]> By: Kristine http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-232135 Kristine Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:25:45 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-232135 I wouldn’t have thought one would need more than a few lines to enumerate the perils of an open cannon ;)

]]> By: Last Lemming http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-232109 Last Lemming Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:50:53 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-232109 Quotes from Mason and Fluhman notwithstanding, here is evidence that the Mormon Moment is truly over:

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (MDN) – A 182 year history in Missouri has not always been kind to Mormons, but the Show-Me State elected a Ladder Day Saint to lead the free world this year.

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/11/13/the-mormon-war-in-missouri/

One wag has suggested that Lowes and Home Depot should adopt this as a marketing campaign.

]]> By: Ben P http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-232100 Ben P Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:07:40 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-232100 And thanks, Max, for linking to my R&P column. I didn’t want to be so solipsistic as to include my own work in the list, but I do want them on record, so maybe I’ll just link some of my favorite here:

“Obviously Christian,” Patheos (July 2011)

“The Perils of an Open Cannon,” Patheos (March 2012)

“Mitt Romney, Mormonism, and the Tensions of an ‘American Religion,’” Peculiar People (March 2012)

“Mormon Patriotism and the Cultural Reading of Scripture,” Peculiar People (May 2012)

“Why do Mormons Love the Fourth of July So Much?” Religion and Politics (July 2012)

]]> By: Ben P http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-232099 Ben P Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:01:15 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-232099 Thanks, all. I’ve updated the list with pieces from Clayton Christensen, Steve Evans, Paul Reeve, and another from Max Mueller.

Kyle: great question. I would vote Kirn’s “Confessions of an Ex-Mormon” as the best, but there are a few others that stand out, especially Matt Bowman’s articles on correlation and progressivism.

]]> By: Kyle M http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-best-of-the-mormon-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-232091 Kyle M Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:23:57 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=10623#comment-232091 This is a great resource Ben, thanks for taking the time to put it together.

One final step to make this authoritative: can you give one of them an award for being the best? Maybe after an opaque voting process?

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