Book of Mormon studies have shifted in recent decades, leading to many new, and widely different theories about its historicity, origins, theology, and function. What are the new approaches? How and to what extent are they affecting official Church rhetoric as well as chapel discussions? What issues are crying for the most attention? What positive …
Speaker: Brent Metcalfe
A MARVELOUS WORK AND A POSSESSION: BOOK OF MORMON HISTORICITY AS ‘COLON-IALIZATION’
Recent comparative attempts to characterize the DNA challenge to Book of Mormon historicity as a “Galileo Event” are interesting and provocative, but they have led to turf wars over who, exactly, is the “Galileo” figure and whether the revolutionary “events” in sixteenth-century astronomy and Catholic doctrine are an appropriate model for under-standing the debate on …
Understanding Mormonism’s Sealed Book: Digging in Cumorah: Reclaiming Book of Mormon Narratives
Understanding Mormonism’s Sealed Book: Digging in Cumorah: Reclaiming Book of Mormon Narratives Stemming from the passion that led to his acceptance at the University of Chicago’s divinity school in 1977, Mark Thomas spent years researching and writing his newly published book, Digging in Cumorah. Following the respected methods of 20th century biblical scholarship, Thomas applies …