エピソード

  • JFS-Architect of Controversial LDS Orthodoxy (Bowman 4 of 4)
    2025/05/29
    Joseph Fielding Smith is the architect of controversial LDS orthodoxy. He has some controversial writings about Blacks and Ezra Taft Benson. We’ll also delve into his role with Lowell Bennion, a BYU professor who was fired. Was JFS responsible or was it someone else? Matthew Bowman answers. We’ll also dive into his role in shaping […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    1 分
  • Joseph Fielding Smith: History, Bias, & Shaping Mormon Thought (Bowman 3 of 4)
    2025/05/27
    Joseph Fielding Smith, a towering figure in the 20th-century Latter-day Saint landscape, is often remembered as a theologian and Church leader. But his long tenure as Church Historian also positioned him as a key interpreter of Mormon history, an area where his approach offers a fascinating case study in the relationship between faith, perspective, and […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    31 分
  • Joseph Fielding Smith: Evolution
    2025/05/25
    Joseph Fielding Smith: evolution was not something he thought highly of. The son of Joseph F. Smith and grandson of Hyrum Smith, was a prominent figure in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As an apostle from 1910 and later Church President, he became known for his strong defense of […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    19 分
  • Newest Biography of Joseph Fielding Smith
    2025/05/23
    Dr. Matthew Bowman has just released a new biography on Joseph Fielding Smith. Bowman is the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. The Mormon Studies chair Bowman holds at Claremont Graduate University is the oldest in the country, having been established over 15 years ago. Bowman is […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    25 分
  • Margaret Toscano Reflects on Faith, Pain, & Legacy of Sept 6 (4 of 4)
    2025/05/21
    In our final conversation with Dr Margaret Toscano, we’ll discuss the chapter in Sara Patterson’s book, “The Sept 6 & the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism.” Margaret will discuss her and her husband Paul’s reaction to Sara’s descriptions of them in the book. Check out our conversation… Don’t miss our other conversations about the […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    29 分
  • Fundamentalist Racial Myths Supporting Racism (Moroni Jessop 5 of 5)
    2024/01/17
    I was surprised to there are a lot of racial myths among Fundamentalist groups to support a priesthood/temple ban. I was also surprised to learn that one of the first Mormon Allreds married a woman with so-called “black blood.” How does the Allred Group (aka AUB) deal with this? It turns out, not well! Moroni […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    26 分