1 Nephi 1-5: why Nephi killed Laban
. Chapter 1: 1 Nephi 1- 5 . Mormonism saw itself involuntarily drawn into the wider debate of fundamentalism and religious motivated violence by Krakauer’s book “Under the Banner of Heaven: the Story of a Violent Faith” published in 2003. At the core of Krakauer’s argument lies the double murder committed in 1984 by Ron … Read more
come, come, ye saints – sacred emigration
. . Through email conversations with a great friend of mine, I have come to reflect on the tranformational theme of sacred emigration in Mormonism. Here is an excerpt from an email he wrote to me on the prospects of change within the “wagon circles” of our LDS home church: . I’ve been thinking about … Read more
