Exploring Mormon Thought
Exploring Mormon Thought is a weekly podcast that features discussions about Mormon Doctrine and Theology that correlate with topics in the books series of the same name written by scholar and theologian Blake Ostler
Latest episodes
Nov 5, 2020 • 1h 3min
098-Interview with Blake Ostler on God's Plan to Heal Evil
Interview with Blake Ostler about Vol. 4 of Exploring Mormon Thought
AVAILABLE NOW—Exploring Mormon Thought, Vol 4: God's Plan to Heal Evil
Now available for order from Greg Kofford Books: https://gregkofford.com/products/emt4
Aug 9, 2020 • 2h 7min
097-Questions & Answers for God Can't with Thomas Jay Oord
I am pleased to welcome back Thomas Jay Oord to the podcast. His new book 'Questions & Answers for God Can't' answers many questions that naturally follow from the ideas he presented in his previous work 'God Can't'
In his best-selling book, God Can't: How to Believe in God and Love After Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils, Thomas Jay Oord solves the problem of suffering. Oord offers five aspects of a real answer to why a loving God doesn't prevent pointless pain. The most helpful: God can't stop evil singlehandedly.
In this follow-up, Oord answers questions God Can't readers asked about his ground-breaking proposals. The answers are in this book, and they solve age-old conundrums.
https://www.amazon.com/Questions-Answers-Cant-Thomas-Oord-ebook/dp/B087CBY4NW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Previous episodes on this topic:
http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2019/01/069-god-cant-thomas-jay-oord.html
http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2019/03/ep74-conspiring-prayer-with-mark-karris.html
Show Notes:
http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2020/08/ep97-questions-answers-for-god-cant.html
Jul 14, 2020 • 1h
096-The Mind Body Problem and Mormonism
Links:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02536/full
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmTFdCYALgY
http://mormonpuzzlepieces.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-mind-body-problem-consciousness-and.html
https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/benefit-of-mormon-solution-to-the-mind-body-problem-over-the-concept-of-dualism-epiphenomenology-behaviorism-and-identity/
Nov 10, 2019 • 40min
095-Heavenly Mother (Part 3)
095-Heavenly Mother (Part 3) by Exploring Mormon Thought
Nov 3, 2019 • 1h 3min
094-Heavenly Mother (Part 2)
094-Heavenly Mother (Part 2) by Exploring Mormon Thought
Nov 3, 2019 • 28min
093-Heavenly Mother (Part 1)
093-Heavenly Mother (Part 1) by Exploring Mormon Thought
Sep 29, 2019 • 57min
092-Did Joseph Smith Teach Spirit Birth?-Intelligence, Spirit & Heavenly Mother
Did Joseph Smith teach spirit birth?
He says no:
http://signaturebookslibrary.org/line-upon-line-11/
He says yes (well, he really says 'maybe'):
Go down to the article ‘A CONTINUATION OF THE SEEDS”: JOSEPH SMITH AND SPIRIT BIRTH
Brian C. Hales*
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&context=mormonhistory
The Idea of Pre-existence in the Development of Mormon Thought: (audio and a link to the paper): http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/11/the-idea-of-pre-existence-in.html
Sep 15, 2019 • 20min
Ep91-Sacramental Re-member-ing as At-one-ment-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 17
Ep91-Sacramental Re-member-ing as At-one-ment-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 17 by Exploring Mormon Thought
Sep 8, 2019 • 25min
090-The Atonement Heals the Broken Heart-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 16
090-The Atonement Heals the Broken Heart-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 16 by Exploring Mormon Thought
Aug 25, 2019 • 16min
089-The Poison of Sin and Atonement-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 15
089-The Poison of Sin and Atonement-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 15 by Exploring Mormon Thought
