
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

Apr 14, 2019 • 23min
078-The Divine Risk of Love-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 4
078-The Divine Risk of Love-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 4 by Exploring Mormon Thought

Apr 7, 2019 • 26min
077-The Language of Ritual Viewed From Within-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 3
077-The Language of Ritual Viewed From Within-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 3 by Exploring Mormon Thought

Mar 31, 2019 • 18min
076-An Ethic of Religious Discourse-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 2
076-An Ethic of Religious Discourse-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 2 by Exploring Mormon Thought

Mar 17, 2019 • 26min
075-The Invitation That Calls to Us-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 1
In this short volume, Blake Ostler departs from the more analytically rigorous approach that defined his groundbreaking Exploring Mormon Thought series and instead offers a meditation and reflection on the deeper and more important aspects of Mormon theology.
Ostler explores two of the most important and central aspects of Mormon theology and practice: the Atonement and the temple endowment. Utilizing observations from Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Buber, and others, Ostler offers further insights on what it means to become alienated from God and to once again have at-one-ment with Him.

Mar 3, 2019 • 58min
074-Conspiring Prayer with Mark Karris - Divine Echoes
Conspiring Prayer with Mark Karris:
Divine Echoes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078WFV3NT/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Conspiring prayer website: http://conspiringprayer.com/
Marks website: http://markgregorykarris.com/

Feb 18, 2019 • 1h 6min
073-Mormonism and Other Faiths - Vol 5
Topics Discussed:
• Self Deception and the Corruption of Human Intellect
• The Relation of Experience and Interpretation to Spiritual Knowledge
• The Objection from Conflicting Religious Experiences
• The Relativity of Degrees of Light Theory of Religious Diversity
• The Argument from Arrogance

Feb 3, 2019 • 1h 1min
072-Knowledge is Being (Pt 2) - Vol 5
Topics Discussed:
1. How Are We Aware of Noumenal Experience?
2. How Could Post-conceptual Language Expressed in a Publicly Available Dialogue Be Known to be True Subjectively?
3. Kierkegaardian Subjectivity.
4. Interpersonal Encounter with a Thou that Precedes and Exceeds Me: A Levinasian Addendum to Buber.
http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2019/02/ep72-knowledge-is-being-pt-2-vol-5.html

Jan 27, 2019 • 1h 5min
071-Knowledge is Being (Pt 1) - Vol 5
Topics Discussed:
A. The Veridicality Objection.
1. The Certainty of Knowledge.
2. The Kantian Assumption.
3. The Dis-appearance of the Noumenal/Phenomenal Distinction in Mormon Epistemic Experiences.

Jan 20, 2019 • 1h 1min
070-Faith, Reason, & Spiritual Experience - Vol 5
Topics Discussed:
• Epistemology of Religious Experience
• The Distinctive Mormon Epistemic Practices
• Faith, Evidence and Reason

Jan 10, 2019 • 1h 6min
069-God Can't - Thomas Jay Oord
Purchase the books:
God Can't:
https://www.amazon.com/God-Cant-Believe-after-Tragedy-ebook/dp/B07MP93F1W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547100495&sr=8-1&keywords=god+can%27t+oord
The Uncontrolling Love of God:
https://www.amazon.com/Uncontrolling-Love-God-Relational-Providence-ebook/dp/B01959VKI2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547100540&sr=8-1&keywords=the+uncontrolling+love+of+god
Show Notes:
http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2019/01/069-god-cant-thomas-jay-oord.html