
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

Sep 23, 2018 • 55min
060-What We Learn From The Problem of Evil (Pt 1) - Vol 4
Topics Discussed:
• The Problem of Evil: The Argument
• Human Cognitive Limitations
• The Problem of Moral Quietude for Skeptical Theism
• The Problem of Moral Quietude and Meticulous Providence
• The No Minimum Evil Defense
Show Notes: http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/09/ep60-what-we-learn-from-problem-of-evil.html

Sep 16, 2018 • 54min
059-The Scriptural Basis for the Doctrine of Deification - Of God and Gods Ch 12
Topics Discussed:
• Partaking of the Divine Nature: 2 Peter 1:4
• Ye Are Gods: Psalm 82/John 10:34–36
• Divine Sons Who Are like Christ: 1 John 3:1–3
• One Just as Father and Son Are One: John 17
http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/09/ep59-scriptural-basis-for-doctrine-of.html

Sep 9, 2018 • 1h 8min
058-We Shall Be as He Is: The Mormon Doctrine of Deification (pt 2) - Of God and Gods Ch 11
Topics Discussed:
Arguments That Essential Divine Properties Cannot Be Shared with Humans
- Can a Fulness of Divine Power Be Shared?
- Can Divine Sovereignty Be Shared By Humans?
- Are Deified Humans Worthy of Divine Worship?

Sep 3, 2018 • 1h 16min
057-We Shall Be as He Is: The Mormon Doctrine of Deification (Pt 1) - Of God and Gods Ch 11
Show Notes:
http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/09/ep57-we-shall-be-as-he-is-mormon.html

Aug 27, 2018 • 54min
056-Logical Problems of Deification - Of God and Gods Ch 10
Topics Discussed:
• What Is the Divine Nature in Which We Share?
• The Logic of Deification: The Exchange Formula
• Deification and Justification by Faith Alone
• Failure of the Distinction between Communicable and Incommunicable Properties
• Monotheism, Simplicity, and Deification
Show Notes: http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/08/topics-discussed-is-divine-nature-in.html

Aug 5, 2018 • 1h 12min
055-Challenges to Mormon Social Trinitarianism - Of God and Gods Ch 9
Topics Discussed:
• The Problem of the Godhead and Monotheism
• Divine Embodiment and Monotheism
• The Problem of Diminished Divinity
• The Competing Omnipotents Problem
• The Problem of Divine Deception

Jul 30, 2018 • 1h 19min
054-The Godhead in Mormon Thought (pt 2) - Of God and Gods Ch 8
Topics Discussed:
• The Divine Kind
• Indwelling Love
• The Ontological Nature of Personal Existence
• The Scriptural Argument for Yahweh’s Kind Uniqueness
http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/07/ep54-godhead-in-mormon-thought-pt-2-of.html

Jul 22, 2018 • 51min
053-The Godhead in Mormon Thought (pt 1) - Of God and Gods Ch 8
Topics Discussed:
• Mormon Social Trinitarianism
• The Logical Problem of the Trinity and Mormon Thought
http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/07/ep53-godhead-in-mormon-thought-pt-1-of.html

Jul 16, 2018 • 47min
052 - Social Trinitarianism - Of God and Gods Ch 7
Topics Discussed:
• Richard Swinburne’s Theory of Social Trinitarianism
• Trinity Monotheism
• Perichoretic Monotheism
• Reveling in Mystery

Jul 2, 2018 • 44min
051-The Latin Trinity, Logic, and Scripture - Of God and Gods Ch 6
Topics Discussed:
• The Creedal Formulation and Its Problems
• Latin Trinitarianism
• Distinct Persons in the “Unique Identity” of God?