Monthly Archives: May 2021

Gospel Topics Chapter 9 Bringhurst Part 1



This week Bill and Eric take a closer look at chapter 9 in the book The LDS Gospel Topics Series: A Scholarly Engagement (Signature Books, 2020), titled “Plural Marriage after 1890.” The entire series along with other articles covering the Gospel Topics Essays, printed between 2013-2015, are located at mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays, where you can get a fuller report.


Gospel Topics Chapter 8 Smith Part 5



We continue our series reviewing the 2020 book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this time chapter 8 “Remembering, Forgetting, and Re-remembering 19th-century LDS plural marriage” written by Signature Book publisher George D. Smith. For more on the Gospel Topics essays, visit mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays


Gospel Topics Chapter 8 Smith Part 4



We continue our series reviewing the 2020 book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this time chapter 8 “Remembering, Forgetting, and Re-remembering 19th-century LDS plural marriage” written by Signature Book publisher George D. Smith. For more on the Gospel Topics essays, visit mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays


Gospel Topics Chapter 8 Smith Part 3



We continue our series reviewing the 2020 book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this time chapter 8 “Remembering, Forgetting, and Re-remembering 19th-century LDS plural marriage” written by Signature Book publisher George D. Smith. For more on the Gospel Topics essays, visit mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays


Gospel Topics Chapter 8 Smith Part 2



We continue our series reviewing the 2020 book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this time chapter 8 “Remembering, Forgetting, and Re-remembering 19th-century LDS plural marriage” written by Signature Book publisher George D. Smith. For more on the Gospel Topics essays, visit mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays


Gospel Topics Chapter 8 Smith Part 1



We continue our series reviewing the 2020 book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this time chapter 8 “Remembering, Forgetting, and Re-remembering 19th-century LDS plural marriage” written by Signature Book publisher George D. Smith. For more on the Gospel Topics essays, visit mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays


Gospel Topics Chapter 7 Bergera Part 5



We continue our series by looking at a chapter on polygamy written by Gary Bergera, responding to the Signature book published in 2020 on the Gospel Topics Essays. For more on the Gospel Topics Essays, see https://www.mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays.


Gospel Topics Chapter 7 Bergera Part 4



We continue our series by looking at a chapter on polygamy written by Gary Bergera, responding to the Signature book published in 2020 on the Gospel Topics Essays. For more on the Gospel Topics Essays, see https://www.mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays.


Gospel Topics Chapter 7 Bergera Part 3



We continue our series by looking at a chapter on polygamy written by Gary Bergera, responding to the Signature book published in 2020 on the Gospel Topics Essays. For more on the Gospel Topics Essays, see https://www.mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays.


Gospel Topics Chapter 7 Bergera Part 1



Today we begin a series on a chapter on polygamy written by Gary Bergera, in response to the Signature book on the Gospel Topics Essays. For more on the Gospel Topics Essays, see https://www.mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays.


Gospel Topics Chapter 7 Bergera Part 6



We continue our series by looking at a chapter on polygamy written by Gary Bergera, responding to the Signature book published in 2020 on the Gospel Topics Essays. For more on the Gospel Topics Essays, see https://www.mrm.org/gospel-topics-essays.


Gospel Topics Chapter 6 Turner Part 1



John G. Turner wrote a response to the “Peace and Violence” Gospel Topics essay, and this week Bill and Eric discuss his review and more about one of the 13 original essays published by the church. This is part of a series covering the reviews from a variety of authors writing in the book The LDS Gospel Topics Series.


Gospel Topics Chapter 5 Howlett Part 5



In our ongoing series reviewing the book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this week we consider chapter 5 (“the Cultural Work of the ‘First Vision Accounts’ Essay”) written by David J. Howlett and take a closer look at the First Vision.


Gospel Topics Chapter 5 Howlett Part 4



In our ongoing series reviewing the book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this week we consider chapter 5 (“the Cultural Work of the ‘First Vision Accounts’ Essay”) written by David J. Howlett and take a closer look at the First Vision.


Gospel Topics Chapter 5 Howlett Part 3



In our ongoing series reviewing the book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this week we consider chapter 5 (“the Cultural Work of the ‘First Vision Accounts’ Essay”) written by David J. Howlett and take a closer look at the First Vision.


Gospel Topics Chapter 5 Howlett Part 2



In our ongoing series reviewing the book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this week we consider chapter 5 (“the Cultural Work of the ‘First Vision Accounts’ Essay”) written by David J. Howlett and take a closer look at the First Vision.


Gospel Topics Chapter 5 Howlett Part 1



In our ongoing series reviewing the book The LDS Gospel Topics Series, this week we consider chapter 5 (“the Cultural Work of the ‘First Vision Accounts’ Essay”) and take a closer look at the First Vision.