When you stop believing in the LDS gospel, you (or more likely, your TBM family members) may wonder how you’re going to be moral without the guidance of the Church. Here’s the scientific explanation.
Monthly Archives: August 2024
Book Review: The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt
Perhaps my favorite post-Mormon read so far has been The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, by Jonathan Haidt. I love this book because it presents the best theories I’m aware of for how morality and belief work. Both of these explanations can be extremely helpful to ex-Mormons who areContinue reading “Book Review: The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt”
Book Review: My Lord, He Calls Me, Edited by Alice Faulkner Burch
The full title of the book I’m reviewing is My Lord, He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black American Latter-day Saints, a collection edited by Alice Faulkner Burch. This is a collection of firsthand accounts, meaning that my expository nonfiction review rubric isn’t quite appropriate and neither is my creative nonfiction one, seeing asContinue reading “Book Review: My Lord, He Calls Me, Edited by Alice Faulkner Burch”
Michael Servetus, John Calvin, and Progressive Mormon Reformers
I will burn, but this is a mere incident. We shall continue our discussion in eternity. —Michael Servetus As part of my research into Unitarian Universalism, I’m watching Long Strange Trip, which is a six-part documentary about the history of Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism. I recently watched part one, which covers the beginning ofContinue reading “Michael Servetus, John Calvin, and Progressive Mormon Reformers”
Book Review: BLUU Notes, edited by Takiyah Nur Amin and Mykal Slack
In this post, we’re talking about BLUU Notes: An Anthology of Love, Justice, and Liberation, edited by Takiyah Nur Amin and Mykal Slack. I loved it. 5 stars.
Book Review: Mormonism and White Supremacy, by Joanna Brooks
Today I’ll review Mormonism and White Supremacy: American Religion and the Problem of Racial Innocence, by Joanna Brooks. Spoiler alert: I recommend it. 5 stars.
Let’s Stop Calling Mormon Churches “Cults”
To me, the BITE model and Hassan’s framework is helpful in understanding your subjective experience. But it’s unscientific and potentially damaging if you use it to describe others’ reality for them.
Please keep that in mind next time you come across a discussion of Mormonism as a cult.
Eternity of Cats 