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Exploring Mormon Thought

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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

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  1. 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

  2. 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…

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  3. 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...

  4. 095-Heavenly Mother (Part 3)

    095-Heavenly Mother (Part 3) by Exploring Mormon Thought

  5. 094-Heavenly Mother (Part 2)

    094-Heavenly Mother (Part 2) by Exploring Mormon Thought

  6. 093-Heavenly Mother (Part 1)

    093-Heavenly Mother (Part 1) by Exploring Mormon Thought

  7. 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*...

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 088-The Mirror of Judgement-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 14

    088-The Mirror of Judgement-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 14 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  12. 087-Original Sin and the Human Condition-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 13

    087-Original Sin and the Human Condition-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 13 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  13. 086-The Nature of Being in the World-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 12

    086-The Nature of Being in the World-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 12 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  14. 085-Ways of Being in the World-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 11

    085-Ways of Being in the World-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 11 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  15. 084-The Fruit of Our Mortal Lives-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 10

    084-The Fruit of Our Mortal Lives-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 10 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  16. 083-The Cherubim's Sword-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 9

    083-The Cherubim's Sword-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 9 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  17. 082-We Are All Adam & Eve-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 8

    082-We Are All Adam & Eve-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 8 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  18. 081-Human Sacrifice, Plural Marriage and the I-Thou Relation-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 7

    081-Human Sacrifice, Plural Marriage and the I-Thou Relation-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 7 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  19. 080-Zion as the Sacred Society Reflecting Divine Love-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 6

    080-Zion as the Sacred Society Reflecting Divine Love-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 6 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  20. Ep79-The Peer Relationship as Christology-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 5

    Ep79-The Peer Relationship as Christology-Fire on the Horizon-Ch 5 by Exploring Mormon Thought

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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...

  25. 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/

  26. 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

  27. 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…

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  28. 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.

  29. 070-Faith, Reason, & Spiritual Experience - Vol 5

    Topics Discussed: • Epistemology of Religious Experience • The Distinctive Mormon Epistemic Practices • Faith, Evidence and Reason

  30. 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:...

  31. 068-Jesus Christ the Savior of the World-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 5) - Vol 4

    We discuss how Jesus' life and atonement help solve the problem of evil. https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1122&index=11

  32. 067-Natural Evils-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 4) - Vol 4

    Natural Evils

  33. 066-Radical Evils and Pre-mortal Consent-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 3) - Vol 4

    Topics Discussed: • Can Radical Evils Benefit the Victims as an Essential Feature of God’s Plan of Atonement? • Is It Justifiable to Permit Consent to Personality-Destroying Evils? • Are Radical Evils Essential to the Plan of Atonement? Refer to the outline here...specifically #9 for this…

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  34. The Idea of Pre-existence in the Development of Mormon Thought

    https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V15N01_61.pdf

  35. King Follett Discourse Reading

    My father has been out of town for two weeks and we ran out of buffer episodes so for this week I thought I would perform a reading of the King Follett Discourse. This discourse is very important to LDS Doctrine and is referred to a lot on this podcast so I thought it was relevant....

  36. 065-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 2) - Vol 4

    Topics Discussed: • Plan of Atonement Theodicy Outline http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/10/ep65-plan-of-atonement-theodicy-pt-2.html

  37. 064-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 1) - Vol 4

    Topics Discussed: • The Nature of God's Providence • The Nature of Intelligences • The Ontological Status of Natural Laws • God's Power • God's Providential Knowledge • The Nature of the Challenge of Learning to Love

  38. 063-A Mormon Process Theodicy - Vol 4

    Topics Discussed: • Precedents in Mormon Thought for a Process Theodicy • Basic Commitments of A Mormon Process Theodicy • Criticisms of Process Theodicy

  39. 062-God and the Natural Universe: Mormon Finitism and Transhumanism (Pt 1) - Vol 4

    Topics Discussed: • God’s Relation to Natural Regularities in the Tradition. • Prospects of a Natural Law Theodicy in the Tradition of Ex Nihilo Creation. • Mormon Finitism/Transhumanism

  40. 061-What We Learn From The Problem of Evil (Pt 2) - Vol 4

    Topics Discussed: • Gods Options and the Free Will Defense • The Less Evil Options Argument from Evil

  41. 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:...

  42. 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

  43. 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?

  44. 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

  45. 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:...

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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?

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