I had the pleasure of sitting down with @taylorpetrey.bsky.social to discuss The Bible and the Latter-day Saint Tradition today! Thanks to the @uofupress.bsky.social for the review copy.

If you're a PhD student, postdoc, or independent scholar working in Mormon studies, please consider applying to the Eugene England Summer Institute, which I co-lead with @taylorpetrey.bsky.social and Jana Riess. Our first year was an incredible experience & we expect the second year to be as well.

I’ve never had a more pleasant/rewarding academic experience than I did last week co-directing the Eugene England Summer Institute, a writing retreat/workshop for junior scholars in Mormon studies. Thanks to co-directors @taylorpetrey.bsky.social and Jana Riess, & especially the phenomenal fellows.

📚 In @dialoguejournal.bsky.social Vol. 57, Iss. 4, Christopher James Blythe reviews @uofupress.bsky.social book "Like a Fiery Meteor," @shilohlogan.bsky.social reviews "Proclaim Peace," and there's two more reviews. cc: @taylorpetrey.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/iss...

Incredible how some people applaud past progress like it’s sacred history—labor rights! civil rights! feminism!—but when today’s movements come knocking, it’s all “let’s not get carried away.”

The Scholars and Saints podcast out of UVA is one of my favorite in the Mormon Studies space and I love the work that @nbshrum34.bsky.social has been doing with it. This was a great discussion on my latest book _Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos _.

The Scholars and Saints podcast out of UVA is one of my favorite in the Mormon Studies space and I love the work that Nicholas Shrum has been doing with it. This was a great discussion on my latest book _Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos _. www.buzzsprout.com/1298003/epis...

Vol. 57, Iss. 4, of @dialoguejournal.bsky.social contains personal voices, poetry, & fiction that resonate with the theme of family, using creativity to illuminate perspectives that are both universal and unique. cc: @taylorpetrey.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/iss...

End of an era for me. Thanks @dialoguejournal.bsky.social!!

What is a family? This special issue of @dialoguejournal.bsky.social 57.4 explores the multifaceted concept of family within the context of Latter-day Saint culture & thought. cc: @taylorpetrey.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/iss...

1/ The way Christians used the Bible to defend slavery is eerily similar to how many now use it to condemn queer people. The battle isn’t new. It’s the same script with new actors.

An individual lacks the power to effect structural change alone. But a committee can reach a well-documented consensus that structural change is, regrettably, unfeasible at this time.

I for one believe we Americans owe the people of Ukraine immense gratitude for fighting on the front lines to keep the rest of Europe and the world safe from Russian aggression.

Supporting Ukraine is not a Rorschach test. It is an open book True/False for anyone who paid any attention to 20th century European history. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real hard choices about what to do but forced surrender with a knife in the back is so obviously not it.

I dream of a time when Gobstopper multicolor layer technology can be applied to bar soap.

Remember when Trump was impeached for trying to extort a fake investigation into the Bidens from Ukraine? He actually did it. It’s in the transcript and sworn testimonies. Anyway, now they’re a target of his revenge scheme.

Why are we here in a world where American oligarchs are buying our politicians and getting to run amock in the government? One of the worst decisions in Supreme Court history: Citizen’s United.

While the notion that the gender of deities directly mirrors the gender politics of a religion was an overly simplistic interpretation of earlier social analyses, the exposition of heteropatriarchal ideology concealed as theology continues to be a crucial aspect of analysis.

Don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious.

They came through! www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

Whether due to stupidity or worse, the president of the United States of America is indisputably a Russian asset.

Dying in a hideous plane crash because the world’s most racist and unlovable nerds couldn’t handle a 45 minute HR training.

1/ Been thinking about the anti-institutional mood that helped bring Trump to power—the idea that everything is broken and should be burned down. The usual take is that Democrats got stuck defending the status quo. That’s partly true—but also misses something important.

Blatant, open, corruption.

Choosing Russia over Europe is a betrayal of our ancestors, values, and honor. Shame on the GOP.

NT Profs: my go-to teaching example of how the canonical gospels are shaping Jesus's story to fit their later interpretations of prophesy is the triumphal entry with the donkey/colt in the synoptics. What do you use to make this point?

Can someone tag all of the @BYU constitution scholars they’ve hired in recent years at Wheatley, JRCLS, and other places on campus? I’m interested to follow their denunciations of the current lawlessness.

It’s serious folks. We’ve never seen such an assault on the rule of law and it isn’t letting up.

Panama Greenland Canada Gaza We are in madman territory.

Hey eligible Mormon studies scholars, we are just a few weeks away from the deadline for the Eugene England Summer Institute with me, @benjaminepark.bsky.social and Jana Riess! Deadline to apply is February 15. www.eugeneenglandsummerinstitute.com/apply

Hey eligible Mormon studies scholars, we are just a few weeks away from the deadline for the Eugene England Summer Institute with me, @benjaminepark.bsky.social and Jana Riess! Deadline to apply is February 15. www.eugeneenglandsummerinstitute.com/apply

Those who study “patriotic history” are doomed to repeat actual history.

Hide your kids, hide your wives, and hide your husbands. Looks like I’m now the Resistance.

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Every once in a while I’ll get a teaching evaluation that says I’m “kinda dorky” but would a dork dab at the end of every lecture???

Systemic and individual racism by many in the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, from slavery to the priesthood and temple ban to segregation and more, is an indictment of their ethics, judgment, and character. We have to grapple with that, repair it, and be vigilant in ongoing areas.

“Republican lawmakers are considering a change to tax policy that would make college more expensive for students receiving grants and scholarships to help pay their tuition bill.”

The President demanding an apology for a bishop’s sermon and a congressperson calling for her deportation and the MAGA response to take away tax exempt status and harass staff are what actual attacks on religious freedom look like. Christian nationalism is coming for us all.

"Democracy and rule of law is more fragile than Americans think." What's happening in the US now is not unique in history. What's important is that we recognize what's happening and fight back.

If there were only two genders you wouldn’t need to make it a law to insist on it.

1/ This is an absolutely shameful day in the history of the United States. A lawless and corrupt man supported by oligarchs and enabled by a corrupted Supreme Court will take an oath to the constitution that we all know is meaningless. He has promised to build concentration camps,

The BYU story by Peggy Fletcher Stack last week continues to spark discussion, with countless social media threads and several “responses” in the @deseret.com.web.brid.gy I was happy to discuss the story further (along with Peggy) on RadioWest in an episode today. t.co/7OsdnmuTT1

It’s the 1yr anniversary of AMERICAN ZION. Highlights included a half-dozen major reviews, a full-page @sltrib.com story, a 2-month tour w/22 events in 8 states, 4 conference roundtables, & ~30 book groups. Not bad for a project I initially turned down! If you’ve read the book, I’d love to hear it.

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Happy New Tiny Deacons seasons to all who celebrate.

Feeling helpless here in MI, but if anyone I know or that you know that’s affected by the fires and needs a place to stay and can come to MI while things get sorted please get in touch.

The greatest trick that compulsory binary heterogender ever pulled was convincing the world that it wasn't a gender ideology.

I had a wonderful experience at BYU as an undergrad, with great mentors and friends who prepared me to be an academic. I also know there are lots of phenomenal faculty there now attempting to blend professionalism with the faith’s mission. What Clark Gilbert and other admin are doing is tragic. /1