One of the most influential leaders of the modern Mormon church, Bruce R. McConkie, made a name for himself with his seminal 1958 work Mormon Doctrine, an encyclopedia of Mormon doctrine and theology. It immediately made waves in the community and the rest of the leadership decided to censor McConkie and the book was pulled from the shelves. With significant edits to address leadership complaints, the book was republished in 1966 and again massively edited and published in 1979 after the priesthood ban was lifted. We explore the life of Bruce McConkie and discuss the impact of Mormon Doctrine and McConkie, as well as the reasons for censure and highlighting necessary edits to tone the book down. Yes, this is the deep-dive on Bruce McConkie and Mormon Doctrine you’ve been waiting for and this episode launches us into our next long-form book review of Millennial Messiah by Bruce McConkie!
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The Bruce R. McConkie Story: Reflections of a Son, by Joseph Fielding McConkie
The End of Bruce R McConkie’s Mormon Doctrine, by Stirling Adams: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43201315?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
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Much is said and thought of John C. Bennett from Nauvoo Mormon history, but what do the documents actually say? Today we go through a brief deep dive into this fascinating figure. He became a close friend and then personal greatest enemy of Joseph Smith throughout a complicated sequence of events. Bennett is most renowned for his 1842 expose, The History of the Saints, which he wrote after his abrupt removal from all church, government, and military appointments. We deal with the charge that he was providing abortions and what the implications which follow actually mean. After that we review Reign of Fire, a Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey dragon movie with surprisingly deep interpretations. We wrap with some happy news from the Lego company to help children undergoing medical procedures.
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Interview read for patrons: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/interview-3november-1841/1
Other Bennett Sources:
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/john-cook-bennett
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-john-c-bennett-15-august-1840/2
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-john-c-bennett-25-july-1840/1
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-from-john-c-bennett-18-december-1841/1
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-from-john-c-bennett-3-february-1841/3
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-3-february-1841/1
https://archive.org/details/historysaints00benngoog/page/n63/mode/2up?view=theater
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YES! WE’RE FINALLY DONE!! The Miracle of Forgiveness has been a grind and we’re finally putting this monster of a book to rest. However, we can’t do it alone so we are joined by the incredible expertise of Natasha Helfer. She’s been working in sex and relationship therapy within the Mormon space for two and a half decades and she helps us contrast Spencer W. Kimball’s statements about sex and gender with modern science. Be sure to follow her at the links provided below. We hope you enjoy this celebration along with us before we crack into Bruce McConkie for our next long-form review!
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A veritable gagglefuck of links to find Natasha Helfer!
MMHA: https://mormonmentalhealthassoc.org/
Symmetry Solutions: https://www.symmetrysols.com/
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The Black 14 was a group of athletes at University of Wyoming in Laramie who stood up to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and BYU. They suffered the wrath of withering public ire, but their story is immortalized as emblematic of the struggle for racial justice and equality in the 1960s and 70s. Join us as we learn their story and discuss Brigham Young University’s fight to keep discriminating when it became illegal to do so. After that we discuss Small Foot, a movie about asking questions and breaking out of the shell in which people are raised. We round out the show with some happy news about gender and sex equality in Israel of all places.
Show Notes:
Resources concerning the Black 14
https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/black-14-race-politics-religion-and-wyoming-football
https://www.newspapers.com/image/598921419/?terms=byu%20protest&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/636296214/?terms=byu%20protest&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/536317000/?terms=byu%20protest&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/582751880/?terms=byu%20protest&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/215625791/?terms=byu%20protest&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/113865632/?terms=byu%20protest&match=1
http://www.byhigh.org/History/Ymountain/Yletter.html
https://policy.byu.edu/view/demonstration-policy
https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/what-black-armband-means-forty-years-later
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/393/503/
MOGP: Smallfoot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6182908/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt
Happy News: Same Sex Couples can Now Opt for Surrogacy in Isreal : https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israel-news-lgbtq-rights-surrogacy-rights-same-sex-couples-can-now-opt-for-surrogacy-in-israel-supreme-court-order-2688163
Bryce will be on Thrive: https://www.thrivebeyondreligion.com/event/thrive-unite/
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