As Latter-day Saints focus on the New Testament this year we’re bringing you insights to ponder from past episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast. This MIPodcast Moment is from James Martin, SJ. He wrote a book about the seven phrases Jesus uttered while hanging on the cross. Strikingly, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John don’t all […]
Read MoreAccording to historian Colleen McDannell, women have played vital roles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the beginning. From the hard-scrabble pioneer worker to the Progressive Era suffragette, from the domestic housewife to the working mother, the international convert, the single adult, the black Latter-day Saint—each have contributed to the church’s […]
Read MoreThe 2019 Laura F. Willes Book of Mormon Lecture is now available to watch online. On January 25th Grant Hardy and Brian Kershisnik presented: “Illuminating the Book of Mormon: A New Edition for the 21st Century.” Watch Grant Hardy and Brian Kershisnik share insights from the Book of Mormon based on their work on the new […]
Read MoreAs Latter-day Saints focus this year on the New Testament we’ll bring you insights to ponder from past episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast, hosted by Blair Hodges. This MIPodcast Moment is from Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish specialist of the New Testament. By reading the New Testament from a Jewish perspective she introduces Christian readers […]
Read MoreEarlier this week LDS.org published an essay in the “Gospel Topics” series laying out the position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the geographic location of the events recorded in the Book of Mormon. The short essay is worth a read, but I’ll quickly review it here and offer a few thoughts […]
Read MoreThe Maxwell Institute’s 2018 Annual Report is now available to read online. Complimentary print copies can be requested here while supplies last. Our report features Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s 2018 Neal A. Maxwell Lecture, “The Maxwell Legacy in the 21st Century,” video of which can be seen here. It also includes Cory Maxwell’s touching tribute […]
Read MoreThe recent Maxwell Institute Guest Lecture featuring Brian Hauglid and Robin Jensen is now available to watch online: “A Window Into Joseph Smith’s Translation: Exploring the Book of Abraham Manuscripts.” Watch Some of the most puzzling documents left in the wake of Joseph Smith’s prophetic career pertain to the Book of Abraham—from the ancient papyrus […]
Read MoreAs Latter-day Saints focus this year on the New Testament we’ll bring you insights to ponder from past episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast. This MIPodcast Moment is from Julie Smith, from her interview about the New Testament gospels. Listen or read the transcript here. BLAIR HODGES: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John offer related but distinctive […]
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The risks and rewards of interreligious dialogue, with Catherine Cornille [ 58:12 | 80.19 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadMany religious believers live their entire lives without learning much about other people’s faith. Maybe some people avoid interreligious dialogue because they think they already know their religion is true. Maybe some people fear that such exchanges might somehow change them and they don’t want change. In this episode we’re joined by Catherine Cornille. She’s […]
Read MoreAn excerpt from Grant Hardy’s interview with Stephen O. Smoot on the LDS Perspectives podcast. Download or read the transcript here. Read a sample chapter from the Maxwell Institute Study Edition of the Book of Mormon, which Hardy edited, below. Stephen O. Smoot (LDS Perspectives): You’ve been studying the Book of Mormon for a very long […]
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