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Comparing Mormon and Creedal Christian Thought

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  • 191. Devery Anderson on LDS Apostle Bruce R. McConkie

    191. Devery Anderson on LDS Apostle Bruce R. McConkie
    Dec 1 2025
    In this episode, we welcome Devery S. Anderson to discuss his book Bruce R. McConkie: Apostle and Polemicist, 1915-1985. Who was Elder Bruce R. McConkie, what is his lasting influence and why? What has made Bruce R. McConkie stand out, especially when one engages Mormon Doctrine and theology? From his many books, conference talks, firesides, and even private correspondence – McConkie has had incredible influence on the theological understanding and reputation of the LDS Church, both from the inside and the outside. Devery takes us through many of the behind-the-scenes controversies over McConkie’s book Mormon Doctrine and his famous talk “The Seven Deadly Heresies” – as well as his surprising role in President Kimball’s 1978 reversal on the temple and priesthood ban for black people. How did an LDS apostle so educated in the doctrinal disputes of the past engage with theological change? The answers to this, in combination with the answer given by those who opposed him, bring out tensions within the LDS mind and community that remain even today.Book: Bruce R. McConkie: Apostle and Polemicist, 1915-1985Other resources by Devery Anderson:- The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History- Joseph Smith’s Quorum of the Annointed, 1842-1845: A Documentary History- Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights MovementSome resources by Elder Bruce R. McConkie:Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith (3 volumes)Mormon DoctrineDoctrinal New Testament Commentary (3 volumes)The Messiah Series (6 volumes)A New Witness for the Articles of Faith“Joseph Smith – The Mighty Prophet of the Restoration”“The Mystery of Mormonism”“All Are Alike Unto God”“Our Relationship with the Lord”“The Seven Deadly Heresies”“The Purifying Power of Gethsemane”Other resources:Second-Class Saints by Matthew HarrisConflict in the Quorum by Gary BergeraNote: The audio clips in the middle of the episode are a from a speech given by McConkie in 1978, however, there is no audio. BYU made this recording using someone else's voice.
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    2 h y 7 m
  • 190. Joshua Mitchell on Plato's Fable

    190. Joshua Mitchell on Plato's Fable
    Nov 26 2025
    In this episode, we welcome back Dr. Joshua Mitchell to discuss his book Plato’s Fable: On the Mortal Condition in Shadowy Times. What is Plato’s Republic, and why does it matter? What is “the Good”, and why is philosophy “bound up with things divine”? How and why does Plato connect the condition of the soul with the condition of the city? Dr. Mitchell takes us through highlights from this foundational text for philosophy, Western Civilization – and one of the more influential extra-biblical texts for Christians. From the mimetic aspect of life, to the purpose of stories to aid the soul, to the embracing of death for new life – Plato’s text can aid even modern man in recognizing the problems inherent in man’s mortal condition, the dangers and necessities of evaluating the traditions of our fathers, the absolute need for the Divine gift, and to evaluate the Fable of Liberalism that informs much of the politics of our own time. Join us as Dr. Mitchell takes us through the religious awakening of our time often masquerading as “secularism”, the necessity of Biblical truth to correct the incomplete religion most wrongly identify with Karl Marx, as well as the dangers inherent in Right or Left embracing either Nietzsche or Thrasymachus. Listen in as we see the lessons and wisdom we can learn from Socrates, as well as the salvation and sanctification we need from Christ Jesus – both as embodied individuals and in our body politic.Book: Plato’s Fable: On the Mortal Condition in Shadowy TimesPlato’s Republic: here, here or hereSome other resources by Dr. Mitchell:Video Essay – Identity Politics: Guilt and ScapegoatAmerican Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time- Please check out our previous interview hereThe Fragility of Freedom: Tocqueville on Religion, Democracy and the American FutureTocqueville in Arabia: The Anxieties of the Democratic AgeNot By Reason Alone: Religion, History and Identity in Early Modern ThoughtOther resources:Confessions; The City of God by Saint AugustineOn the Incarnation by AthanasiusThe Institutes of the Christian Religion by John CalvinDemocracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleGravity and Grace by Simone WeilSocrates by Paul Johnson
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    1 h y 56 m
  • 189. David Talcott on Plato

    189. David Talcott on Plato
    Nov 24 2025

    In this episode, we welcome Dr. David Talcott to discuss his book Plato. Who was Plato (427-347 BC), and why does he matter? From his “theory of Forms”, to his “Divided Line” and even his famous Allegory of the Cave – Plato has been one of the most influential thinkers and writers in Western Civilization. British philosopher Alfred North Whitehead famously stated that the “safest generalization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of footnotes to Plato”, and yet many today would not even know how to approach reading a Platonic dialogue. Listen in as Dr. Talcott helps us learn some of the basic themes and structures of Plato’s thought – why they mattered in ancient Greece, and why they matter now. A pupil to Socrates, as Dr. Talcott writes the “most fundamental commitment of Platonism is an unrelentingly spiritual orientation to the world”. Perhaps there are reasons why so many Christians in history have seen much wisdom, insight and usefulness to this ancient Greek philosopher.


    Book: Plato


    Some other resources by Dr. Talcott:

    “Plato and Aristotle: Enemies or Partners?”

    A Christian Appraisal of Plato: Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four

    “Hey Republicans: Stop Dissing Philosophy” (also here)


    Plato:

    - The Apology (also here)

    - The Republic

    - The Symposium

    - The Laws


    Other resources:

    Plato and the Socratic Dialogue; Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Philosophy of Nature by Charles Kahn

    Plato of Athens by Robin Waterfield


    “The Death of Socrates: How To Read A Painting”

    US Supreme Court: Obergefell v. Hodges (see Oral Argument: April 28, 2015, Part One, Justice Alito)

    For Music, credit and thanks to Atmospherious.
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    1 h y 52 m
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