1 hr 13 min
EP 538 – The REAL Illuminati This Week in Mormons
-
- Christianity
Our dearest Josie Gleave is back after a minor hiatus. She's been plenty busy, and we'll get you all caught up on the happenings in Singapore.
There is a new musical composed in response to The Book of Mormon called 1820: The Musical, and it is stated to be a musical journey through the start of the Restoration, framed around the love story of Joseph and Emma Smith. Check out its hot soundtrack!
Do you watch The Chosen? It's a huge hit among Christian audiences, but plenty of America is unaware of its existence. The Atlantic wrote a lengthy piece about the history and nature of the show, and was largely positive about its story, acting, and production values, which is saying something, since the venerable publication is often difficult to please!
Historian Gregory Prince donated over 10,000 Latter-day Saint-related materials to the University of Virginia, giving it the largest Mormon studies program outside of Utah.
Hey, so the REAL Illuminati have announced their own version of the Book of Mormon. Yes, this is a thing!
Some temple news. First, all temples globally are now open in some capacity. The Kyiv Ukraine Temple was the lone holdout, having remained closed since March 2020. Also, you know how temples were often built on the same lot as a meetinghouse? Well now they are replacing meetinghouses. Check out a history of that change.
On to some demographics. Latter-day Saints are getting older, according to a new study. The median age of Church members is now three years higher than it was the last time the study took place. What's up with that?
A Deseret News op-ed goes into some of the reportedly flawed methodology in the headline-grabbing report that one in five young Latter-day Saints are not heterosexual.
And why haven't other states followed Utah's lead when it comes to LGBTQ rights? The "Utah Compromise" came into law in 2015, but little else has changed nationally in the time since then.
Latter-day Saint bishops and other leaders have historically been able to perform civil marriages for just about anyone, but new guidelines from the First Presidency have drastically restricted that ability. Why?
The Church aims to be a good steward of the environment, so it is responding to Utah's drought by a href="https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/07/12/lds-church-cuts-water-use/" target="_blank" r...
Our dearest Josie Gleave is back after a minor hiatus. She's been plenty busy, and we'll get you all caught up on the happenings in Singapore.
There is a new musical composed in response to The Book of Mormon called 1820: The Musical, and it is stated to be a musical journey through the start of the Restoration, framed around the love story of Joseph and Emma Smith. Check out its hot soundtrack!
Do you watch The Chosen? It's a huge hit among Christian audiences, but plenty of America is unaware of its existence. The Atlantic wrote a lengthy piece about the history and nature of the show, and was largely positive about its story, acting, and production values, which is saying something, since the venerable publication is often difficult to please!
Historian Gregory Prince donated over 10,000 Latter-day Saint-related materials to the University of Virginia, giving it the largest Mormon studies program outside of Utah.
Hey, so the REAL Illuminati have announced their own version of the Book of Mormon. Yes, this is a thing!
Some temple news. First, all temples globally are now open in some capacity. The Kyiv Ukraine Temple was the lone holdout, having remained closed since March 2020. Also, you know how temples were often built on the same lot as a meetinghouse? Well now they are replacing meetinghouses. Check out a history of that change.
On to some demographics. Latter-day Saints are getting older, according to a new study. The median age of Church members is now three years higher than it was the last time the study took place. What's up with that?
A Deseret News op-ed goes into some of the reportedly flawed methodology in the headline-grabbing report that one in five young Latter-day Saints are not heterosexual.
And why haven't other states followed Utah's lead when it comes to LGBTQ rights? The "Utah Compromise" came into law in 2015, but little else has changed nationally in the time since then.
Latter-day Saint bishops and other leaders have historically been able to perform civil marriages for just about anyone, but new guidelines from the First Presidency have drastically restricted that ability. Why?
The Church aims to be a good steward of the environment, so it is responding to Utah's drought by a href="https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/07/12/lds-church-cuts-water-use/" target="_blank" r...
1 hr 13 min