How do anti-Mormon activists impact temple projects? Their opposition often inadvertently aids government approval.
What drives believers to crime? False prophecies and apocalyptic fervor spark descent into chaos.
A near-death experience at 39 leads a mother to challenge her perceptions of entitlement, faith, and mortality.
I sit down with Carl Cranney and Liz Busby from Pop Culture on the Apricot Tree in this (ambitious!) crossover episode to discuss an episode of Netflix’s dystopian technology show Black Mirror. We had a blast talking through the Black Mirror episode “Hated in the Nation.” The discussion focuses on social media, and how it encourages bad behavior. We also talk about how we can resist the pull of cruelty and the “epistemology of hell” that drives the attention economy.
How to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is a challenging question for many American families. Whatever the details of the decision, let’s hold on to the transcendent spirit of the holiday.
When an idea becomes popular enough, however bad it may be, it can seep into all sorts of things—even precious, sacred parts of our lives.
This month we feature passages from Tolstoy on the struggles of the spiritual life and David Brooks on
the importance of building moral character.
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