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Bites of the Best Books: April 2020

Five books that contain sentences and paragraphs and pages full of unique ideas that move our minds, touch our hearts, and fill our souls with light.

Christian Love, Secular Progress, and Holistic Higher Education

Ralph C. Hancock

Nietzsche once suggested Christianity is vulnerable to appropriation by lofty humanitarian aspirations. Are we falling into that tendency unawares?

Not All Prophets Are Doom and Gloom

Public Square Staff

It's easy to characterize anyone speaking about the last days as "fear mongering." Prophets of the Church of Jesus of Christ provide a striking counter-example.

The Coronavirus Choice We’re Not Talking About

Jacob Z. Hess

Disagreeing Without Death Threats

Public Square Staff

A Day with Clayton Christensen

Searching for God (Instead of Ideas about Him)

Asking to Not Say “Mormon” is as American as Pilgrims

So, Are You For Women . . . Or Not?

Public Square Staff

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Creating Communities, Not Tribes

Carolynn Clark

Is Sexuality Who We Are or What We Do?

Edwin E. Gantt

FOUR CORNERS

New York Times

The Shaky Future of .org Domains

Josephine Wolff

First Things

Why is Bernie Winning? Maybe Because He’s Angry

by Jacob Z. Hess

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Should a Church Pay Damages For Reporting Abuse to the Police?

by Blake Hills

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Youth Are Inundated by Sexualized Talk. But Don’t Ask Them about It!

by Public Square Staff

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Equal Partnership Marriage in an Individualistic America

by Julie H. Haupt

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Rock and Religion: The Pursuit of Everlasting Love

by Loren Marks

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Why Persuasion Should Be a Sweet (Not a Dirty) Word

by Arthur Peña

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We Need More Than Sexual Desire to Guide Us

by Jenet Erikson

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COVERING THE COVERAGE

EDITORIALS

Five Steps Towards More Confidence Against Coronavirus

by Benjamin Satterfield

The fear around this COVID-19 pandemic is both striking and understandable. Speaking from our expertise and experience in infectious disease and geriatric medicine, we share five recommendations that might be encouraging to those who find themselves terrified with the...

Bites of the Best Books: March 2020

by Samuel B. Hislop

Every life needs a healthy dose of not just good books but the “best books.” Those last two words are familiar to many Latter-day Saints. Joseph Smith taught the early Saints to seek wisdom out of the “best books” to increase faith in a God whose glory is...

Tolerance for Me But Not for Thee

by Gregory L. Smith

While tolerance is an important ethic in our modern political discourse, no one really believes it has universal application ("everything should be tolerated"). Most people acknowledge some sensible limits need to be in place. If that's true, what should those...

Bites of the Best Books: April 2020

Christian Love, Secular Progress, and Holistic Higher Education

Not All Prophets Are Doom and Gloom

The Coronavirus Choice We’re Not Talking About

Disagreeing Without Death Threats

A Day with Clayton Christensen

Searching for God (Instead of Ideas about Him)

Asking to Not Say “Mormon” is as American as Pilgrims

Faith, Facts, and Freedom

So, Are You For Women . . . Or Not?

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Creating Communities, Not Tribes

Is Sexuality Who We Are or What We Do?

The Shaky Future of .org Domains

Algorithm Religion

Reformation of Science

Why is Bernie Winning? Maybe Because He’s Angry

Should a Church Pay Damages For Reporting Abuse to the Police?

Youth Are Inundated by Sexualized Talk. But Don’t Ask Them about It!

Equal Partnership Marriage in an Individualistic America

Rock and Religion: The Pursuit of Everlasting Love

Why Persuasion Should Be a Sweet (Not a Dirty) Word

What is an Oath?

Five Steps Towards More Confidence Against Coronavirus

Bites of the Best Books: March 2020

Tolerance for Me But Not for Thee