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MIPodcast #60—The life of the Lotus Sutra, with Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
When the Lotus Sutra arrived in Boston in 1844 the few people who could read it were intrigued by its parables that reminded them of the Bible. For these westerners, the Lotus was like a gateway into a...
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MIPodcast #61—Women at the Latter-day Saint pulpit, with Jennifer Reeder and...
Here’s a famous passage from First Corinthians: “Let your women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted into them to speak. But they are commanded to be under obedience, as also say the...
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MIPodcast #62—Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and “A House Full of Females”
In the late nineteenth century, a newspaper written and published by women and for women sprung up in what most Americans thought was the unlikeliest of locations: Utah, the home of the Mormons. Along...
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MIPodcast #63— “Works of Love in a World of Violence,” with Deidre Green
Christians are commanded in scripture to love one another, to turn the other cheek and bless those who curse them. How can Christians meet these obligations when someone acts an abusive or even violent...
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#64—Heresy, opposition, and becoming gods, with Adam J. Powell [MIPodcast]
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2015 Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at the hands of an angry mob in June of 1844. Shortly before his...
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MIPodcast #65—Womanist theology and Mormonism, with Janan Graham-Russell
When you think about your religious beliefs, your theology, how much consideration have you given to your race? How has the color of your skin affected your understanding of God, of Jesus Christ, or of...
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MIPodcast #66—Martin Luther and the birth of the Reformation, with Craig Harline
What was Martin Luther trying to accomplish when he nailed his ninety-five theses to the Wittenburg church door? Would you believe he didn’t intend to start a new religious movement at all? Down the...
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MIPodcast #67—How the Reformation rebelled against Luther, with Brad S. Gregory
When Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in October of 1517 he had no intention of starting a revolution. But he became a rebel and the Reformation took off. And then the Reformation rebelled against...
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MIPodcast #68—Reforming the sacraments, with Jennifer Powell McNutt
Martin Luther believed the Bible proved that the Catholic Church had gone astray. His efforts to bring reform to the church wound up leading to his excommunication and the Reformation was off and...
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MIPodcast #69—Setting down the sacred past of African Americans, with Laurie...
An estimated twelve million Africans were forced into slavery from the seventeenth century until Emancipation. Torn from their land, separated from family and kin, their bodies were stolen and their...
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MIPodcast #70—A Hindu perspective on being a disciple-scholar, with Ravi Gupta
Who owns religion? Who gets to say what is right or wrong, fact or fiction about any religious tradition? Religious believers and scholars of religion don’t always see eye to eye on this question. In...
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MIPodcast #71—Mormon exorcism lore, with Stephen Taysom
This special episode is a tribute to and homage of LORE, by Aaron Mahnke. If you haven’t already, you should check it out. In 1888 a Mormon woman in the Southern States mission of the LDS Church...
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MIPodcast #72—The Koran in English, with Bruce Lawrence and David Peck
When the Qur’an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad, it arrived in the language of his place and time—Arabic. To this day, for virtually all Muslims whether Arab or not, the Qur’an only truly exists...
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MIPodcast #73—Women and power in the Church of God in Christ, with Anthea Butler
If you’re familiar with African American religious history, you know that black women outnumber black men in the church. There are a lot of theories about why, too. Author Zora Neale Hurston, for...
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MIPodcast #74—Feeding the Flock, with Terryl L. Givens
Latter-day Saint scholar Terryl L. Givens is back with us again. Dr. Givens spent the summer here at the Institute as a Neal A. Maxwell fellow. It was a real treat to have Terryl here in the building,...
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Learn more about the Old Testament on the Maxwell Institute Podcast
As the LDS Sunday school curriculum turns to focus on the Old Testament this year, supplement your learning with these Maxwell Institute Podcast episodes featuring Hebrew Bible specialists. Taken...
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MIPodcast #75—“To be learned is good,” with Richard Bushman
Our 75th Episode! The Book of Mormon warns against mistaking intelligence for wisdom, but adds a crucial caveat: “to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God” (2 Nephi 9:29). Where...
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MIPodcast #76—Adam Miller on more Letters to a Young Mormon
Adam Miller wrote Letters to a Young Mormon for thoughtful people yearning for a more thoughtful faith. It’s a little book, but it packs a powerful punch. In this episode, Miller is talks about the new...
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MIPodcast #77—Billy Graham and the shaping of a nation, with Grant Wacker
The Reverend Billy Graham rose to international prominence in the 1940s preaching an evangelical Christian gospel. Hailing from North Carolina, the charismatic preacher filled stadiums, counseled...
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#78—The development of LDS liturgy and cosmology, with Jonathan Stapley...
Latter-day Saint historians have long demonstrated that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was not established all at once, but that it has unfolded—line upon line, precept upon precept,...
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