Kent E. Robson
Kent Robson, who now teaches philosophy at Utah State University
Articles
The Bible, the Church, and Its Scholars
In Professor Snell’s article and in the response to it by Professor Sperry, one finds the work of two committed members of the Church, who nevertheless appear to differ greatly on their interpretation of the…
Read more“Man” and the Telefinalist Trap
Far too often, I suspect, when people begin to talk about men, their talk wells up out of strong feelings and emotional views and such talk pricks us deeply if we have contrary views. After…
Read moreVoices of Freedom in Eastern Europe: Communists, and Then Communists
We wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that two (or more) different Mor mons in good standing have rather different attitudes and opinions. Aside from matters of Church doctrine, they may belong to opposing…
Read moreThe Magnitude of the Nuclear Arms Race
From primitive rocks and clubs to the present nuclear arsenals, the history of warfare is characterized by the dramatic increase in the number of civilians killed in each war and by scale changes in our…
Read moreObjectivity and History
In the early 1960s, a crisis occurred in the academic field of the philosophy of science, spilling over into the philosophy of history and the philosophy of social sciences. The crisis emerged from research in…
Read moreSorting Out Mormon Theology | O. Kendall White, Jr., Mormon Neo-Orthodoxy: A Crisis Theology
Is Mormon theology a radically novel theology or is it akin to Catholic-Protestant, orthodox theology? White’s new book on Mormon theology asks this question. White lays out two distinct ways of looking at Mormon theology.…
Read moreA Mature and Polished Treatise | Stan Larson, ed., The Truth, The Way, The Life, An Elementary Treatise on Theology: The Masterwork of B. H. Roberts, and John W. Welch, ed., The Truth, The Way, The Life, An Elementary Treatise on Theology by B. H. Roberts
What are the greatest books ever written within Mormonism? Without question, one would name Jesus the Christ and The Articles of Faith by James E. Talmage. Alternatively, one might think of Evidences and Reconciliations by John…
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