Kent E. Robson

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…

“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…

Voices 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…

The 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…

Objectivity 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…

Sorting 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.…

A Mature and Polished Treatise: The Truth, The Way, The Life, An Elementary Treatise on Theology