Loren Pankratz

LOREN PANKRATZ {[email protected]} holds a MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary, a DMin from Talbot School of Theology, and a PhD in theology from the South African Theological Seminary. His academic work has focused primarily on philosophical and theological matters pertaining to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Loren and his family live along the Wasatch Front in Utah, where Loren leads The Bridge Community, a non-denominational Christian church.

Was Joseph Smith a Monarchotheist? An Engagement with Blake Ostler’s Theological Position on the Nature of God

Articles/Essays – Volume 55, No. 2

Dialogue 55.2 (Spring 2022): 37–72
Joseph Smith’s teachings on God found in his preaching at the April 7, 1844 general conference, known as the King Follett Sermon, and Smith’s Sermon in the Grove, given at a meeting held just east of the Nauvoo Temple on June 16, 1844, have appeared to many to give strong support to this view. There, he taught that God was not always God but developed into God over time.