On this episode of 'Mormon Land,' three religion scholars discuss 'Under the Banner of Heaven' and how violence in the LDS Church's scriptures should be examined with more scrutiny.
• Krakauer is a phenomenally good writer. I thought his research was quite good, especially when he’s focusing on the Lafferty story itself. And I actually think his research into Mormon history and the way his ability to translate that for a general audience is obviously quite effective as the book sales indicate. I actually liked the book better than a lot of my colleagues and peers in the field and in the church.
The idea of personal revelation is bedrock Mormon theology. It’s a lovely idea to many but also fraught with potential danger. What could the church do to be careful about that?• What religious communities do is they build all kinds of structures and hedges to guard against that extremism, to guard against the most radical impulses that actually help fuel religious devotion. I think there’s a lot to that.
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