Episode 130: Welcome to Latter-day Saint Perspectives
Welcome to the Latter-day Saint Perspectives Podcast. I’m your host Laura Harris Hales. I created this podcast over four and a half years ag...
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20 of 129 episodesEpisode 129: Learning of Joseph Smith Anew
The Interview In this episode of Latter-day Saint Perspectives Podcast, Laura Harris Hales interviews R. Eric Smith and Matthew C. Godfrey a...
Episode 128: What Is the Restoration? with Patrick Q. Mason
About the Interview: Celebrating the two hundredth anniversary of the Restoration has proven to be one of the few highlights of 2020 for the...
Episode 127: The Kinderhook Plates with Mark Ashurst-McGee
Mark Ashurst-McGee discusses the story of the translation of the Kinderhook Plates by Joseph Smith, a curious episode in Latter-day Saint hi...
Episode 126: From Conflict to Closeness with Emil Harker
About the Interview: Many relationships may be improved simply by practicing good communication skills. In this interview, Emil Harker discu...
Episode 125: Latter-day Saint Beliefs on the Apocalypse with Christopher J. Blythe
About the Interview: The mayhem of 2020 has brought the Apocalypse to the forefront of many people’s minds, but for Latter-day Saints, this...
Episode 124: Producing Ancient Scripture with Mark Ashurst-McGee
The Interview: In this episode of the LDS Perspectives Podcast, Laura Harris Hales interviews Mark Ashurst-McGee, a co-editor of a new book,...
Episode 123: Producing Ancient Scripture: “Approaching Egyptian Papyri through Biblical Language: Joseph Smith’s Use of Hebrew in His Translation of the Book of Abraham” with Matthew J. Grey
Dr. Matthew J. Grey discusses his research for his chapter, “Approaching Egyptian Papyri through Biblical Language: Joseph Smith’s Use of He...
Episode 122: Producing Ancient Scripture: Thomas Wayment on Joseph Smith’s Use of Adam Clarke in the JST
Dr. Thomas A. Wayment covers his research for his chapter “A Recovered Resource: The Use of Adam Clarke’s Bible Commentary in Joseph Smith’s...
Episode 121: Despite All We Can Do with Daniel O. McClellan
Daniel O. McClellan discusses the literary, historical, and rhetorical meanings of a popular verse in the Book of Mormon.
Episode 120: Spiritual Anxiety with Debra Theobald McClendon
Dr. Debra Theobald McClendon discusses the management of anxiety and scrupulosity (Religious OCD).
Episode 119: The First Vision with Spencer W. McBride
Spencer W. McBride of the Joseph Smith Papers discusses a new podcast he wrote and produced about Joseph Smith's first vision.
Episode 118: Part 2–How the Book of Mormon Counters Anti-Semitism with Bradley J. Kramer
Bradley J. Kramer discusses how the Book of Mormon counters anti-Semitism in the New Testament.
Episode 117: Part 1–A New Approach to Studying the Book of Mormon with Bradley J. Kramer
Bradley J. Kramer explains how a rabbinical approach can improve your study of the Book of Mormon.
Episode 116: Joseph Smith, Nauvoo Leader with Christian Heimburger
Christian Heimburger of the Joseph Smith Papers Project reviews some interesting documents from the newly released volume 9 of the document...
Episode 115: Jesus Christ in the Topical Guide with Stephanie Dibb Sorensen
Stephanie Dibb Sorensen discusses the journey she trod as she accepted President Russell M. Nelson's challenge to study the references to Ch...
Episode 114: The Book of Revelation with Nicholas J. Frederick
Dr. Nick Frederick discusses the contemporary significance of the Book of Revelation, and its use by Joseph Smith in the Doctrine and Covena...
Episode 113: Religion, Politics, and Community Involvement with George B. Handley
George Handley discusses the similarities between civic involvement and religious stewardship.
Episode 112: The Council of Nicaea and Its Creed with Lincoln H. Blumell
Dr. Lincoln Blumell discusses the landmark Council of Nicaea, the Nicaean Creed, and a new book he edited about New Testament times.
Episode 111: A Church History Moment with J. B. Haws
J. B. Haws reviews the trajectory of Latter-day Saint church history study and notes a current special moment in church history research.