Latter Day Struggles: Let’s Talk Book of Mormon With Taylor Petrey — Part 2

We are pleased to share this Latter Day Struggles podcast episode as part of the Dialogue Podcasts, featuring Editor Taylor Petrey. From the Latter Day Struggles description:

It’s time to take a deep dive into what may be a psychologically and spiritually confusing topic for many expanding members in and around the LDS church—THE BOOK OF MORMON.

In this SECOND of a four part series Valerie interviews Taylor Petrey [Current Editor in Chief of Dialogue: Journal of Mormon Thought] where together they review a myriad of topics that have been addressed over the years in the Dialogue Journal related to the ongoing skirmish between the “naturalist” and the “apologist” camps regarding authorship, authenticity, and historicity (just to name a few!)

They talk about the Isaiah controversy, chiasmus, contemporary doctrines of the early 19th century woven into this text, DNA issues, and the rise and fall of FARMS (Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Study) among other important topics.

They also address thoughts from religious scholars (LDS and non-LDS) who maintain that regardless of the above complexities, the Book might be (and has been) valuable for many, once it’s genre is better understood and if it were read as scripture rather than history.

Links for the lit review referenced in this podcast series: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dialogue-journal/id1437336260?i=1000536188942 AND https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dialogue-journal/id1437336260?i=1000539193843