SunstoneClassic Podcasts #005 & #006–Carol Lynn Pearson’s Story, and the Book of Mormon as an “Anti-Masonic Bible”
By John Dehlin on May 11, 2006
We proudly announce the release of 2 new (old) Sunstone Classic Podcasts:
- SunstoneClassic 005: Carol Lynn Pearson–Personal Recollections of Marriage, Life, Love and Death: In this Sunstone Classic episode, Carol Lynn Pearson (LDS poet and author) discusses her journey with her husband, Gerald, as he struggled with homosexuality, AIDS, and ultimately death. This presentation was first delivered in the 1986 Sunstone Symposium. To listen directly, click here.
- SunstoneClassic 006: Mormonism’s ‘Anti-Masonic Bible’: In this Sunstone Classic episode, Dan Vogel and Daniel Peterson discuss U.S and New England Masonic influences during the late 1820s, and explore Masonic and Anti-Masonic themes within the Book of Mormon. To listen directly, click here.
Enjoy!
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Thank you for giving us access to these classic talks as well as your other podcasts. They’re inspiring and thought-provoking, and I hope you continue posting them.
Comment # 1 by KM | May 18, 2006 | Reply
Glad you enjoyed these KM!
I’d been meaning to alert folks to the reasons John and I chose to release these particular “classics” at this time.
We chose the Carol Lynn Pearson one in support of the coming magazine issue which contains an article, “Irreconcilable Differences,” by Carol Lynn’s daughter, Emily, dealing with Emily’s story of her relationship with her gay father and his death, along with her own marriage to a gay man, Steven Fales, and her thoughts regarding LDS teachings and homosexuality.
We released the discussion of whether the Book of Mormon is an anti-Masonic text in support of an another article in the coming issue, “‘The Grand Fundamental Principles of Mormonism’: Joseph Smith’s Unfinished Reformation,” by Don Bradley, which is a fascinating look at a little-understood 1843 attempt by JS to organize Mormonism around three Masonic principles of “truth, friendship, and relief.” Many of us have seen Mormonism and Masonry intersections dealt with before, but this article comes at it from quite a unique perspective.
By the way, both Emily and Don have agreed to do podcast interviews with me. We’ll be doing those and releasing them through SunstonePodcast sometime in early June. We hope you’ll watch for them.
Cheers,
Dan
Comment # 2 by Dan | May 18, 2006 | Reply