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Papers by Blair Hodges

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 2013

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 2012

Stillborn: A Parody of Latter-day Saint Faith Review of Shawn McCraney. I Was a Born-Again Mormon... more Stillborn: A Parody of Latter-day Saint Faith Review of Shawn McCraney. I Was a Born-Again Mormon: Moving Toward Christian Authenticity. New York: Alathea Press, 2003 (reprinted with modifications in April 2007). xx + 358 pp., with bibliography. $9.99. In this self-published book, Shawn McCraney describes his alienation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before becoming a born-again Christian. He tells of a period of deep anguish as a Latter-day Saint in the 1980s, and though he continued attending his church meetings, he felt increasingly separated from God. By 1997 he was having difficulty keeping a steady job and sustaining his marriage because of an addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol. He felt he had “lost all connection to the God [he] once longed to know.” He yearned for meaning and peace. One afternoon while driving, he heard a radio preacher discuss sin and rebirth. McCraney became convinced he had been a sinner since birth and could do nothing to m...

Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, 2015

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 2015

I examine the proposed “propriety requirement”—the claim that a response to the problem of evil c... more I examine the proposed “propriety requirement”—the claim that a response to the problem of evil can only be considered credible if one would be willing to say it directly to the suffering little boy depicted in Elie Wiesel’s Shoa memoir "Night." I propose the possibility of formulating responses to the problem of evil which may not meet the propriety requirement, but which may still be considered credible under some circumstances. I argue that such responses must nevertheless be acutely attuned to the needs and circumstances of one’s interlocutor(s).

Includes lesson notes and references in the powerpoint file.

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 2013

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 2012

Stillborn: A Parody of Latter-day Saint Faith Review of Shawn McCraney. I Was a Born-Again Mormon... more Stillborn: A Parody of Latter-day Saint Faith Review of Shawn McCraney. I Was a Born-Again Mormon: Moving Toward Christian Authenticity. New York: Alathea Press, 2003 (reprinted with modifications in April 2007). xx + 358 pp., with bibliography. $9.99. In this self-published book, Shawn McCraney describes his alienation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before becoming a born-again Christian. He tells of a period of deep anguish as a Latter-day Saint in the 1980s, and though he continued attending his church meetings, he felt increasingly separated from God. By 1997 he was having difficulty keeping a steady job and sustaining his marriage because of an addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol. He felt he had “lost all connection to the God [he] once longed to know.” He yearned for meaning and peace. One afternoon while driving, he heard a radio preacher discuss sin and rebirth. McCraney became convinced he had been a sinner since birth and could do nothing to m...

Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, 2015

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 2015

I examine the proposed “propriety requirement”—the claim that a response to the problem of evil c... more I examine the proposed “propriety requirement”—the claim that a response to the problem of evil can only be considered credible if one would be willing to say it directly to the suffering little boy depicted in Elie Wiesel’s Shoa memoir "Night." I propose the possibility of formulating responses to the problem of evil which may not meet the propriety requirement, but which may still be considered credible under some circumstances. I argue that such responses must nevertheless be acutely attuned to the needs and circumstances of one’s interlocutor(s).

Includes lesson notes and references in the powerpoint file.