The Mormon History Association has posted preliminary program for its annual conference. Scheduled for May 26-29, the conference will focus on Joseph Smith and will be held in Vermont (for an earlier post on this conference, see here). Also, it appears that several Bloggernacle members/participants are participating this year.

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Editor’s Introduction
Ten Mormon Science Issues by Clark Goble
Jettisoning Joseph but not Jesus by Ronan JH
The Latest in Mormon Studies by Justin Butterfield
42 by Eric James Stone
Weekly Zeitgeist by Steve
Bloggernacle A&E by William Morris

I’m pleased to present the second issue of The Bloggernacle Times, a weekly publication for the LDS weblog community. Every contributor submitted an article for this issue, including initial posts from Justin Butterfield, Eric James Stone, and Clark Goble. We cover the whole spectrum this week, from science and science fiction to religious studies and Bloggernacle zeitgeist. Issue No. 3 will be published Tuesday March 1st. [edited 2/24]

[by Clark Goble] For my initial discussion for the Bloggernacle Times I thought I’d
start by asking just what issues in science and religion are
of
interest to Mormons. I should start by mentioning that I’ve been
discussing science and religion issues for years now, at least since I
was an undergraduate in physics and mathematics at BYU in the early
90′s. I’ve been a member of the mailing list href=”http://eyring.hplx.net/”>Eyring-L since it was first created
in the early 90′s to discuss issues of science and Mormonism. After
much discussion, debate, and inquiry, I’ve come to the conclusion that
there are few really significant issues in science that directly concern
our religion. That may come to a shock to some, but overall I think
there is relatively little overlap.

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When Grant Palmer’s book and the furor surrounding his heresy trial hit the press a few months back, I blogged at United Brethren about one of the things about it that really gets on my wick: at the same time that Joseph Smith supposedly withers under the heat of critical scholarship, many disillusioned Mormons still claim a warm and fuzzy love for Jesus. Brother Palmer claimed that he “still believes in the church because he has refocused his faith on Jesus Christ” (AP).

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[Cross-posted from the Mormon Wasp] In my recent journeys around the web I’ve come across bits and pieces of information about some interesting forthcoming books in Mormon studies.

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