Learn Church History In Just 31.5 Hours!

[cinepro]

The Church publishes a bunch of podcasts of varying quality, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that they had a 63 part series of 30 minute podcasts on Church history. They cover the period of 1820 - 1855, with each episode covering one specific topic, event or time period. I listened to seven of them on a recent car trip, and thought each was well done. They are interviews with BYU scholars (not dramatizations or anything like that), and I found them to be informative and somewhat entertaining.

They do cover some "apologetic" material such as "Historical Accounts of the First Vision" and "Questions about The Book of Abraham" (with Brian Hauglid), but most of them are just info and stories.

http://feeds.lds.org/past-impressions

With a 30-minute commute, I might just try to get through all of them this month.

[juliann]

Now if I could just figure out how to get them onto my ipod.

[Rivers]

Now if I could just figure out how to get them onto my ipod.

I'm sure there's a way.

[cinepro]

Now if I could just figure out how to get them onto my ipod.

Click on the episode title, and look for the little down-pointing arrow icon below the picture (see picture).

[canard78]

Are they on itunes?

(Question... if I don't plug my ipod touch into a laptop, is there a way of being able to get an mp3 onto it if it's not on itunes?)

[canard78]

I'm impressed if lds.org has apologetic material on it. Taking more ownership of some of the 'issues' would be a good thing.

Even though I think the methodology of Dehlin's research made data 'bunk' - if it means the leadership and the church are going to be 'officially' more engaged in the process of answering the historical issues, then the research project was worthwhile.

As I say to my junior market research colleagues. "We use data to leverage influence" and... "don't let data stand in the way of a good story!"

[Calm]

Even though I think the methodology of Dehlin's research made data 'bunk' - if it means the leadership and the church are going to be 'officially' more engaged in the process of answering the historical issues, then the research project was worthwhile.

I highly doubt that the Church leadership were unaware of such issues through their own research dept. If they are willing to put in substantial effort into figuring out the nuances of how best to navigate lds.org itself (in which studies I've participated in), I am certain (based on logic as well as anecdotal stories from individuals I trust) that they do research in areas more relevant to missionary work and support of the Saints including activity levels and why people leave.

The process of putting the history out there, accessible to both scholars and members, has been going on for a long time and changes to reflect greater accuracy in scriptures and manuals has as well from what I've seen been altered over the years.