by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”
Reader Comment: Called To a Mystery, Or to a Vile Form of Politics? Our post, “Are LDS ‘True Believers’ more likely to fall for conspiracy theories?” was published in the Salt Lake Tribune at this link:...
by Jim Sawyer | American “Elders”, Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”
Pizzagate – A Particularly Odd Conspiracy Theory Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are among those most vulnerable to believing in QAnon conspiracy theories, the Religion News Service reports. Indeed, 17% of surveyed Mormons reported a...
by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development
Park City physician Wing Province called out Utahns who fail to put aside differences and come together to be vaccinated. He is medical director of Intermountain Park City Hospital. Near the time of Utah’s legislative override of COVID masking mandates, this is what...
by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development
Our post, “You Can’t Mandate Kindness,” was published in the Salt Lake Tribune under the title: “Utah Used to be a Place Where We Looked After Each Other” A reader comment to the Tribune, about the article, follows. Andrew G. Bjelland, emeritus professor of...
by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development
The Utah Legislature voted to override locally imposed Covid-19 mask mandates, by nullifying local policies enacted by Salt Lake City and Summit County—in which Park City is located. Both cities are politically liberal, compared with the balance of Utah. There,...
by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Moral Development
What Happened to “Morning in America?” Ronald Reagan’s vision of “Morning in America” is never far from what it means to be a contemporary Republican. Four decades ago, Reagan reified the self-interested paradigm of American capitalism. His vision remains as a...
