Mike Reed Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Old news on the opening page, but I'll try to add some fresh material in the near future. Advice is welcome.Cultural Mormon Cafeteria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxel Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Mike- Do you consider yourself a "cafeteria" or "buffet" Mormon? A "cultural" Mormon maybe? Or a wholly faithful member of the Church? Your blog's title made me think of the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Reed Posted September 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Maxel, I am a non-believer. I left the Church a few years ago, but I continue to identify myself with LDS culture. I now consider myself to be an agnostic-secular-humanist-cultural-Mormon. My passion for Mormon Studies remains. I am not an atheist, and I am open to the possibility that a kind of divine inspiration may exist in the Church at times... but my over all perspective is secular, and my approach, an academic one. Instead of asking questions like "How does this make me feel" or "how does this teach me live a more Christ-like life", etc.... I instead ask questions like, "what is the social or historical context here," "what is this person trying to communicate to his audience," "Why did this event happen the way it did," "What are some identifiable key factors that have influenced this line of thinking", etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 When I heard the term cultural Mormon cafeteria, I thought of separate side dishes of green Jell-O, funeral potatoes, tuna casserole, etc.... Should have known it was something of an academic rather than a culinary nature coming from Mike. Will need to peruse this Blog further. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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