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November 15th, 2006 by Richard K Miller | Filed under Cool Sites, Mormon, The Church.If you're new here, read more about the More Good Foundation. We help members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon church) share their beliefs on the Internet. Learn more about what Mormons believe or talk with Mormons at LDS.net.
Newsweek and the Washington Post have just launched a new multi-faith blog to promote “respectful conversation” among religions and “constructive conversation about the things that matter most”. The blog, entitled On Faith, will be staffed by a variety of world religious leaders, scholars, and journalists.
How can people engage in a conversation about faith and its implications in a way that sheds light rather than generates heat? …we believe the first step is conversation–intelligent, informed, eclectic, respectful conversation–among specialists and generalists who devote a good part of their lives to understanding and delineating religion’s influence on the life of the world. The point of our new online religion feature is to provide a forum for such sane and spirited talk, drawing on a remarkable panel of distinguished figures from the academy, the faith traditions, and journalism. (About “On Faith”)
The Mormon church has selected director of media relations Michael Otterson to represent the Church on this blog. Alongside the other On Faith panelists, he will discuss various aspects of his faith — his first article is entitled Engaging Without Rancor — in a group blog that’s bound to be a powerful instrument for promoting religious tolerance and a great read.
On Conversation……
The Washington Post has a new panel discussion called On Faith. They invited a bunch of religious experts to answer questions on the blog. The first question is: “If some religious people believe they have a monopoly on truth, then are conversat…
I pray that I can engage without rancor. But I have many questions. I need to get a hold of this man, Michael Otterson
Todd: Have you seen Ask Gramps? Though unofficial, he also answers questions related to the Mormon church.
H. Clay Gorton. Thanks Richard. On the website, I noticed one of his answers to a question on Ezekiel. I probably will be soon doing a book review of a recent LDS work, Abomination of Desolation (Springville, 2006). I don’t have the book in front of me, but I believe that is the title. The book left me with lots of questions of the LDS perpective in Ezekiel. Maybe I will email them to Clay.
[...] Sally Quinn of the Washington Post said it has been difficult to find Mormon bloggers for the On Faith blog. So far, all the weight has fallen on Michael Otterson’s shoulders. Quinn commented to [...]