26933

Journal Article

English

Faulconer, James E.

Why a Mormon Won't Drink Coffee but Might Have a Coke : The Atheological Character of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Element : A Journal of Mormon Philosophy and Theology

Fall 2006

2

2

Orem, UT

The Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology

2006

21-37

This essay argues that most Latter-day Saints are atheological. This means that most of them are without an official or even semi-official philosophy that explains and gives rational support to their beliefs and teachings.

http://jamesfaulconer.byu.edu/papers/coke_not_coffee.pdf

Doctrinal history, prophets
Folk beliefs
Mormon creed
Mormon Studies (academic discipline)
Mormon thought, theology
Scriptures, use and influence
Word of Wisdom

8

3

A Theology of Possibilities : Mormon Doctrine and Open Folk Beliefs
God, the World, and the Long Journey to Divinity : Mormonism and German Romantic Idealism
In Defense of Methodological Pluralism : Theology, Apologetics, and the Critical Study of Mormonism
Philosophical Theology for Mormons : Some Suggestions from an Outsider
The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism
The Shadow of the Cathedral : On a Systematic Exposition of Mormon Theology
Women and Mormonism : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Wrestling the Angel : The Foundations of Mormon Thought : Cosmos, God, Humanity

History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period II : From the Manuscript History of Brigham Young and Other Original Documents
Scripture as Incarnation
The Words of Joseph Smith : The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph