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1 day ago · Contra Calvinism 2. May 22, 2024 By Dan Peterson 0 Comments. About nine days ago, I posted a blog entry that was entitled “Contra Calvinism 1.”. If you read it, you’ll be able to judge for ...
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DanPeterson.Blog. Daniel C. Peterson is a retired professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Brigham Young University (BYU), and the president of the Interpreter Foundation.
May 12, 2024 · Thaïs. May 9, 2024 By Dan Peterson 0 Comments. I want to remind everyone out there again of the gathering tomorrow night — Friday night, 10 May 2024 — in honor of the contributions of George ...
Dec 6, 2020 · My Connection with Some Controversial Recent Videos. Last updated on: December 9, 2020 at 11:30 am. December 6, 2020 by Dan Peterson. As Abraham Lincoln, whom many believe to have been the ...
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- Who Is Daniel C. Peterson?
- What Does Daniel Peterson Do in His Role as An Apologist?
- What Kinds of Benefits Can Religious Believers Derive from Apologetics?
- Who Are Some of Today’S Prominent Latter-Day Saint Apologists?
- Will Daniel Peterson Publish A New Book About Latter-Day Saints and Islam?
- What Are Some Common Misperceptions Latter-Day Saints Have About Muslims?
- What Does Daniel Peterson Admire About Islam?
- What Did Krister Stendahl Teach About Holy Envy?
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I was born in Pasadena, California, and raised in nearby San Gabriel. I attended Brigham Young University as an undergraduate, taking time off to serve in the Switzerland, Zürich Mission. After graduation, wanting to spend some time in the Middle East, I participated in a BYU Jerusalem study abroad program led by my friend. Then I briefly returned ...
The Greek word from which our English term apologetics derives means “defense.” The notion of saying that one is “sorry” is a much later linguistic development. (In Plato’s Apology, his hero Socrates offers a vigorous and even rather cheeky defense of the philosophical activity for which he was soon to be put to death. He doesn’t come within light ...
Although secular arguments can never replace internal spiritual conviction, having well-thought-out reasons for our beliefs can help us in advocating and defending those beliefs to non-believers. And having such reasons can also help believers themselves at moments when they may be feeling distant from the Spirit — as we all do, at points during ou...
Oh, there are so many people doing interesting work that I hate to single any out in particular, because I’ll inescapably omit people that I should have mentioned.
I’m working on a substantial revision of Abraham Divided, which went through two editions with Aspen Books, but which hasn’t been revisited for roughly two decades or so. (The leaders of that now-defunct press requested the book from me.) It will be so substantial a revision, in fact — both bringing it up to date and extending it beyond the Arabs t...
Mormons are no different, probably, than many others in their misperceptions or misunderstandings of Islam. Many are surprised to learn that Islam is a cousin faith to Christianity and Judaism. The word Allah, for example, is simply the Arabic equivalent of the English God, not the name of a distinctly Islamic “false god.” It isn’t a name for a dif...
There are several things that I might mention, but, in keeping with your request, I’ll limit my answer to one: I admire the willingness of many Muslims to make their faith not only a regular daily component of their lives but one that punctuates each day. They are helped in this by the fact that many — particularly, but not only, Muslim women — dre...
There’s a story about Krister Stendahl, a great New Testament scholar who was serving, at the time, as the Lutheran bishop of Stockholm, Sweden. (He had previously served as dean of Harvard Divinity School.) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had announced the construction of a temple near Stockholmand, as always happens, there was opp...
Jan 16, 2022 · Latter-day Saint. Death, Data, and Theories. Last updated on: January 16, 2022 at 7:57 pm. January 16, 2022 by Dan Peterson. A sailboat just off the shore at Marbella, Andalusia, Spain...
May 13, 2023 · May 13, 2023 Dan Peterson Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the ...
