Last week, Peter Thuesen, professor of Religious Studies at IUPUI and co-editor of Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation, wrote a blog post marking the third anniversary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ announcement that “the word ‘Mormon,’ whether in reference to the church or its members, was now to be avoided.” In this brief essay, I respond to Thuesen’s thoughts, writing both as a fellow sch...
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