Latter-Day Saint Theology of a Material, Embodied Deity vis-à-vis Evolutionary Conceptions of Embodiment, Agency, and Matter
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Keywords
Mormonism, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Evolution, Agency, Feminism, embodiment
Abstract
Do Latter-day Saints (Mormons) have anything to contribute to theological conversations about the nature of God? The article explores this question through the lens of Latter-day Saint conceptions of matter and agential em-bodiment that may be useful in generalizing material theologies and provide a resource for other material-based views of deity. The argument will examine the question by first exploring the nature of agency articulated from three perspectives: 1) Process thinking in the life sciences; 2) materialist feminism; and 3) evolutionary biology. The article then suggests that the materialism of Mormonism, while in the first stages of theological engagement, is likely to provide possible dialogues with other religious traditions, looking at mattered and embodied conceptions of deity, including trinitarian ones.
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McLachlan, J.M. 2005. Fragments for a process theology of Mormonism. Element 1, 2: 1-40.
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Baker, J.T. 2008. The shadow of the cathedral: On a systematic exposition of Mormon theology. Element 4, 1: 23-37.
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Book of Mormon. 2000. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Brooke, J.L. 1996. The refiner’s fire: The making of Mormon cosmology, 1644-1844. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brooks, J., R.H. Steenblik, & H. Wheelwright 2016. Mormon feminism: Essential writings. New York: Oxford University Press.
Brown, J.M. 2011. Whither Mormon environmental theology? Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 44, 2: 67-86. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/dialjmormthou.44.2.0067
Buss, L.W. 1987. The evolution of individuality. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Chadwick, T., D. Patterson, & M. Pulido (eds.) 2018. Dove song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon poetry. El Cerrito: Peculiar Pages.
Cottrell, G. 2019. Matter: A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198806547.001.0001
Deleuze, G. 1988. Spinoza: Practical philosophy. San Francisco: City Lights.
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Faulconer, J.E. 2005. Divine embodiment and transcendence: Propaedeutic thoughts and questions. Element 1, 1: 1-14.
Givens, T. 2014. Wrestling the angel: The foundations of Mormon thought: Cosmos, God, humanity. New York: Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794928.001.0001
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Grandy, D. 2015. Mormonism and process cosmology: A general introduction. Element 6, 1: 1-18.
Green, D. 2020. Jacob: A theological introduction. Provo: Brigham Young University.
Grosz, E. 2008. Darwin and feminism: Preliminary investigations for a possible alliance. In Alaimo, S. & S. Hekman (eds.): Material feminisms. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Handley, G.B. 2001. The environmental ethics of Mormon belief. Brigham Young University Studies 40, 2: 187-211.
Handley, G.B. 2011. Faith and the ethics of climate change. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 44, 2: 6-35.
Handley, G.B. 2020. The hope of nature: Our care for God’s creation. Provo: Brigham Young University.
Heeren, J., D.B. Lindsey & M. Mason 1984. The Mormon concept of Mother in heaven: A sociological account of its origins and development. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 23, 4: 396-411. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/1385727
Hoiland, A.M. 2016. One hundred birds taught me to fly: The art of seeking God. Provo: Brigham Young University.
Hudson, V.M. 2015. Mormon doctrine on gender. In Terryl G. & P.L. Barlow (eds.): The Oxford handbook of Mormonism. Oxford: Oxford Handbooks. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199778362.013.24
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Jorgensen, D.L. 2001. The Mormon gender-inclusive image of God. Journal of Mormon History 27, 1: 95-126.
Kauffman, S., R.K. Logan, R.E. Este, R. Goebel, D. Hobill, & I. Shmulevich 2008. Propagating organization: An enquiry. Biology & Philosophy 23, 1: 27-45. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-007-9066-x
Keller, C. 2003. Face of the deep: A theology of becoming. New York: Routledge.
Kerrigan, W., J. Rumrich, & S.M. Fallon 2007. The complete poetry and essential prose of John Milton. New York: Modern Library.
Markschies, C. 2019. God’s body: Jewish, Christian, and pagan images of God. Waco: Baylor University Press.
McGrath, S.J. 2013. The dark ground of spirit: Schelling and the unconscious. London: Taylor & Francis. doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203134399
McLachlan, J.M. 2005. Fragments for a process theology of Mormonism. Element 1, 2: 1-40.
McMurrin, S.M. 1959. The philosophical foundations of Mormon theology. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.
Miles, A. 2008. Toward a Mormon metaphysics: Scripture, process theology, and the Mechanics of faith. Element 4, 1: 57-75.
Miller, A.S. 2016. Future Mormon: Essays in Mormon theology. Draper: Greg Kofford Books.
Minister, M. 2014. Trinitarian theology and power relations: God embodied. New approaches to religion and power series. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137464781
Moder, A. 2020. The changing self: Forming and reforming the Imago Dei in survivors of domestic abuse. In O’Donnel, K. (ed.): Feminist trauma theologies: Body, scripture & church in critical perspective. London: SCM Press.
Moreno, A. & M. Mossio 2015. Biological autonomy: A philosophical and theoretical enquiry. New York: Springer. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9837-2
Nicholson, D.J. 2018. Reconceptualizing the organism: From complex machine to flowing stream. In Nicholson, D.J. & J. Dupre (eds.): Everything flows: Towards a processual philosophy of biology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nolan, M. 1989. Materialism and the Mormon faith. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 22, 4: 64-77.
Ostler, B.T. 2001. Exploring Mormon thought. Draper: Greg Kofford Books.
Pack, F.J. 1924. Science and belief in God. Salt Lake City: Deseret News.
Park, B.E. 2010. Salvation through a tabernacle: Joseph Smith, Parley P. Pratt, and early Mormon theologies of embodiment. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 43, 2: 1-44. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/dialjmormthou.43.2.0001
Park, B.E. 2012. (Re)interpreting early Mormon thought: Synthesizing Joseph Smith’s theology and the process of religion formation. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 45, 2: 59-88. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/dialjmormthou.45.2.0059
Park, B.E. & J.T. Watkins 2010. The riches of Mormon materialism: Parley P. Pratt’s ‘Materiality’ and early Mormon theology. Mormon Historical Studies 11: 119-132.
Paulsen, D.L. & M. Pulido 2011. ‘A Mother there’: A survey of historical teachings about Mother in heaven. BYU Studies Quarterly 50, 1: 71-98.
Peck, E., K. Bach, & C. Shurtz 2019. Seeking heavenly Mother. Available at: https://seekingheavenlymother.com/. (Accessed on June 24, 2020.)
Peck, S.L. 2011. Why nature matters: A special issue of dialogue on Mormonism and the environment. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 44, 2: 1-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/dialjmormthou.44.2.0001
Peck, S.L. 2019a. The rumors of Bergson’s demise may have been exaggerated: Novelty, complexity, and emergence in biological evolution. Foundations of Science 24, 3: 541-557. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-019-09598-4
Peck, S.L. 2019b. Trajectories in the evolution of Mormon studies on faith and science. Mormon Studies Review 6: 67-90.
Peck, S.L. 2021. Each atom an agent. Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 60, 3: 143-146.
Pearl of Great Price. 2000. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Peters, J.D. 1993. Reflections on Mormon materialism. Sunstone 16: 17-21.
Petrey, T.G. 2011. Toward a post-heterosexual Mormon theology. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 44, 4: 106-143. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/dialjmormthou.44.4.0106
Petrey, T.G. 2016. Rethinking Mormonism’s heavenly Mother. Harvard Theological Review 109, 3: 315-341. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0017816016000122
Petrey, T.G. & A. Hoyt 2020. The Routledge handbook of Mormonism and gender. New York: Routledge.
Pratt, O. 1853. The seer. Liverpool: Franklin D. Richards.
Preston, C.B. 1993. Feminism and faith: Reflections on the Mormon heavenly Mother. Texas Journal of Women Gender and the Law 2: 337-386.
Reynolds, N.B. 1991. The lectures on faith in historical perspective. Religious Studies Center Monograph Series. Vol. 15. Provo: Brigham Young University.
Roberts, B.H., S. Larson, & S.M. McMurrin 1995. The truth, the way, the life: An elementary treatise on theology: The masterwork of B.H. Roberts. Salt Lake City: Signature Books.
Rogers, J. 2017. Orson Pratt, Parley Pratt, and the Miltonic origins of Mormon materialism. In Donovan, K.J. & T. Festa (eds.): Milton, materialism, and embodiment: One first matter all. University Park: Penn State University Press.
Skousen, W.C. 2012. Gospel trilogy. Salt Lake City: Ensign Publishing Company.
Smolin, L. 2013. Time reborn: From the crisis in physics to the future of the universe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Smolin, L. 2019. Einstein’s unfinished revolution: The search for what lies beyond the quantum. New York: Penguin Publishing Group.
Sonntag, K.K. 2019. The tree at the center. Salt Lake City: By Common Consent Press.
Stapley, J.A. 2018. The power of Godliness: Mormon liturgy and cosmology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190844431.001.0001
Steenblik, R.H. & A.M. Hoiland 2017. Mother’s milk. Salt Lake City: By Common Consent Press.
Steenblik, R.H. & A.M. Hoiland 2019. I gave her a name. Salt Lake City: By Common Consent Press.
Stengers, I. 2011. Thinking with Whitehead. Boston: Harvard University Press.
Talmage, J.E. 1889. First book of nature. Salt Lake City: Contributor Company. doi: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60336
Tickemyer, G.E. 1984. Joseph Smith and process theology. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 17, 3: 75-85.
Toscano, M.M. 2004. Is there a place for heavenly Mother in Mormon theology? Sunstone 133: 14-22.
Walsh, D.M. 2015. Organisms, agency, and evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316402719
Webb, S.H. 2011. Godbodied: The matter of the Latter-day Saints. BYU Studies Quarterly 50, 3: 83-100.
Webb, S.H. 2013. Mormon Christianity: What other Christians can learn from the Latter-day Saints. New York: Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199316816.001.0001
Welch, R. 2017. The new Mormon theology of matter. Mormon Studies Review 4: 64-79. doi: https://doi.org/10.18809/msr.2017.0105
Whitehead, A.N. 2011. Science and the modern world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wotherspoon, D. 2015. Process theology and Mormonism: Connections and challenges. Element 6, 1: 79-84.
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Department of Biology & Fellow of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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Latter-Day Saint Theology of a Material, Embodied Deity vis-à-vis Evolutionary Conceptions of Embodiment, Agency, and Matter. (2022). Journal for the Study of Religion , 35(1), 1-35. https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3027/2021/v35n1a1