Public Scholarship
Latter-Day Saint Scholarship
2016
- Religious Freedom Can Now Mean Only: Freedom For Religion - 11/21/2016
- Balancing Freedom, Fairness, and Love in the Public Square - 8/29/2016
- Love Wins. Charity Loses. - 9/14/2016
2015
- Moral Agency, Technology and Mormon Materialism: Ralph Hancock converses with Terryl Givens - 1/13/2015
- Who’s Afraid of “Secularism”? - 3/3/2015
- The "Moral Convictions" of Secularism - 3/5/2015
- “Pro-Choice” Sexuality - 10/15/2015
- Faith, Reason, and the Critical Study of Mormon Apologetics - 11/10/2015
2012
- Confessions of Joanna, or Towards a Mormonism Lite - March 2012
- Part One - 3/13/2012: https://ldsmag.com/article-1-9497/
- Part Two - 3/22/2012: https://ldsmag.com/article-1-9547/
Patheos
2018
- Donald Trump, President Monson, and the Times We Live In - 1/10/2018
- Eve's Agency - 1/16/2018
2017
- Seeking What is Good, Seeking Christ - 12/22/2017
2016
- Paradox is not Contradiction, but Wealth of Meaning - 1/4/2016
- Knowledge -- On Whose Terms? - 1/5/2016
- A People Blessed by Revelation - 1/12/2016
- I Was So Much Older Then, I'm Younger Than That Now - 1/19/2016
- Choose the Right. Why? - 1/26/2016
- Marilynne Robinson's Calvinism & Progressive Democracy - 1/29/2016
- Pierre Manent's Christian Aristotelianism, and Aristotelian Christianity - 1/30/2016
- The Fullness of the Gospel for the Fullness of Life - 2/2/2016
- Mourning, Right and Wrong - 2/2/2016
- Faith Crises, Table-Pounding, and Mechanical Rabbits - 2/9/2016
- Our Virtue -- Faith and Education - 2/16/2016
- The Starry Heavens and the Moral Law - 2/23/2016
- Our Work, Practical, Contemplative, and Aesthetic-Humanitarian - 3/1/2016
- A Peculiar People Aims for Respectability - 3/8/2016
- The Restoration and Western Humanity -- Triumph for Crisis? - 3/15/2016
- Freedom and the Amorphous Individual - 3/21/2016
- Faith, Works, and Prayer - 3/22/2016
- Let us All Praise Mormons. And Catholics. - 3/23/2016
- Grace Merged with Works: Mormonism in Theory and Practice - 3/29/2016
- Revelation and Character (Friday Morning Solemn Assembly, October 1972) - 5/2/2016
- Tough Love – October 1972 General Conference, Session 2 (Friday Afternoon) - 5/10/2016
- Saints Securely Dwell – October 1972 General Conference, Session 4 (Saturday Afternoon) - 5/24/2016
- A Warning against Wolves and Delusions among the Saints – October 1972 General Conference, Session 5 (Priesthood Session) - 5/31/2016
- Abomination and Understanding, Works and Grace - October 1972 General Conference, Session 6 (Sunday Morning) - 6/7/2016
- Trump's Thoroughly Modern Views on the Rule of Law - 6/13/2016
- Faith in the Good - 8/1/2016
- The Virtue of "Justified Pride" - 8/10/2016
- Tolerance and Freedom - 8/31/2016
- The Kaepernick "Conversation" - 9/15/2016
- What is Love? - 9/21/2016
2015
- Who's Afraid of "Secularism"? - 1/7/2015
- Who's Afraid of Secularism 2: My "Bracketing" - 1/9/2015
- Who's Afraid of Secularism? (3) Or, My Irrepressible Rationalism - 1/12/2015
- Who's Afraid of Secularism (4): Humility, Patience and Progressive "Moral Convictions" - 1/21/2015
- Anti-Christs Among Us - 2/10/2015
- Freedom is Religious, or it's Not Freedom - 2/10/2015
- Fifty Shades of Dark. And One Shade of Feminism. - 2/24/2015
- Progressive Moral Madness - 3/10/2015
- Reason and the New Dignity - 5/12/2015
- April 1971: Nothing New Here – Just Same Ol’ Mormonism - 12/1/2015
- The Return of the King - 12/2/2015
- The Handbook and Homosexuality - 12/7/2015
- "Satan" = Moral Agency and the Problem of Evil - 12/8/2015
- Betty Friedan and Bishop Brown - 12/15/2015
- Progress or Decline? - 12/22/2015
- Inside Dope On Emerging Mormon Pro-Homosexuality Stance - 12/24/2015
- Harold B. Lee on The Millstone of “Liberal” Religion - 12/29/2015
2014
- Marriage, Politics, and "Ideological Bondage" at BYU: Which of these is not like the Other? - 9/3/2014
- The Atonement, Charity, and Wisdom - 9/4/2014
- "Your Mind Doth Begin to Expand" - 10/1/2014
- Seeking the Promised Land - 10/3/2014
- Terryl Givens' Foundations: Wrestling with History and Theology - 10/22/2014
- Givens on Mormon "Continuing Revelation": History, Intellectual Eclecticism, and The Spirit's Guidance - 10/26/2014
- Apologetics of Intellectual Frameworks - 11/11/2014
- BYU, the Family and the Gospel of Self Indulgence. Prof. Sven Wilson on Family Capital - 11/12/2014
- Rome Report: Pres. Eyring and Prof. Wardle Praise Complimentarity - 11/18/2014
- From Apologetics to Mormon Studies: The Case of Benjamin Parker--with reference to Dan Peterson, David Holland, and Terryl Givens - 12/19/2014
- To Whom Shall We Go: From Apologetics to Mormon Studies - 12/22/2014
- Intellect and Affection: How to be a Faithful Mormon Intellectual - 12/24/2014
SquareTwo
- A Familiar Eternity - Spring 2016
- What is at Stake: A Reply to Ben Herzberg - Spring 2009
- When Following the Prophet is Too Easy: Against the Identification of Reason with Progressive Liberationism - Fall 2008
CWIC Media
- BYU Professor- Politics at BYU, Political Philosophy, and Revelation & Reason - 8/22/2021
First Things
- Mormons and Creedal Christians: Common Ground? - 5/10/2016
- Progressivism Among the Mormons - 10/24/2013
- Our One-Sided "Openness" to Continuing Revelation - 10/16/2013
- Reason, Revelation, Politics - 6/5/2010
Politics and Political Philosophy
Deseret News
2019
- Politeness, loyalty and presidential character - 1/9/2019
- Critical thinking and the fifth commandment - 2/13/2019
- Is civility overrated? - 3/19/2019
- Easter and the transformative conception of salvation - 4/14/2019
- What is left for modern conservatism to conserve? - 6/12/2019
- Is it wrong to have Christian patriotism? - 7/10/2019
- Funerals, rock stars and the meaning of life - 8/15/2019
2018
- Donald Trump, President Monson and the times we live in - 1/9/2018
- Exploring the limits of nurture, nature and feminism - 2/13/2018
- Consent alone will never provide an adequate sexual or political foundation - 7/7/2018
- ‘Beyond politics’ is only an illusion - 9/12/2018
- ‘Mere constitutionalism’ is a not a partisan theory - 10/10/2018
- Trump’s ‘nationalism’ pitted against Macron’s ‘patriotism’ - 11/14/2018
- Christmas is for everyone - 12/12/2018
2017
- Of the virtuous and the virtual - 1/10/2017
- For a constitutional populism - 2/9/2017
- Fairness, merit and identity politics - 3/7/2017
- Two cheers for nationalism - 4/11/2017
- LDS progressivism is not grounded in LDS belief: A response to Dr. Fluhman - 5/5/2017
- Religion and politics 101 - 5/9/2017
- Aren't we all feminists? - 6/13/2017
- Trump's speech in Poland hit the right balance between tradition and innovation - 7/11/2017
- The most blind and aggressive kind of partisanship is one that pretends to be nonpartisan - 8/8/2017
- Secular liberals should check their own 'dogma' - 9/12/2017
- Ethics, morality and us - 10/10/2017
- Popularism and democratic elitism - 11/15/2017
- The limits of today's emerging sexuality - 12/12/2017
2016
- Trumpology 101 - 1/12/2016
- The anti-establishment delusion - 2/9/2016
- My view: Romney's no-holds-barred denounciation of Donald Trump was the right thing - 3/8/2016
- My view: A democratic republic? Trump and the reign of quantity - 4/13/2016
- After the culture wars - 5/11/2016
- Trump and the crisis of conservative liberalism - 6/13/2016
- Black stories matter - 6/13/2016
- Doing good and getting credit - 8/9/2016
- You want a 'conversation'? - 9/14/2016
- Culture wars over! Liberalism wins! - 10/12/2016
- Religious freedom vs. the new state religion - 11/9/2016
- Christmas and the western hope - 12/14/2016
2015
- Ralph Hancock: Charlie Hedbo and the meaning of freedom - 1/13/2015
- March (moral) madness – facts vs values. - 3/10/2015
- Ralph Hancock: Religious freedom and the religion of 'nondiscrimination' - 4/14/2015
- Ralph Hancock: Reason, dignity and the Supreme Court - 5/12/2015
- Ralph Hancock: Christianity favors recognition of equal value of all human beings - 6/9/2015
- Ralph Hancock: On the issues of marriage and 'dignity,' which camp is right? - 7/9/2015
- Ralph Hancock: The funny thing about Jon Stewart's politics - 8/11/2015
- Ralph Hancock: Donald Trump is immune to intellectual authority and the borders of liberalism - 9/8/2015
- Ralph Hancock: 'Reason' is difficult to define in terms of marriage, progressive faith - 10/13/2015
- Ralph Hancock: Secularism prevents people from seeing, naming challenges - 11/10/2015
- Ralph Hancock: John Rawls and the mirage of liberal neutrality - 12/8/2015
2014
- Socratic observations--Politics are part of the human condition - 8/19/2014
- Ralph Hancock: Society Cannot Progress Without Morality - 9/16/2014
- Ralph Hancock: Can a Mormon Be a liberal? - 10/14/2014
- http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865613043/Can-a-Mormon-be-a-liberal.html?pg=all
- (Response to this article: Richard Davis: Can a Mormon Not be a liberal? - 10/22/2014)
- http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865613043/Can-a-Mormon-be-a-liberal.html?pg=all
- Midterm elections: Let's not celebrate prematurely - 11/11/2014
- Sublime spiritual principle: Christian origins of the ethics of equality - 12/9/2014
2012
- Book review: Confessions of Joanna, or towards a Mormonism lite - 4/19/2012
Patheos
2017
- Feminism and Modern Sexuality: A Response to Savannah Johnston - 12/27/2017
2015
- Who’s Afraid of “Secularism”? - 1/7/2015
- Who’s Afraid of Secularism 2: My “Bracketing” - 1/9/2015
- Who’s Afraid of Secularism? (3) Or, My Irrepressible Rationalism - 1/12/15
- Who’s Afraid of Secularism (4): Humility, Patience and Progressive “Moral Convictions” – 1/21/2015
- Mother(s?) for Patriarchy - 1/31/2015
- Freedom is Religious, or it's Not Freedom - 2/10/2015
- Fifty Shades of Dark. And One Shade of Feminism - 2/24/2015
- Progressive Moral Madness - 3/10/2015
- Reason and the New Dignity - 5/12/2015
- Finding the Good and the Beautiful - 12/6/2015
2014
- The Soul and the City--The Necessary Political Movement in Religious Reflection - 9/2/2014
- Freedom isn't Free: Sliding vs Deciding - 9/10/2014
- Moral or Counter-Ideological Apologetics - 9/17/2014
- Christianity and Modernity at the Agora Institute - 9/24/2014
- Celebrating BYU - 9/26/2014
- Natural Law and the Person: Catholic and Mormon Questions - 9/27/2014
- Morality and Transcendence - 10/8/2014
- Celebrating BYU, Part Deux: Why I am so Divisive - 10/18/2014
- Celebrating BYU III: The Glory of God and the Purpose of Reason - 10/21/2014
- The Kindle of a Conservative: Marginal Fragments of a Correlated Worldview (1) - 11/25/2014
- Ralph on Rome (the Ancient one) - 11/30/2014
- "BYU Prof Fears Secularism" - 12/1/2014
- BYU Prof Fears Secularism (2): Why I am so simple - 12/4/2014
- BYU Prof Fears Secularism (3): What, me Worry? - 12/6/2014
- The Kindle of a Conservative: Marginal Fragments of a Correlated Worldview (2)--Steven D. Smith and the Problem of Religious Freedom - 12/6/2014
- The Secular Storm: Nothing to Fear? (3) - 12/9/2014
- Joseph Spencer on the Responsibilty of Reason - 12/13/2014
Public Discourse
- Talking Past Each Other: "Love Wins" vs. Human Nature - 7/17/2015
National Review
- Scruton and Manent: Conservatism and the Christian Nation - 12/29/2015
George Town University/Berkley Center
- Part I: Religious Freedom and the Demands of “Dignity” - 4/30/2015
- Part II: Religious Freedom and the Demands of “Dignity” - 5/1/2015
John Adams Center
- Liberalism Consumes Democracy: A Tale of Two Continents
- NPR and Neon Trees: A Village Love-in
First Things
2014
- "Gay Marriage" and the End of Conservative Lockeanism (Part 1 of 3) - 1/29/2014
- https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/gay-marriage-and-the-end-of-conservative-lockeanism-part-1-of-3/
- "Gay Marriage" and the End of Conservative Lockeanism (Part 2 of 3) - 1/30/2014
- "Gay Marriage" and the End of Conservative Lockeanism (Part 3 of 3) - 1/31/2014
- Leo Strauss for Believers - 1/30/2014
2013
- Ralphism Redivivus - 5/11/2913
2012
- Politics and Christianity: The Rule and the Exception (continued) - 12/11/2012
- Politics and Christianity: The Rule and the Exception - 12/10/2012
2011
- Come Let Us Reason Together - 1/13/2011
2010
- Propadeutic to a Thumotic and Erotic Ontology - 12/11/2010
- The Constitution at Risk? Founding Principles and Today's Principles - 11/12/2010
- Overheard at Yale: Pomocon Ontology II - 11/8/2010
- Pierre Manent on Raymond Aron and Leo Strauss - 11/2/2010
- Manent: Seeing Things Politically--European Vacation - 10/30/2010
- Overheard at Yale: Pomocon Ontology I - 10/30/2010
- Progress, or Return? "Working Together" or "Under God"? - 10/2/2010
- How Do Ideas Have Consequences? - 9/30/2010
- "Founded-Better-Than-They-Said" Studies? - 5/14/2010
- There is No Way Beyond Rawls But Through Rawls - 5/10/2010
- The Rawlsian Menace - 5/7/2010
- Religion, Politcs...and Sand - 5/4/2010
- Mormon Menace...Averted! - 4/20/2010
- The Mormon Menace - 4/16/2010
- The Existential and the Practical in Walsh's Modern (and Christian) Philosophical Revolution - 2/18/2010
2009
- The True and the Good in Strauss and Oakshott - 11/18/2009
- The Soul of Self-Government - 08/31/2009
- Pomocon Reflections in Search of a Home - 8/28/2009
- The Rule and the Exeption: The Perils of "Applying" Christianity - 8/19/2009
- Culture, God, and Politcs: The Front Porch and the Front Lines - 8/13/2009
- Bastille Day - 7/14/2009
- Attention Front Porch--You Missed One Wave! - 7/11/2009
- Trancendence Pagan and Biblical - 7/7/2009
- Reason's Responsibility - A Pomocon Formulation - 6/29/2009
- A Modest Mediation Between us Pomocons and them Frontporchers - 6/28/2009
- Simple Reason, Fascism, and the Responsible Rule of Reason - 6/21/2009
- A Secular Political Philosophy (II) - 6/13/2009
- Balzac, of All Things - 6/9/2009
- A Secular Politcal Philosophy - 6/1/2009
- Thoughts on Thoughts on Machiavelli: The Inconvenient Truth of Modernity - 4/30/2009
- Postmodern Conservative Draft Manifesto 2.0 - 4/27/2009
- Another Straw in the Wind - 4/22/2009
- The End of the Tocquevillian Moment? Reflections of Deneen on Obama - 1/22/2009
- Rethinking the Rule of Reason, or a Draft Manifesto of Postmodern Conservatism (part 1) - 9/26/2008
- Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham - 4/2004
Library of Law and Liberty
- Prospects for the Democratic Nation-State: What State Are We In? - 6/4/2012
- The Unworldliness of John Calvin - 7/25/2012