Friday, April 27, 2007
Why I Changed My Mind on a Mormon in the White House
Okay, let me make clear. I still do not think that Mormonism is within the traditional Christian family (defined by agreement with the Nicean formulation). It is not a cult, but, as best as I can discern from reading scholarly articles by Mormon scholars and those who study their theology, it is closer to the Gnostic theologies of the 2nd through 4th centuries, with uniquely American elements. That doesn’t make it sick and wrong, but as a theologian committed to the advancement of the Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom and the unique reality of the Incarnation of Jesus and his death and resurrection, I still cannot see it, as a whole theological tradition, as the path to true fellowship with the Triune God.
