Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Keywords
FARMS, science, religion, culture, Mormon, Book of Mormon
Abstract
As editor of the FARMS Review, Daniel C. Peterson is well acquainted with critics’ opinions about it, FARMS in general, and, by extension, the Maxwell Institute. In his introduction to the latest FARMS Review (vol. 18, no. 2, 2006), Peterson responds to the critics by exploring the meaning of the term apologetics (“arguing . . . for or against any position”) and demonstrating at length how the term applies to the Maxwell Institute and its publications. He cautions that the term is relevant only to a portion of the Maxwell Institute’s work. “The garden of faith, like most gardens, requires both weeding and watering,” Peterson writes. “While the FARMS Review does most of the weeding for the organization, FARMS as a whole expends considerably more effort on nourishing.” He goes on to candidly address 11 recurring questions centering on the editorial philosophy of the FARMS Review, its peer-review process, and the academic merit of its content.
Recommended Citation
(2007)
"FARMS Review Takes Up Doctrinal Issues, Restoration Accounts, Science vs. Religion,"
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 27:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol27/iss1/5