Random Reflections on the Passing Scene (2003 FAIR Conference CD)

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Daniel C. Peterson, "Random Reflections on the Passing Scene," Mesa, Arizona: The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), 2003.

Perennial favorite, Dan Peterson reflects on his experiences with critics, and atheists, and how he continues to find evidence for the reality of God and the truthfulness of the Gospel in this off-the-cuff presentation that is at once thought provoking and incredibly funny.

Peterson believes that if we believe something is true, then it is worth defending. However, apologetics is not about winning points.

Other areas of discussion deal with the inviting target both Christian religion and the Church are by the secular press; bias against scholars who profess faith; a focus on the belief that religion leads to violence and judgementalism (especially since 9/11); the value of religious faith that never makes it into the media headlines and the many books including Evangelical books on Mormon history that do not address serious Mormon scholarship on Mormon history.

Daniel C. Peterson received a bachelor's degree in Greek and philosophy from Brigham Young University (BYU) and, after several years of study in Jerusalem and Cairo, earned his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Peterson is a professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at BYU, as well as a member of the board and associate executive director of its Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, which has produced a computer-digitized version of the Dead Sea Scrolls, electronically recovered damaged documents from the ruins of Herculaneum, Petra, and elsewhere, and is engaged in joint publishing ventures with such institutions as the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome. He is the executive editor of BYU's three-part Middle Eastern Texts Initiative, which includes not only the Islamic Translation Series but two sister series: Graeco-Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, and Eastern Christian Texts. These series publish dual-language editions of classical works of medieval Arabic and Persian philosophy, Arabic medicine and science, and early Coptic, Syriac, and Christian Arabic literature. (The University of Chicago Press distributes the volumes.)

He is the author of several books and numerous articles on Islamic and Latter-day Saint topics. Dr. Peterson served in the Switzerland Znrich Mission, and, for approximately eight years, on the Gospel Doctrine writing committee for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He currently serves as a Gospel Doctrine teacher in his home ward. He is immediate past chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS), and edits the FARMS Review of Books.

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