132. History and Faith — A Conversation with David Holland

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🗓️ 18 September 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Restoration occurred in a fascinating and complex religious and historical moment in American history, and knowing more about that context can help us more deeply appreciate the blessings and beauty of the Restored Gospel.

One person at the forefront of expanding our knowledge of early American religious history is David Holland, a professor at Harvard Divinity School and also the son of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland.

In today’s episode Zach Davis and Terryl Givens visited David in his Cambridge office to discuss a range of topics, including how to discern the hand of God in history, whether there’s something about Calvinist theology worth celebrating, and how the experience of being a parent might be the best insight of all into the nature of God.

David Holland is a Professor of New England Church History at Harvard Divinity School and a renowned scholar of American religious history. He earned a BA in history from BYU and a PhD from Stanford University. He is the author of Moroni: A Brief Theological Introduction, published by the Maxwell Institute and Sacred Borders: Continuing Revelation and Canonical Restraint in Early America, published by Oxford University Press in 2011.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I just want to take a second to invite you to join me this year at Restore
0:06.6	a Faith Matters Gathering happening October 13th and 14th.
0:12.0	It's going to be at the Amount and America Expo Center in Sandy and it promises to be
0:16.5	an exceptional conference.
0:18.4	I attended last fall and found it to be a remarkably inspiring, hopeful two days of listening
0:27.2	to really well-prepared, thoughtful talks as well as inspiring music and really feeling
0:36.7	a deep connection with my other Latter-day Saint brothers and sisters around me in our
0:41.8	shared desire to speak to the best in our faith and to speak to one another and find a sense
0:48.6	of connection.
0:49.9	I'm also going to be one of the people speaking.
0:52.3	I'll be speaking a bit about eros energy and its connection to spirituality and to the
0:59.6	light of Christ.
1:01.1	And so I hope to see you all there.
1:05.6	Hey everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters.
1:11.6	The restoration occurred in a fascinating and complex religious and historical moment
1:15.4	in American history and knowing more about that context can help us to more deeply appreciate
1:19.6	the blessings and the beauty of the restored gospel.
1:22.5	One person at the forefront of expanding our knowledge of early American history is David
1:26.3	Holland, a professor at Harvard Divinity School and he also happens to be the son of Elder
1:30.2	Jeffery R. Holland.
1:31.9	In today's episodes, Zach Davis and Terrell Gibbons visited David in his Cambridge office
1:35.6	to discuss a range of topics including how to discern the hand of God in history, whether
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