The Book of Mormon’s ethic of mournful wakefulness, with David Charles Gore [MIPodcast #109]

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Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The Book of Mormon has important things to say about how we say important things, according to David Charles Gore. He’s author of The Voice of the People: Political Rhetoric in the Book of Mormon (Maxwell Institute, 2019).

Gore says it’s not enough to be in possession of the truth. We also have to know how to share it in ways that actually reach other people’s hearts. The Book of Mormon seems to be a cautionary history in this regard, calling readers to develop what Gore calls an “ethic of mournful wakefulness.”

Gore’s Maxwell Institute Guest Lecture is available here.

About the Guest

David Charles Gore (PhD, Texas A&M University) is associate professor and department head in the Department of Communication at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. Gore regularly teaches courses on the history and theory of rhetoric, including its application to globalization and Stoic philosophy. His work has appeared in Philosophy & Rhetoric, Argumentation & Advocacy, Dialogue: a Journal of Mormon Thought, and a variety of other venues.

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0:00.0	It's the Maxwell Institute podcast.
0:02.2	I'm Blair Hodges.
0:04.1	David Charles Gore says the Book of Mormon has important things to say about how we say important things.
0:09.7	It's not enough to be in possession of the truth.
0:12.3	You also have to know how to share it in ways that actually reach other people's hearts.
0:16.8	Gore is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Minnesota at Duluth,
0:20.6	and he spent decades researching rhetoric, which is the Department of Communication at the University of Minnesota at Duluth,
0:20.9	and he spent decades researching rhetoric, which is the art of discussion and persuasion.
0:25.3	And he brought that training to bear on a scriptural text he loves, the Book of Mormon.
0:29.4	He wrote about it in his new book, The Voice of the People, political rhetoric in the Book of Mormon.
0:34.5	The book was published here by the Maxwell Institute.
0:36.9	Are there false ways to share
0:38.2	true things? How can we make our words count in a world of strife and competing opinions?
0:44.3	David Charles Gore says the Book of Mormon provides some striking answers to these questions.
0:48.8	And if you have any questions or comments about this and other episodes of the Maxwell Institute
0:52.2	podcast, you can send them to me at
0:54.2	MI Podcast at BYU.edu.
0:56.9	David Gore, thanks for coming to the Maxwell Institute today.
0:59.8	Thanks for having me, Blair.
1:01.0	We just published your book, The Voice of the People.
1:04.5	Congratulations on getting the book finished.
1:06.2	Thank you. I'm excited.
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