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Evolution and Latter-day Saint Theology --and-- The Charge of Racism in the Book of Mormon (WMV)

Trent D. Stephens, "Evolution and Latter-day Saint Theology: the Tree of Life and DNA," Mesa, Arizona: The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), 2003 FAIR Conference, Windows Media Video (WMV).

"Creationism" or evolution? Trent Stephens explains the ChurchÆs officially neutral position on the issue, and why faithful Latter-day Saints can accept evolution and still remain faithful believers in the scriptures.

Dr. Trent D. Stephens is Professor of Anatomy and Embryology at Idaho State University. He has a BS in Microbiology and a BS in Zoology from BYU, an MS in Zoology from BYU, and a Ph.D. in Anatomy from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught Anatomy for four years in the Medical School at the University of Washington (post-doctoral) and has been teaching Anatomy and Embryology in the Dental Program at Idaho State University since 1981. He was selected as the ISU Distinguished Teacher in 1992, as the Sigma Xi Jerome Bigalow Award recipient (for combining teaching and research) in 1992, and as an Outstanding Researcher in 2000.

Stephens has been actively involved in research into the developmental origins of vertebrate form for the past 30 years (beginning as an undergraduate), and has published over 80 scientific papers and books. His research has lead to the conclusion that there are apparently many constraints on the developing embryo which keep evolutionary change bounded within certain domains. He has published one textbook and has co-authored ten others. He is also co-author of Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and its Revival as a Vital Medicine, and Evolution and Mormonism: A Quest for Understanding.

John A. Tvedtnes, The Charge of Racism in the Book of Mormon," Mesa, Arizona: The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), 2003 FAIR Conference, Windows Media Video (WMV).

Some critics have claimed that the Book of Mormon teaches "racism," as demonstrated in the use of such terms such as "black" and "white." John Tvedtnes dispels such misreadings and explains how the Nephites would have understood such terminology.

John Tvedtnes is associate director of research at the BYU Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts. He earned a BA in anthropology, a graduate certificate in Middle East area studies, an MA in linguistics, and an MA in Hebrew at the University of Utah and did postgraduate work at the University of California (Berkeley) and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He taught for seventeen years at the University of Utah and the Salt Lake and Jerusalem centers of Brigham Young University.

He has published eight books and more than 200 articles and is associate editor of the ISPART/FARMS Ancient Texts and Mormon Studies series. While many of his writings have appeared in books, magazines, and journals for a Latter-day Saint audience, some of his works have been published by the University of Utah, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Pontifical Biblical Institute, and the Journal of Near Eastern Studies. He is a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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