The exchange “Is Mormonism Christian?” between Bruce D. Porter and Gerald R. McDermott from our October issue generated, needless to say, quite a bit of discussion.
And First Things features editor R.R. Reno piqued interest even more when he interviewed Porter and McDermott about their essays and placed both talks online.
But we’re not done yet. Over the past several days, we’ve been compiling all the letters our faithful subscribers sent in in response to the exchange, as well as Porter’s and McDermott’s own replies to those letters. You’ll be able to read them all when our February 2009 issue hits newsstands, so don’t miss out on this fascinating discussion— subscribe today .
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