Ships of Hagoth

Welcome to Ships of Hagoth

A Latter-day Saint Digital Voyage

Hagoth’s ships were not designed for a pleasure cruise through charted territory. They were vessels of discovery and exploration, built and boarded with only a general course charted.

The same is true of this website. Informed by the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, Ships of Hagoth explores culture the world over. In keeping with the curious spirit of our namesake, we echo these words of Michel de Montaigne:

I propose formless and undetermined fancies... to be after disputed upon in the schools, not to establish truth but to seek it... let what I here set down meet with correction or applause; it shall be of equal welcome and utility to me.

We'll do our best to be intellectually honest, faithful to our heritage as Latter-day Saints and respectful to those we encounter along the way. If we reveal our ignorance with an audacious, unqualified, half-baked argument--or if you feel we haven't gone far enough--speak up. We're eager to learn.

Discerning Celestial Homesickness

Mormon or not, we are all children of God; even the most cynical atheist is groping homeward. Ships of Hagoth attempts to discern how this "celestial homesickness" is manifest the world over.

Digital Scholarship

Ships of Hagoth is committed to the practice of digital scholarship as it encourages risk taking, accountability, and collaboration in absence of traditional distribution barriers. Click here for more information on digital scholarship.

Disclaimer

Ships of Hagoth is neither supported nor endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The content of each post, including the accuracy and interpretation of scriptural or otherwise authoritative quotations, is the full and exclusive responsibility of the contributor credited with authorship.

An Authentic Approach

Since Mormonism—like Marxism, psychoanalysis, structuralism, or existentialism—contains its own philosophical assumptions... it does not matter what we ultimately write about but who we write as.
—Dr. Michael Austin

Engaging the Other

Engaging the other is an act of faith, not an exercise in sacking a text for Mormon-looking quotes or attitudes.
—Dr. Gideon Burton

Listening for Added Truth

Other traditions have much to teach us. Not by way of confirming, corroborating, or verifying the truths we already have. But by way of actually adding to the body of revealed doctrine we call precious and true.
—Dr. Terryl Givens