Blake Ostler

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Blake Thomas Ostler (born 1955)^[1] is an American writer on the topic of Mormon philosophy and thought.

Contents 1 Background 2 Publications 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Background

Ostler was born in 1957 in Murray, Utah. Ostler received his B.A. in philosophy and B.S. in psychobiology in 1981 from Brigham Young University (BYU). He received his J.D. as a William Leary Scholar from the University of Utah in 1985. In each of his these degrees, Ostler graduated with honors.^[2] He is a practicing attorney specializing in educational law, employment law and intellectual property.

Ostler has published widely on Mormon philosophy in journals such as Religious Studies, International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, BYU Studies and the FARMS Review of Books.

Ostler accepts the Book of Mormon as an actual historical account, but as edited and expanded in light of Joseph Smith's vocabulary and capacity for expression within his world view. He argues that it is a modern expansion of an ancient document.^[3]\

Although Ostler adopts the Expansion Theory, he still affirms the Book of Mormon was translated through the gift of God. http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2005/04/updating-the-expansion-theory/ Accessed on April 8, 2009.

Ostler currently practices in Salt Lake City.^[4]

[edit] Publications

• Exploring Mormon Thought: The Attributes of God (October 1, 2001) ISBN 1-58958-003-6
• Exploring Mormon Thought: The Problems With Theism And the Love of God (March 2006) ISBN 1-58958-095-8
• Exploring Mormon Thought: Of God and Gods (April 2008) ISBN 1-58958-107-5
• Exploring Mormon Thought: Fire on the Horizon (2010)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Blake Ostler's Mormon Publications Site
• Blake Ostler (MormonWiki.org; evangelical wiki on Mormonism)

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