Summary: Taylor Petrey is an assistant professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College and Director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality program. His area of specialization is New Testament and Early Christianity . Dr. Petrey received his ThD from Harvard Divinity School (2010), MTS from Harvard Divinity School (2003), and BA in Philosophy and Religion from Pace University (2001, summa cum laude). His research interests include issues of gender and sexuality in early Christianity, early Christian identity, and the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Dr. Petrey teaches in the Jewish Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Programs. He is the founder of the Greater Michigan Ancient Christianity Society (GMACS), a regional academic organization. He is also a fellow at the Neil A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Many of Taylor's thoughts are based on a blog post that he recently wrote, "How Mormons Read the Bible, See it here: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peculiarpeople/2013/03/how-mormons-read-the-bible/ On this episode of the show, Kirk switches up the format somewhat and talks about the 2013 changes to the LDS scriptures with Taylor Petrey. In this interview Kirk and Taylor discuss how Mormons read scripture, what changes are in this new edition, and Official Doctrine 2 (the new preface on the Priesthood ban).
