Restoration Commons is a shared home for a family of Latter-day Saint humanities projects — an archive, a journal, a course platform, and a video channel — held together by a common way of working: source-first, intellectually honest, open to collaboration.1Brand architecture · §1"Faithful, intellectually serious, open-handed, and built for people who want better tools for studying Latter-day Saint theology, history, scripture, and thought."
I · The Commons
Apparatus · the first four projects 4 entries
1
Archive
Pulpit
Sermons / General Conference / preaching tradition
Full-text archive of LDS sermons and General Conference talks, with source provenance on every transcript.
In build · alpha corpus
2
Journal
Telos
Undergraduate scholarship / Mormon studies / open access
Undergraduate journal in Mormon studies. Issue-based, open-access, student-edited.
Published · existing issues
3
Courses
Roberts Academy
Humanities / philosophy / theology / history
Free humanities courses in philosophy, theology, and history — designed for self-directed learners.
Curriculum draft
4
Channel
Covenant Perspectives
Video essays / interviews / scripts / transcripts
Video essays and conversations on Latter-day Saint thought. Scripts and transcripts archived alongside.
Pilot scripts
II · Principles
Principles
Source First
Cite sources. Distinguish confidence from speculation.
Formation Over Content
Teach people how to read and think, not just what to know.
Open Collaboration
Built for volunteers, students, writers, and careful readers.
III · Hosting