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Session 091: MATHEW N. SCHMALZ, SPIRITUAL BRIDGES AND INTELLECTUAL BYWAYS: REFLECTING ON MORMON/CATHOLIC CONNECTIONS

. Session 101: ROBERT REES, TIKKUN K’NESSIAH: REPAIRING THE CHURCH

. Session 111: ROBERT REES, TIKKUN K’NESSIAH: REPAIRING THE CHURCH

. Session 112: KRISTEEN BLACK, WARD FAMILY: THE PRACTICE OF KINSHIP IN LDS CONGREGATIONAL LIFE

. Session 114: WILLIAM D. RUSSELL, CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE RLDS CHURCH IN THE 1960S: A PERSONAL MEMOIR

. Session 115: EARL M. WUNDERLI, THE TWO JESUSES IN THE BOOK OF MORMON AND OTHER ANOMALIES

. Session 121: JANICE ALLRED, THE ATONEMENT ACCORDING TO JESUS

. Session 122: BRANDON RO, WHAT IS A TEMPLE? A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL PERCEPTIONS

. Session 123: PANEL, CHURCH DISCIPLINE: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW (D. MICHAEL QUINN, AMANDA HENDRIX-KOMOTO, BRIAN WHITNEY, WHITNEY MOLLENHAUER)

. Session 124: CHRISTOPHER BRADFORD, OVERLAPPING MAGISTERIA: MORMONISM’S UNIQUE POSITION IN RECONCILING SCIENCE AND RELIGION

. Session 132: MICHAEL VINSON, LEARNING TO READ DREAMS AS PERSONAL REVELATION

. Session 133: PANEL, WILLIAM SMITH AND THE NOTORIOUS HODGES BROTHERS’ CRIMINAL GANG AT NAUVOO (H. MICHAEL MARQUARDT, WILLIAM SHEPARD, LINDA KING NEWELL)

. Session 134: PANEL, BRIDGING MORMONISM AND POPULAR CULTURE (STEPHEN CARTER, JACOB BENDER, JERILYN HASSELL POOL, ETHAN SPROAT)

. Session 135: WHY I CHANGED DENOMINATIONS (MARK DEXHEIMER TRUJILLO, PAGE KIMBALL, ROBERT D. HUTCHINS)

. Session 151: A DIVERSITY OF FAITH: A PANEL ON HEAVEN AND HELL (MARGARET TOSCANO, JULIE HARTLEY MOORE, JOHN HAMER, MURIEL SCHMID, FR. MARTIN DIAZ)

. Session 152: PANEL, SHADES OF FAITH: DESPERATELY SEEKING JESUS (RUSSELL STEVENSON, AMANDA KAY KLEIN, SARA BURLINGAME)

. Session 153: AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS: A FRONTIER LIFE: JACOB HAMBLIN, EXPLORER AND INDIAN MISSIONARY (TODD COMPTON, WILL BAGLEY, LINDSAY HANSEN PARK, ELISE BOXER)

. Session 154: JERILYN HASSELL POOL, MORMON FOOD, FROM THE JELL-O BELT TO THE PYREX PANHANDLE

. Session 162: PANEL, EARTH STEWARDSHIP: THE ULTIMATE MORAL CHALLENGE FOR MORMONS (ROBERT A REES, TY MARKHAM, HANS EHRBAR, ALICIA CONNELL, RACHEL MABEY WHIPPLE)

. Session 163: TWO PAPER SESSION: BRIDGES BURNED, BRIDGES BUILT (HILARY BROWN, STEVEN L. SHIELDS)

. Session 164: PANEL, INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE IN THE LDS HYMNAL, ROBERT A. REES, VICKIE EASTMAN, JANEANNE PETERSON, ALAN EASTMAN

. Session 172: CLAIMING OUR HEROINES: THE UNTOLD STORY OF LOTS WIFE (MICHELLE STONE, KATIE LANGSTON)

. Session 173: CREATING A NEW PATH THROUGH LEHI’S DREAM (MERRILL LONG, MICHAEL VINSON)

. Session 174: FLAT CHURCH SEEKS ENGAGEMENT OF ITS PEOPLE (GLEN SOREN LARSON JR., LORI LEVAR PIERCE)

. Session 201: WHY ORDAINING LDS WOMEN COULD BE GOOD FOR MEN (MICHAEL J. STEVENS, MARK BARNES, STEPHEN CARTER, JIM KELLY)

. Session 211: WHAT THE CHURCH CAN OFFER YOUTH (TRESA EDMUNDS, JULIA JARRETT, EMMA TUELLER-STONE, JESSA BATES-PYNE, MARINA TIJERINO-ABE, TINESHA ZANDAMELA)

. Session 212: PROJECTION ZION: PULLING FORWARD KEY THREADS OF THE RESTORATION FOR A POST-MODERN WORLD (KATIE LANGSTON, ROBIN LINKHART, JOHN HAMER, SARA K.S. HANKS)

. Session 213: LEAVING OR STAYING IN THE LDS CHURCH (D. MICHAEL QUINN, PAUL TOSCANO)

. Session 214: ALL WHO WANDER ARE NOT LOST: 40 YEARS OF SUNSTONE MANNA IN THE CORRELATED WILDERNESS (MARY ELLEN ROBERTSON, ALLAN ROBERTS, DAN WOTHERSPOON, JOHN HATCH, STEPHEN CARTER, SUSAN STAKER, GARY SHEPHERD)

. Session 215: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (CARLENE GEORGE, KATIE LANGSTON)

. Session 221: THE DEPICTION OF WOMEN IN MORMON POPULAR CULTURE (AUDREY DUTCHER, RICHARD DUTCHER, MICAH NICKOLAISEN, LORI BURKMAN, PAULA GOODFELLOW)

. Session 223: MORMONISM AND OTHER RELIGIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA: BUILDING BRIDGES THROUGH COMPARISON (BOOKER T. ALSTON, BRIAN BENINGTON, KATIE DAVIS-HENDERSON)

. Session 224: CHURCH DISCIPLINE: A PROCEDURAL OVERVIEW (NADINE HANSEN, RUSSELL OSMOND, ROBERT A. REES, CHELSI ARCHIBALD)

. Session 225: OFF-LABEL USES FOR CONSECRATED OIL AND HOLY WATER (MICHAEL G. REED, ROY SCHMIDT)

. Session 231: GOD(S) AS CHARACTER(S) IN JOSEPH’S BIBLE STORIES (SUSAN STAKER, BOYD JAY PETERSEN, HILARY JOHNSON)

. Session 232: MORMONISM AND THE PROBLEM OF HETERODXY (DENNIS POTTER, JOHN HAMER, LAURA COMPTON)

. Session 233: THE LATTER-DAY APOSTASY: A SCRIPTURAL PERSPECTIVE

. Session 234: A JOURNEY THROUGH MORMON FOLK SONGS FROM THE TERRITORY OF DESERET (MARY AND PETER DANZIG)

. Session 235: WHY WE STAY (DAN WOTHERSPOON, BOYD JAY PETERSON, WENDY WILLIAMS MONTGOMERY, RUSSELL OSMOND, JENNIFER FINLAYSON-FIFE, MITCH MAYNE)

. Session 251: ORDAIN WOMEN: WHERE WE ARE NOW (NANCY ROSS, DEBRA JENSON, CHELSEA SHIELDS STRAYER, AMY CARTWRIGHT, LORIE WINDER)

. Session 252: SEALING AND SALVATION IN EARLY MORMONISM: PERSPECTIVES ON THE LAW OF ADOPTION (CHERYL L. BRUNO, BRIAN C. HALES, GARY SHEPHERD)

. Session 253: CHURCH DISCIPLINE: IMPACT ON FAMILY, WARD, AND THE LARGER LDS COMMUNITY (KRISTEEN BLACK, MICAH NICKOLAISEN, WHITNEY F. MOLLENHAUER, LORI BURKMAN, CARSON CALDERWOOD)

. Session 254: NATURAL LAW IN LDS THEOLOGY: PROSPECTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (T. HEATH OGDEN, DUANE E. JEFFREY, WILLIAM S. BRADSHAW, PAUL BARKER)

. Session 255: SUNSTONE FILM FESTIVAL: BUSHED: TEACHING LIFE IN ALASKA (STEPHEN CARTER, RANDY ASTLE)

. Session 261: BRASS BANDS: A CULTURAL BRIDGE BETWEEN MORMON UTAH AND THE EASTERN UNITED STATES (BRYANT SMITH, CRYSTAL SCOTT)

. Session 262: AUTHORS MEET CRITICS: THE LOST APOSTLES: FORGOTTEN MEMBERS OF MORMONIM’S ORIGINAL QUORUM OF TWELVE (ANDREW HAMILTON, REED RUSSELL, WILLIAM SHEPARD, H. MICHAEL MARQUARDT, BRIAN WHITNEY)

. Session 263: TINKELMAN AND JONES: USING GENEALOGY TO BRIDGE MY JEWISH-MORMON ANGST (LINDA JONES GIBBS, NANCY ROSS, MICAH NICKOLAISEN)

. Session 264: BONES HEAL FASTER: EMOTIONAL ABUSE IN LDS FAMILIES (TERENCE L. DAY, KATRINE JUDD)

. Session 265: SUNSTONE TOWN HALL MEETING (JIM MURPHY, STEPHEN CARTER, LINDSAY HANSEN PARK, BILL MCGEE, MARY ELLEN ROBERTSON, MICHAEL J. STEVENS)

. Session 271: SUNSTONE FILM FESTIVAL: STATES OF GRACE (RICHARD DUTCHER, RANDY ASTLE)

. Session 274: THEOCRACY UNFOUNDED: WHAT THE POLYGAMY RULING MEANS FOR PLURAL FAMILIES IN UTAH (NADINE HANSEN, JENNIFER HUSS BASQUIAT, JOE DARGER, STAN SHEPP, POLLY)

. Session 275: THE GENDER OF GOD AND THE DIVERSITY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY (MARGARET TOSCANO, JANICE ALLRED, ALISA BOLANDER, EDWARD JONES III)

. Session 276: BRITISH LDS FICTION: CONFLICTS AND CONTEXTS (JENN ASHWORTH, CARYS BRAY, BROCK CHENEY, STEPHEN CARTER)

. Session 277: ABUSE IN LDS CULTURE (TERENCE L. DAY, MEGHAN RAYNES, JENNY MORROW, LISA TENSMEYER HANSEN, TRESA EDMUNDS)

. Session 291: A DIVERSITY OF FAITH PANEL: PANEL ON GRACE AND WORKS (MICHAEL MINCH, KATIE LANGSTON, ROBIN LINKHART, LINDSAY HANSEN PARK)

. Session 301: PILLARS OF MY FAITH (LAURA COMPTON, KIM MCCALL, ALAN EASTMAN, KATHRYN SHIRTS, JOHN GUSTAV-WRATHALL)

. Session 311: HOOK-UP CULTURE, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND THE COLLAPSE OF RELIGION IN THE WEST (CARRIE MILES, WHITNEY MOLLENHAUER)

. Session 312: MARRIAGE AFTER A CHANGE IN BELIEFS: WHO IS HAPPY, WHO IS MISERABLE, AND WHY? (ADAM FISHER, KATIE DAVIS-HENDERSON)

. Session 313: INVENTING TRADITION, THE LEAD PLATES OF SACROMONTE AND THE GOLD PLATES OF THE NEW WORLD: A COMPARATIVE STUDY (MICHAEL G. REED, RICHARD BUSHMAN, MICAH NICKOLAISEN)

. Session 314: APOLGETIC ETHICS: DEFENDING THE FAITH WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SOUL (SETH PAYNE, LOYD ERICSON, BRIAN KISSELL)

. Session 315: SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG: SINGING NEW HYMNS TOGETHER (FRED VOROS, ALAN EASTMAN, VICKIE EASTMAN)

. Session 316: SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG: SINGING NEW HYMNS TOGETHER (FRED VOROS, ALAN EASTMAN, VICKIE EASTMAN)

. Session 321: WALKING IN SOLIDARITY: ORDAIN WOMEN AND COSMOPOLITAN THEOLOGY (SARAH ZOE PIKE, MAXINE HANKS, HILARY JOHNSON)

. Session 323: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE: LGBTQ AND THE MORMON CHURCH, 1995 AND THE PRESENT (KAREN SMYTH, D. MICHAEL QUINN, KATRINE JUDD)

. Session 324: FROM DARK ALLEYS TO THE FOLD OF GOD: TWO WORLDS BRIDGED BY THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST (LAURIN CROSSON, J. ALLEN, EDWARD JONES III)

. Session 325: LIFE AFTER CHURCH DISCIPLINE (J.R., FLIP JOHNSON, RITCHIE STEADMAN, LAVINA FIELDING ANDERSON, CARLENE GEORGE)

. Session 326: TEXAS HAS ITS OWN VIEW OF POLYGAMISTS (KEN DRIGGS, ROGER HOOLE, PAULA GOODFELLOW)

. Session 331: SUNSTONE FILM FESTIVAL: TRANSMORMON (KEIKO HAYWARD, ED HAYWARD, TORBEN BERNHARD, RANDY ASTLE)

. Session 333: MODERATING MORMONS IN CYBERSPACE (LINDSAY HANSEN PARK, ANDREW SPRIGGS, JERILYN HASSELL POOL, NICOLE FORSGREN VELSAQUEZ, DEREK LEE, ROCK WATERMAN)

. Session 334: A CIRICLE OF EMPATHY: HOW TO BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN PROGRESSIVE AND CONSERVATIVE MORMONS (ERIKA MUNSON, KENDALL WILCOX, ANNE MCMULLIN PEFFER, SHERRI PARK, COREY HOWARD, DOREE BURT, SUSAN DORTSCH MIKESELL)

. Session 335: MOVIES MOST MORMON: ONE RATED G, ONE RATED R (STEPHEN CARTER, RANDY ASTLE, LISA BUTTERWORTH, JOHN HATCH, RACHEL MABEY WHIPPLE)

. Session 336: BRIDGING MARITAL DIVIDES CAUSED BY A PORNOGRAPHY CRISIS (NATASHA HELFER PARKER, JENNIFER FINLAYSON-FIFE, KATRINE JUDD)

. Session 341: #YESALLWOMEN, #ORDAINWOMEN, #WELLBEHAVEDWOMEN: MAKING HISTORY AND CHALLENGING PATRIARCHY IN THE DIGITAL AGE (HOLLY WELKER, JANICE ALLRED, TRESA EDMUNDS, KATE KELLY, NANCY ROSS, MARGARET TOSCANO, TROY WILLIAMS)

. Session 351: CUTTING DOWN THE TREE OF LIFE TO BUILD A WOODEN BRIDGE (DENVER SNUFFER, DAN WOTHERSPOON, CATHLEEN GILBERT)

. Session 352: SUN TALKS: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN OLD BELIEF AND NEW (LINDSAY HANSEN PARK, KATE KELLY, JERILYN HASSELL POOL, JOHN LARSEN)

. Session 353: SHALL THE YOUTH OF ZION CARRY? THE INTERSECTION OF GUNS AND GOSPEL (WILLIAM D. RUSSELL, ROBERT A. REES, RICK SARRE, JAMES D. “MITCH” VILOS)

. Session 354: BE HAPPY, BE MORMON: A BESTSELLING OFF-BROADWAY PERFORMANCE (KIMBALL ALLEN, MITCH MAYNE)

. Session 355: SHADES OF FAITH: WHAT IS “TRUTH” IN MORMONISM? (DENNIS POTTER, SHAWN TABRIZI, CHELSEA SHIELDS STRAYER, KATRINE JUDD)

. Session 356: SUNSTONE FILM FESTIVAL: THE FAITH OF AN OBSERVER: CONVERSATIONS WITH HUGH NIBLEY (ALEX NIBLEY, STERLING VAN WAGENEN, PETER CZERNY, BOYD JAY PETERSEN, RANDY ASTLE)

. Session 361: THE BOOK OF MORMON AND THE MYTH OF THE FRONTIER (CHRISTOPHER SMITH, ASHLEY RAYMOND)

. Session 362: CHURCH DISCIPLINE: AN ECUMENICAL OVERVIEW (WILLIAM D. RUSSELL, REV. ROBERT TRUJILLO, REV. MONICA HALL, KATIE LANGSTON)

. Session 363: COMPASSIONATE THEODICY AND JOSEPH SMITH’S LIMITED GOD (MIRIAM ATTIA, KEN DRIGGS, CHRIS HANNA)

. Session 364: NON-MORMONS AT THE LORD’S UNIVERSITY (CURTIS PENFOLD, CRISTINA RILEY, CATERINA RILEY, SINEAD, KIRSTEN)

. Session 365: CHIASTIC SEXUAL PATTERNS OF THE STORY OF SODOM & GOMORRAH, AND THE QUESTION OF LITERAL INTERPRETATION (CLAIR BARRUS, CRYSTAL SCOTT)

. Session 366: SUNSTONE FILM FESTIVAL: CALLED TO SERVE (MICHAEL VAN ORDEN, JARED CARDON, ERIN ELTON SCHURTZ, RANDY ASTLE)

. Session 371: SUNSTONE DEBATE: IS RELIGION VALUABLE? (BLAKE MARSH, JARED ANDERSON, JOHN LARSEN, LINDSAY HANSEN PARK)

. Session 372: SHOW US OUR MONEY: THE MOVEMENT FOR LDS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY (MICHAEL J. STEVENS, WILL BAGLEY, TIMMY CHOU, RON MADSON, LORI LEVAR PIERCE)

. Session 374: THE BRIDGE BETWEEN FAITH TRANSITION AND REDEFININF SEXUALITY (NATASHA HELFER PARKER, ADAM FISHER, LAURA LEE LUND)

. Session 375: STUMBLING TOWARD ZION: INCLUDING LGBTI MORMONS IN THE PLAN OF SALVATION (DUANE JENNINGS, SARA JADE WOODHOUSE, ROBERT A. RESS, HILARY BROWN)

. Session 376: ORDAIN WOMEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY: STRATEGIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CHANGE IN A HIERARCHICAL RELIGIOUS TRADITION (MARIE CORNWALL, DEBRA JENSON, ROBIN LINKHART, JULIANA BOERIO-GOATES, AIMEE HICKMAN, ANDREA RADKE-MOSS, GORDON SHEPHERD)

. Session 377: PERFORMING THE DIVIDE, ENACTING ATONEMENT: THE AESTHETICS OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION (ERIC SAMUELSEN, JIM MURPHY)

. Session 391: PERFORMING THE DIVIDE, ENACTING ATONEMENT: THE AESTHETICS OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION (ERIC SAMUELSEN, JIM MURPHY)