Thousands of people either leave or contemplate leaving the LDS church each year. However, many feel a great deal of ambivalence towards this decision, since leaving the Church often has very serious familial, social, occupational, and even psychological implications. Many members caught at this crossroads see only two paths: (1) stay active as a full-blown, …
CLOSING PLENARY: WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN SELDOM MAKE HISTORY
LAUREL THATCHER ULRICH
PANEL: WHAT’S A NICE MORMON KID DOING AT HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL?
HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THE FUTURE OF MORMON STUDIES RYAN THOMAS, MICHAEL ING, GWEN REYNOLDS
PAPER: JAMES E. TALMAGE AND THE WRITING OF JESUS THE CHRIST
JAMES P. HARRIS
PAPER: ELDER WALKER LEWIS OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, AND THE ORIGINS OF THE PRIESTHOOD BAN
RESPONDENT: STIRLING ADAMS CONNELL O’DONOVAN
DISCUSSION: SUNSTONE STRATEGY BRAINSTORM
SUNSTONE IS AT AN IMPORTANT CROSSROADS. PLEASE JOIN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND EDITOR FOR A CONVERSATION ON WHAT WE MIGHT DO TOGETHER TO TAKE SUNSTONE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY JOHN DEHLIN, DAN WOTHERSPOON
PAPER: NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN–LUTHER AND CALVIN AND CONTEMPORARY MORMONS ON MUSIC AS AN ELEMENT OF WORSHIP
ANDRUS MADSEN, Ph.D.
PERFORMANCE:
A READER’S THEATER PRODUCTION; PAMPHLETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SYMPOSIUM FOR LAUREL THATCHER ULRICH’S SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF SITES WITH MORMON HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE NEAR HARVARD HEATHER SUNDAHL
PANEL: FINDING GOD AT THE UNIVERSITY: UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE WITH RELIGION
A DISCUSSION OF STUDENT EXPERIENCES ENCOUNTERING OTHER RELIGIONS, BEING QUESTIONED BY OTHERS, BEING QUESTIONS BY ONESELF KRISTA MCCLELLAND, JEREMY JACOX, SEAN LOOSLI, MADISON DUFF
THE BOSTON/CAMBRIDGE MORMON HISTORY PROJECT
LAUREL THATCHER ULRICH