Eric Samuelsen: Mormon Culture through the Eyes of a Playwright Please join us Sunday 17 October 2010 for a special evening with Eric Samuelsen, Mormonism’s preeminent contemporary playwright, as he discusses his LDS-themed plays, reflects on aspects of Mormon culture highlighted by each work, and the reactions the plays received in various circles. Eric will …
Category: Mormon Thought
Updated SLC 2010 Symposium Program
Take a look at the nearly-final program for the 2010 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium! We’ve added some great sessions, moved a few sessions around, added details about the Saturday night banquet, gatherings for Sunstone-minded singles and our Bloggernacle friends, our fabulous Wednesday workshop offerings, and a Sunday morning worship service at the Community of Christ …
Salt Lake Symposium sneak peek
Want to know what we’ve lined up for the 2010 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium 4-7 August? It’s all right here in the Preliminary Program. Here are some of the highlights: 4 August 2010 Wednesday workshop sessions 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Navigating an LDS faith crisis (John Dehlin) Just what is a personal essay? (Phyllis …
Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy Conference
The Mormon Chapter of the Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy invites you to attend the upcoming conference “Mormon Engagement with the World Religions: Perspectives and Possibilities with the Abrahamic Religions” on June 11th – 12th at the University of Southern California. Registration is limited and a timely reply is warmly appreciated. This conference is designed to …
Divine Malfeasance
The next week I delivered a talk about God’s sense of humor. Look at the story of Job—arguably the original practical joke
Sunstone’s April Events
We have some fun things planned for Sunstone fans in April! Here’s what’s happening in Salt Lake and further afield: 7 April 2010 Special benefit performance of Eric Samuelsen’s new play, Amerigo, with a discussion with the playwright afterward. 7:00 pm Wednesday 7 April at Plan-B Theatre Company, 138 West, 300 South Salt Lake City. …
A Note to Sunstone Supporters
Carol is visiting family in California, so I’ve been solo in the Sunstone office this week. In addition to my regular duties, I’ve been answering phone calls and opening the daily mail—the thankless background tasks necessary for smooth operations. Since I don’t normally handle the mail, it’s been kind of fun to slit open the …
‘Tis the Season to Say Thank You!
We are grateful for all of our dedicated supporters who have made 2009 a great year for Sunstone! Generous thanks to all who have donated to Sunstone this year through our online fundraisers, at the symposiums, and during our year-end giving campaign. Your support is vital to keeping Sunstone’s publications, events, and new programs going. …
Jan Shipps lecture covered in Mormon Times
Last night’s lecture featuring Jan Shipps received a nice write up in Mormon Times! Click the link to read the article. http://www.mormontimes.com/studies_doctrine/research_discoveries/?id=11725
Saturday’s Werewolves: Twilight, monsters, and Mormons
For all the online chatter about Stephenie Meyer and her Scary Mormon Agenda, most alarmed bloggers have overlooked how her monsters—werewolves in particular—fall into a classic Mormon literary pattern: the Premortal Romance.