‘THERE WERE NO CONTENTIONS AND DISPUTATIONS’: OVERCOMING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM TOWARD INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere and Mormons are inextricably connected by the Book of Mormon and western American History. In many attitudes and cultural representations, however, Mormons tend to replicate patterns of paternalism and racism from general American society. Conquering racism, even …
Event: Arizona Symposium 2006
HISTORY’S APPRENTICE: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON B. H. ROBERTS
HISTORY’S APPRENTICE: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON B. H. ROBERTS Though he has been dead for more than seventy years, B. H. Roberts remains a significant Mormon historian and theologian, and he’s considered one of the Church’s premier intellectuals. This presentation draws on my experience as the editor of his journals covering the period from 1880–1898, a …
MORMON CINEMA AT FIVE: A HEALTH REPORT
MORMON CINEMA AT FIVE: A HEALTH REPORT Although Mormons have been a topic for films as early as 1905, and LDS filmmakers have been telling quintessential Mormon stories since the 1930s, Richard Dutcher’s films God’s Army (2000) and Brigham City (2001) mark what some consider to be the birth of “Mormon Cinema”, feature-length fiction films …
MORMONISM AND BLACKS: TAKING A CURRENT PULSE
MORMONISM AND BLACKS: TAKING A CURRENT PULSE Approaching the issue of Mormonism and race through multiple disciplines, panelists will offer a progress report on how far Mormonism has come in realizing the Book of Mormon ideal of all people being treated “alike unto God,” especially black Americans. Where have LDS efforts succeeded? What areas must …