Event: Salt Lake Symposium 1999

LDS CHURCH GROWTH AND CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF LINEAGE AND RACE

LDS CHURCH GROWTH AND CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF LINEAGE AND RACE During the past century or so, conceptions about race and lineage among the Latter-day Saints have gradually evolved in the direction of greater universalism and less parochialism. The changes are apparent in official discourse as well as in grassroots attitudes and involve doctrines about black …

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WE ARE MANY PARTS; WE ARE ALL ONE BODY’

WE ARE MANY PARTS; WE ARE ALL ONE BODY’ This session will focus on transcending boundaries and beliefs to achieve constructive unity in today’s stressful society. Panel members representing the Catholic, Jewish, LDS, and Unitarian faiths will discuss the opportunities and difficulties of living in a community with a predominant faith population. African shaman Malidoma …

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