Event: Salt Lake Symposium 2006

Does Tattoo Taboo Ring True for Mormon Youth?

Panel, Does Tattoo Taboo Ring True For Mormon Youth? When Brigham Young University basketball star Rafael Araujo’s obvious tattoos drew media attention in 2004, and the team’s media guide used electronic means to scrub his image by manipulating a photo, the flap attracted national coverage. Do tattoos violate Mormon reverence for the body? What motivates …

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Join None Of Them, For They Are All Wrong

Join None Of Them, For They Are All Wrong The panelists in this session will present their experiences of attending a variety of non-LDS churches. Their observations will range from music to preaching, from doctrine to fellowship, from proselytizing to church government. How do their experiences compare with those of Joseph Smith? Did they find …

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That’s Not What It Says: Part II

That’s Not What It Says: Part II Mormonism is known for its often unique and idiosyncratic use of standard Christian vocabulary. This presentation, the second installment of a study presented at last year’s symposium, looks at the interpretations of several standard Mormon “proof texts” and considers some of the most widespread and egregiously misunderstood passages …

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Integral Mormonism: Esoteric Perspectives Of The Mormon Tradition

Integral Mormonism: Esoteric Perspectives Of The Mormon Tradition (recording: poor quality) If one looks closely at the esoteric undercurrents and patterns of the Mormon tradition (especially its explications and commitment to the pursuit of the path to divinity), one finds almost all of the integral wisdom, perspectives, and practices that can be derived from all …

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Mormon Studies In The Academy

Mormon Studies In The Academy Courses and programs in Mormon studies are being established across the country. Panel members will discuss the challenges, tensions, and rewards of teaching and studying Mormon history, literature, and culture outside LDS-sponsored institutions and with both member and non-member students in the same classroom. Panelists will also discuss the current …

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Hidden Envy And Competition Among LDS Women

Hidden Envy And Competition Among LDS Women Julie Mounteer Hawker’s Sunstone article “Toward a More Authentic Sisterhood: Unmasking Hidden Envy and Competition among LDS Women” brings into the open some of the tensions and paradoxes in women’s relationships, in general and how they play out in the LDS Church. Why is it that women who …

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