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 …
Event: Salt Lake Symposium 2006
Author-Meets-Critics Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency Of Spencer W Kimball
Author-Meets-Critics Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency Of Spencer W Kimball Edward L. Kimball’s highly anticipated study of the landmark Church presidency of Spencer W. Kimball arrived late last year with far less fanfare than it deserved. According to the book’s preface, the author and publisher Deseret Book “[did] not agree on the interpretations or weight …
The Sugar Beet: 4 Years, 5 Months, 7 Days, And 3.52 Hours Later
The Sugar Beet: 4 Years, 5 Months, 7 Days, And 3.52 Hours Later Everyone loves Mormonism’s premier satirical newspaper, The Sugar Beet. And everyone is really excited that The Sugar Beet’s first collection, The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer, is scheduled to come out this fall just in time to keep us all awake during General Conference. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Screening Of New York Doll And Discussion With Director Greg Whiteley
Screening Of New York Doll And Discussion With Director Greg Whiteley New York Doll is a film that captures one of those rare occasions where life is not only stranger but also better than fiction. As the founding member of the visionary rock group The New York Dolls, Arthur “Killer” Kane belonged to a select …
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 …
For Better, For Worse, For Apostasy? How Faith Issues Affect Couple Relationships
For Better, For Worse, For Apostasy? How Faith Issues Affect Couple Relationships How does it affect the stability and foundation of the relationship when one partner in an LDS temple marriage begins to question his or her core religious beliefs? In this session, three couples share their personal experiences with doubt and changes in faith, …