Pillars Of My Faith This is Sunstone’s perennially best-attended session. Hear speakers share the events and concepts that animate their religious lives; a little soul-baring, a little spiritual journey, a little intellectual testimony-bearing. This self-reflective night is about the things that matter most, plus spirited congregational hymn-singing. Tom Pixton, Kate Handley, and Phyllis Barber
Event: Salt Lake Symposium 2006
Update On Current Events Surrounding Fundamentalist Mormonism
Update On Current Events Surrounding Fundamentalist Mormonism Each member of this panel has studied, written about, or closely observed fundamentalist Mormon communities for many years. In this session, they will discuss the latest news about FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, the implications of recent rulings and actions by Utah and Arizona courts, and other current events …
Improvising a Life: A Series of Fortunate Events
Improvising a Life: A Series of Fortunate Events We can’t say that he’s kept a low profile at Sunstone, having led us in sometimes roaring and often soulful song for all but one of the past twenty-six symposiums. We’ve managed brief glimpses into his intellectual and spiritual life through various panelist and respondent stints, including …
Devotional. Baring My Testimony: Adventures In An Old Court
Devotional. Baring My Testimony: Adventures In An Old Court Bearing testimony? Baring testimony? Bears and testimony? It is not a simple matter to bear testimony, let alone understand what is asked of us, and especially difficult for a child to grasp. To whom do we testify? Of what do we testify? Why must everyone testify? …
Our Dual Challenge: Ecumenism And Abiding Faith
Our Dual Challenge: Ecumenism And Abiding Faith Despite precedents to the contrary, such as the Thirteenth Article of Faith, the School of the Prophets, and the 1978 First Presidency declaration on world religions, Mormons have become increasingly insular with respect to other-than- officially enunciated or approved sources of inspiration. By the same token, too many …
‘Blessed Are The Peacemakers’: The Pursuit Of Peace In The Community Of Christ Tradition, A Historical View
‘Blessed Are The Peacemakers’: The Pursuit Of Peace In The Community Of Christ Tradition, A Historical View With the passing of nearly six generations, decision-makers within the Community of Christ tradition have encountered numerous opportunities to take a stand as a people of peace. However, pressures from both without and within reduced the peace option …
Varieties Of Irreligious Experience: Schoolmarmery, Success-Mongery, And Sycophancy
Varieties Of Irreligious Experience: Schoolmarmery, Success-Mongery, And Sycophancy This presentation analyzes three varieties of irreligious experience, that is, spiritually immature attitudes, that have become preoccupations of conservative Christians (as well as conservative Jews and Muslims) and have achieved cultural prominence and political dominance. These are: (1) the lust for sexual purity (what I call “schoolmarmery”), …
The Yoga Of Christ
The Yoga Of Christ The word yoga is related to the English word yoke. Yoga is the union of body, mind, and spirit within an individual and then the union of the individual with the Divine. This certainly seems consistent with the message and life of Christ. What did Jesus mean when he said, “Take …
Author-Meets-Critics: Exploring Mormon Thought: The Problems Of Theism And The Love Of God
Author-Meets-Critics: Exploring Mormon Thought: The Problems Of Theism And The Love Of God Panelists in this session will engage author Blake T. Ostler in a vigorous discussion of the views of salvation he offers in the second of three volumes in his Exploring Mormon Thought series. What is God’s grace? To whom is it offered? …
And the Winner Is . . . And Previews of Coming Attractions
And the Winner Is . . . And Previews of Coming Attractions This session will feature winning and other selected entries from the inaugural Sunstone Short Film Contest as well as trailers for or short cuts of three other LDS films currently in production: Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons, a documentary about …