With our stories and experiences, we create frameworks through which we filter everything we see, hear, and do. Understanding how our mind develops and processes “frameworks” can help us understand and navigate changing faith. It can also help us understand how our foundational stories of God, church, prophets, and what it means to be a …
Event: Salt Lake Symposium 2015
Mormon Women S Forum Women And The Church Addressing Lds Feminist Concerns
Neylan McBaine’s recent book, Women At Church: Magnifying LDS Women’s Local Impact, explores ways in which the Church can better use the talents of women and include them more fully in local congregations without ordaining them to priesthood offices or changing anything in the structure of Church governance. This panel will discuss the ideas in …
Resurgent Mormon Feminism Ordain Women The Mormon Gender Issues Survey And Contemporary Lds Women
In order to analyze recent developments in contemporary Mormon feminism, a number of Mormon feminist writers, scholars, and activists have collaborated in producing Voices for Equality: Ordain Women and Resurgent Mormon Feminism, published by Kofford Books. Contributing authors will speak about Kate Kelly’s excommunication; current Ordain Women strategic planning; historical and theological underpinnings of female …
The Mormon Mind Through Art
This session will address what it means to be a Mormon artist within a religious art tradition that favors realism. Several Mormon artists working in a range of media will give a brief overview of their work and discuss how their work intersects with their Mormon identity. Jerilyn Hassell Pool, J. Kirk Richards, Nancy Ross
A Bible A Bible Interacting With The Book Of Mormon
How one interacts with the Bible as an artifact says as much about one’s identity as how one interprets the Bible’s concepts. The printed Book of Mormon resembles the Bible, but the story of its production and provenance does not fit the biblical model. This panel will explore the coming forth of the Book of …
Finding The God That Calls To You Faith Transitions And Healing
This workshop will feature a sermon followed by a group discussion session aimed at tackling the contours of the faith journey, its inevitable transitions, and the dynamics of healing. Lisa Butterworth, Fatimah S. Salleh
Why I Don T Need Heavenly Mother
The Mormon theology of a Heavenly Mother has been widely discussed as a transcendent and empowering doctrine, especially among Mormon feminists. While we recognize this can be a valuable paradigm for many, this panel will discuss some of its implications. For example, what does a heterosexual god-couple imply for same-gender couples? Would feminizing some attributes …
Why The Heart Is As Important As The Brain Combining New Science With Ancient Wisdom
Jesus said, “As a person thinks in her heart, so is she.” Long thought to be just a metaphor, the idea of a thinking heart is now supported by scientific findings revealing that the heart has its own nervous system with an electrical field 60 times greater in amplitude than that of the brain. It …
The Cogs Of Dissonance And Consonance The Levers Of Control In Lds Doctrine
The policies and doctrines of all groups include tendencies towards psychological manipulation. These persuasion and control techniques function through cognitive dissonance and consonance theory. This talk explores how dogma reinforces itself by boosting cognitive consonance and reducing dissonance. What forms do these “mental gymnastics” take? How do LDS teachings display these forms? This talk is …
New Directions By Mormon Women Signature Panel Discussion With Authors Of Fresh Courage Take
Six of the twelve contributors to the new book Fresh Courage Take address issues faced by modern Mormon and formerly Mormon women. Authors will speak on ideology, language, motherhood, religious orthodoxy, and more, showing that one heart and many minds can still form Zion. Jamie Zvirzdin, Ashley Mae Hoiland,Marcee Monroe Ludlow, Sylvia Lankford, Camille Strate …