Event: Southwest Symposium 2001

How Violence in History and Scripture Shape Mormon Culture

How Violence in History and Scripture Shape Mormon Culture Violence is a potent force in religious writings–not only in the Bible, but also in the Book of Mormon. This presentation will explore Mormonism’s violent stories from scripture and Church history, apply theories of violence to selected texts, and tease out the significance and influence of …

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Mormons and the Machine

Mormons and the Machine In the last year an attempt has been made to establish a ‘Mormon Studies Center” at Utah Valley State College, in which faculty from across the curriculum were beginning to study the intersection of their disciplines with LDS experience, history, thought, and theology. The use of the Internet in dispersing such …

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Sunstone Magazine: An Appreciation and New Vision

Sunstone Magazine: An Appreciation and New Vision In my first three months at Sunstone, I have learned many interesting things about the magazine’s 25-year evolution. I have also begun to sense new directions for next years. I look forward to discussing with everyone interested in contributing to the magazine’s vision and pages. Dan Wotherspoon, Janet …

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Helen Mar Whitney as Dreamer and Priestess

Helen Mar Whitney as Dreamer and Priestess Helen Mar Whitney, in her l888-96 diaries, records many dreams, a liminal territory of visitations from benign and demonic spirits. The dreams reflect anxieties on both a micro (personal, familial) and macro (historical) level. Her diaries include many occasions where Helen and her women friends blessed and anointed …

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A New ‘Lost’ Generation? The Future of Mormon Scholarship

A New ‘Lost’ Generation? The Future of Mormon Scholarship ‘Lost Generation” has been used to refer both to a generation of American expatriate writers after World War I and to a Utah/Mormon group of writer-intellectuals of the same period. The Mormon generation just after World War II has been rich in intellectual and literary accomplishments, …

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Synchronicity

Synchronicity In addition to widely acknowledged forms of spiritual guidance, might others deserve our attention? Synchronicity, as defined by Carl Jung, is ‘meaningful coincidence,” a moment when outer events intersect with inner experience to create a new insight. Leonardo daVinci said much of his creativity came from the fact that he looked for the hidden …

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Nineteenth-Century Religion and Social Movements

Nineteenth-Century Religion and Social Movements Early 19th century America was marked by individualism and experimentation as old beliefs and rules were discarded for new social movements, religious teachings, economic systems, and even family arrangements. Many of these social, economic, and religious ideas are reflected in early Mormonism. Brian Hartwell

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