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 group of musicians widely credited as the definitive proto-glam-punk ensemble. The …
Event: Southwest Symposium 2006
FAMILIES OF THE PROPHETS: THE REST OF THE STORY
In recent years, the Priesthood/Relief Society manuals have told the life stories of the early church presidents, including Brigham Young (1998–99), John Taylor (2003), Wilford Woodruff (the current manual), Joseph F. Smith (2000–01) and Heber J. Grant (2004). These men were polygamists, yet the manuals tend to leave out their plural families. What were their …
HUGH NIBLEY AT CLAREMONT
HUGH NIBLEY AT CLAREMONT After Hugh Nibley received his Ph.D. from Berkeley in 1938 and until he joined the Army in 1942, he taught at the Claremont colleges. It was a time of great transitions for Hugh. He began his Claremont tenure with anti-Semitic attitudes (ironic given his own Jewish ancestry) but left with a …
THE BOOK OF MORMON IN LIGHT OF DNA STUDIES: WHERE ARE WE NOW?
William Lobdell’s 16 February 2006 Los Angeles Times story is the latest in a string of stories over the past four years in which journalists have focused public attention on how DNA research on Amerindian ancestry has impacted discussions of Book of Mormon historicity. Until now, the impact of these stories on typical Mormon discourse …
‘THE GODDESS IS ALIVE AND MAGICK IS AFOOT’: MORMON PAGAN WOMEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY
‘THE GODDESS IS ALIVE AND MAGICK IS AFOOT’: MORMON PAGAN WOMEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY Scholars of religion report that Wicca, Paganism, and other ‘earth centered’ or ‘nature’ religions are the fastest growing of all new religious movements in America. This discussion will explore why some LDS women have chosen Wiccan and similar practices as …
MORMON STUDIES AS CULTURAL STUDIES: THE AMERICANIZATION OF MORMONISM REFLECTED IN POP CULTURE
MORMON STUDIES AS CULTURAL STUDIES: THE AMERICANIZATION OF MORMONISM REFLECTED IN POP CULTURE Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary approach to studying human life that employs political theory and strategy, as well as philosophy, anthropology, literary criticism, religious studies, and other fields. Its approach is unabashedly political in nature. Its purpose is to show how cultural …
OUTSIDE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER: HOW MORMON STUDIES LOOKS TO A NON-LDS YOUNG SCHOLAR
OUTSIDE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER: HOW MORMON STUDIES LOOKS TO A NON-LDS YOUNG SCHOLAR Seth Perry is a non-Mormon Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago Divinity School who is pursuing a career in Mormon Studies. His presentation will describe how he became interested in the field and some of the perils …
HITCHCOCK AND MORMONISM
HITCHCOCK AND MORMONISM Which Alfred Hitchcock film contains a long passage from the Book of Mormon, and how and why did it get into the film? What Mormon actors have starred in Hitchcock films? What Mormon artist created the largest work of art featured in any of Hitchcock’s films? What Mormon screenwriter wrote several episodes …
THE HUNCHBACK PROJECT: STORIES FROM MY NEW BOOK
Hugh Nibley gave a series of talks about sophic and mantic in society: the sophic offers the shallow, deceitful cleverness of PR and spin, which often leads to success in this world while the mantic (from Greek mantis, “seer”) looks to the eternal vision of things. My new book, Victim of the Muses (see WWW.HUP.HARVARD.EDU/CATALOG/COMVIC.HTML), …
TOWARD A MORE AUTHENTIC SISTERHOOD: UNMASKING HIDDEN ENVY AND COMPETITION AMONG LDS WOMEN
TOWARD A MORE AUTHENTIC SISTERHOOD: UNMASKING HIDDEN ENVY AND COMPETITION AMONG LDS WOMEN Julie Hawker’s November 2005 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. Mary Ellen Robertson, Julie Mounteer Hawker, Jana Bouck Remy and …