Clearly, testimony plays a central role in Mormonism. Does it play an epistemic role? And if so, what is it? Is this role justified? This paper will argue that the primary role for testimony in Mormonism is deference to the testimonies of the Church leadership. I will argue that this role for testimony in religious …
Podcast: Sunstone Magazine
The State Of Queer Activism In Zion
This panel will discuss the activities of being a faith organizer in Wyoming, particularly her work leading up to the 2015 legislative session that saw the narrow defeat of the non-discrimination bill in Wyoming. Sara will discuss her interactions with Catholic, Evangelical, and Mormon faith leaders, what she learned about the state of discourse in …
Immigration Mormon Humanitarian Perspectives
The panel will raise questions about the LDS community’s engagement with immigration debates and share personal narratives from the front lines of the political, legal, and humanitarian battlefront. The founders of Torchlight Legal will discuss how they are applying Silicon Valley innovation to the legal needs of asylum seekers. Two leaders in the immigrant youth …
Mormons And The Equal Rights Amendment
This is a panel discussion on the history of Mormons and the Equal Rights Amendment. It will feature discussion on the current state of the ERA, and how some Mormons are planning to push toward its enactment. S. Mark Barnes, Chelsea Shields, Anissa Rasheta
Infants On Thrones The Healing Power Of Mingling Humor With The Philosophies Of Men And Occasionally Some Women An Interactive Journey Through The Nether Regions Of The Mormon Mind
The Healing Power of Mingling Humor with the Philosophies of Men, and Occasionally Some Women: An Interactive Journey Through the Nether Regions of the Mormon Mind, if such a thing actually exists, which we will most likely discuss and probably debate. Live. Maybe. 101. Please bring a smart phone or tablet to participate. Scott Rowley, …
Meet The Ex Mormons
From 2014 – 2015, several prominent Mormons were excommunicated from the LDS church. This panel will discuss their experiences of the last year and how it has affected them. John Dehlin, Kate Kelly, Carson Calderwood, Marisa Calderwood, and Rock Waterman
Mormon Matters Overlooked Similarities Between Mormons And Other Christians
Instead of focusing on the well-known places where LDS theology diverges from Christianity at large, this presentation offers a broad overview of our common Christian heritage. Every faith community develops its own vocabulary, and that vocabulary is heavily influenced by the culture it emerges from, meaning that it develops what may seem to be contradictions …
Sunstone The Next Generation
Since the 1960s, unorthodox Mormons coalesced around print publications like Sunstone and Dialogue to engage in independent thought about Mormonism. Many of those people are now parents and grandparents. This panel will discuss the challenges of raising children in the Mormon faith, but outside the mainstream. Parents will discuss “inoculation,” navigating the politics of church …
Battle On The Brain Mormons And War
This session compares and contrast the Protestant “Just War” doctrine with historic Mormon attitudes. How did the Saints go from an essentially pacifist worldview to accepting war-time service in place of a mission and writing torture laws for the president? Brooke Swallow, Kenneth Lines
Role Of Dissent In The Christian Community
The tension between authority and personal conscience can be seen in the citizen’s relation to political authority, the scholar’s relation to academic authorities, and the believer’s relation to the church. The relationship between authority and personal conscience is dialectic: the two are neither identical nor separable, and each is constantly informing the other. Dissent sometimes …