In the early church, talk of building Zion and becoming a Zion people was everywhere. Then, twenty-five years ago, following the publishing of Hugh Nibley’s essay collection, Approaching Zion, and then an iconic “Plotting Zion” conference co-sponsored by Sunstone the following year, “Zion” seemed poised to once again rise up as a vital and energizing …
Speaker: Boyd Petersen
Does The Concept Of Zion Still Energize Mormon Hearts And Minds Today
In the early church, talk of building Zion and becoming a Zion people was everywhere. Then, twenty-five years ago, following the publishing of Hugh Nibley’s essay collection, Approaching Zion, and then an iconic “Plotting Zion” conference co-sponsored by Sunstone the following year, “Zion” seemed poised to once again rise up as a vital and energizing …
SPEAKING IN A PROPHETIC VEIN: Hugh Nibley as Social Critic
Eugene England has called Hugh Nibley the finest lay (in contrast to officially called) prophet of the Latter-day Saint people, and has argued that Nibley most perceptively describes our sins, most courageously and persistently calls us to repentance, and most accurately predicts our future if we will not repent. England may be guilty of hyperbole, …
The Work of Death: Hugh Nibley and War
Hugh Nibley knows warfare, ancient and modern, better than most. As a young boy, he overheard long discussions about World War I around the family dinner table. He later served as a non-commissioned intelligence officer in World War II. These experiences and his knowledge of ancient history convinced him that war in general is a …
JOY LIES IN ANOTHER DIRECTION’: HUGH NIBLEY’S CALL TO LEAVE BABYLON AND BUILD ZION
JOY LIES IN ANOTHER DIRECTION’: HUGH NIBLEY’S CALL TO LEAVE BABYLON AND BUILD ZION Whether anticipating the subject of his last public discourse as he did in his contribution to BYU’s Last Lecture Series in 1971 or contemplating breakthroughs he would like to see in BYU’s Spheres of Influence speech in 1984, when Hugh Nibley …