Cristina Rosetti sits down with Dr. Colleen McDannell to talk about her new book, Sister Saints: Mormon Women Since the End of Polygamy. Dr. McDannell is the Sterling M. McMurrin Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utah. Her research covers topics such as the history of Heaven, Vatican II, material culture, and now, …
Speaker: Colleen McDannell
Smith-Pettit Lecture: Material Christianity: Creating A Religious World Of Things
This illustrated lecture demonstrates how the study of things and spaces sheds light on the religious experiences of the people in the pew. During the past half-century, an important shift occurred in the study of history. Influenced by the Civil Rights and the Women’s Liberation movements, scholars moved beyond simply studying the written documents of …
Banquet: Treasures Of Earth On Heaven: The Impact Of Mormonism’s Missing, Repudiated, Rebuilt, And Museum-Sequestered Artifacts
A supremely important artifact to early Christians was the cross; slivers of it were cherished as the most valuable of relics. Over time, the cross has been repudiated by latter-day Saints, who instead mark their most sacred buildings with a statue of Moroni. Arguably the most important artifact of Mormonism, the object on which its …
SL09271 Panel: Religious Tribalism in the Larger Society
From the perspective of the religious traditions in which they were raised, panelists will discuss various dimensions of the question of religious tribalism as it has existed and as it has interacted with the larger society (however each panelist may choose to define each). Discussion among panelists will be followed by Q&A with the audience. …
LOURDES WATER, LDS GARMENTS, CEMETERIES, AND CHRISTIAN KITSCH: COLLEN MCDANNELL’S MATERIAL CHRISTIANITY: RELIGION AND POPULAR CULTURE IN AMERICA
LOURDES WATER, LDS GARMENTS, CEMETERIES, AND CHRISTIAN KITSCH: COLLEN MCDANNELL’S MATERIAL CHRISTIANITY: RELIGION AND POPULAR CULTURE IN AMERICA Katherine C. Grier, Martha Sonntag Bradley, Daryl White, Michael Van Wagenen, Colleen McDannell