Utah became a Republican state because Latter-day Saints disagreed with changes brought by the sexual revolution. Abortion, pornography, gay marriage, as well as the decline of traditional families and the rise of out-of-marriage births led them to Republicanism; Utah non-Mormons, facing a seemingly permanent religious-political majority, became Democrats. LDS adherence to the old morality also …
Speaker: Devery Anderson
Leonard J. Arrington and His Diaries
With his call as official LDS Church Historian in 1972, Leonard J. Arrington was given a mandate to professionalize its historical publications. Arrington’s team was prolific and its output impressive, but before long, they encountered opposition from a few members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and church bureaucrats. Signature Books’s long awaited, 2,600-page …
Race and Mormonism: A Roundtable Discussion with Experts
This session presents a roundtable discussion on the LDS Church’s former race-based restrictions, the fortieth anniversary of the revelation on priesthood, the “Be One” event, and the recent satire/hoax apology scandal. Newell Bringhurst, Devery Anderson, Darron Smith, LaShawn Williams, Lester Bush
NW10008: The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History: Oregon Presentation
Devery S. Anderson provides a history of how temple worship has been understood, experienced, and shaped over time by Church members and leaders. Devery Anderson
Author-Meets-Critics Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency Of Spencer W Kimball
Author-Meets-Critics Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency Of Spencer W Kimball Edward L. Kimball’s highly anticipated study of the landmark Church presidency of Spencer W. Kimball arrived late last year with far less fanfare than it deserved. According to the book’s preface, the author and publisher Deseret Book “[did] not agree on the interpretations or weight …
Loving the Sinner, Hating the Sin: An Interfaith Panel on Dealing with the Penitent
Loving the Sinner, Hating the Sin: An Interfaith Panel on Dealing with the Penitent Most religious traditions ordain clergy whose job includes counseling members who have strayed from accepted boundaries. Some religions require confession to a priest or pastor when sin is committed, some hold ecclesiastical courts, and some make forgiveness a matter between the …
‘A Mission To The Mind’: The Joys and Sorrows of Editing ‘Dialogue’
‘A Mission T The Mind’: The Joys and Sorrows of Editing ‘Dialogue’ Devery Anderson