The state of Utah executed labor songwriter Joe Hill ninety-five years ago. While there is no evidence that Church leadership played any direct part in the case, interesting questions arise in three areas where the Joe Hill case intersects with Mormon history and Mormon players in the trial. How did the utah Supreme Court favor …
Speaker: John Sillito
SL10252: In Memoriam: Linda Sillitoe
Writer and poet Linda Sillitoe’s death in April 2010 left a hole in the heart of Sunstone. Join us for remembrances from family and friends. JOHN SILLITO, PAUL SWENSON, PHYLLIS BARBER, ALLEN ROBERTS
HISTORY’S APPRENTICE: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON B. H. ROBERTS
HISTORY’S APPRENTICE: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON B. H. ROBERTS Though he has been dead for more than seventy years, B. H. Roberts remains a significant Mormon historian and theologian, and he’s considered one of the Church’s premier intellectuals. This presentation draws on my experience as the editor of his journals covering the period from 1880–1898, a …
History’s Apprentice: Personal Reflections On B. H. Roberts
Though he has been dead for seventy years, B. H. Roberts remains a significant Mormon historian and theologian, and is considered one of the Church’s premier intellectuals. Though best known for his writings, Roberts was also a member of the First Council of Seventy and a stalwart of Utah’s Democratic Party. This presentation draws on …
GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST: EDITING MORMON DIARIES
Journal, diaries, and memoirs can offer the most intimate glimpses into the lives of those who have long since died. Yet they are limited to only one perspective and are hardly the final word on a subject’s life. How can diaries help shine light in dark places, helping to illuminate the past? What are their …
PILLARS OF MY FAITH
This is Sunstone’s perennially best-attended session. Here speakers share the events and concepts that animate their religious lives; a little soul-baring, a little spiritual journey, a little intellectual testimony-bearing. This self-reflective night is about the things that matter most, plus spirited congregational hymn-singing. Jody England Hansen, John Sillito, Terri Buhler
The Evolution of Belief: Reconciling Through Faith Crises ; The Evolution of Belief: A Skeptical Sojourn
The Evolution of Belief: Reconciling Through Faith Crises ; The Evolution of Belief: A Skeptical Sojourn The faith I had as a child has changed through experience and education. I see these changes as the process of going into a crisis of faith and working my way through to the reconciliation. The result has been …
Meditations On Merton: A Monk’s Continuing Relevance Thirty Years Later
Meditations On Merton: A Monk’s Continuing Relevance Thirty Years Later John Sillito
Still Peculiar After All These Years: Mormons Through The Eyes Of Non-Mormon Novelists
Still Peculiar After All These Years: Mormons Through The Eyes Of Non-Mormon Novelists Sharyn Larsen, Robert G. Larsen, John Sillito
Myth, Legend, And Reality: Personal Reflections On The Mormon Experience
Myth, Legend, And Reality: Personal Reflections On The Mormon Experience John Sillito, Russell Burrows, Craig Oberg, Mikel Vause