For many people, navigating a faith crisis, transition, or transformation is a solo proposition with minimal support. Some recent books, including Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question, can help people better support, engage with, understand, and maintain healthy connections to the one making such a transition. This session will discuss ways to help those within …
Speaker: Lindsay Hansen Park
Ethical Approaches to Scholarship about Vulnerable Communities
Cristina Rosetti will ask the question, “Who has the authority to speak on behalf of marginalized religious communities in Mormon Studies?” Lindsay Hansen Park will speak on the impact of research, advocacy, and scholarship on fundamentalist Mormon communities.”
Smith-Pettit Lecture
This session is sponsored by the Smith-Pettit Foundation, and is free and open to the public. To watch this session without registering for the symposium, go to https://www.facebook.com/SunstoneMagazine at 7:00 pm Mountain Time. To enter a questions for the Q&A, you must be registered for the symposium, and submit your question through the Whova app. …
Smith-Pettit Lecture: God: A Human History
Introduction of Sunstone conference and Smith-Pettit Presentation: Lindsay Hansen Park In God, Reza Aslan sheds new light on mankind’s relationship with the divine and challenges our perspective on the history of faith and the birth of religion. From the origins of spiritual thought to the concept of an active, engaged, divine presence that underlies all …
The Future of Faith
In order to understand the future of faith, we need to also understand its past and the present. A currently beleaguered faith is part of a broad paradigm shift in how we understand the nature of reality in the modern era. These challenges are not easily dismissed. At the same time, many, including Latter-day Saints, …
Theological Development in Mormon Fundamentalism
This panel will explore “doctrinal formation” in a broader sense: where different fundamentalist ideas came from, and how different groups and individuals have interpreted, rejected, or altered doctrine based on their historical understanding, experiences, and beliefs. Lindsay Hansen Park, Jacob Vidrine, Cristina Rosetti, Kris Wray, Drew Ostler
What’s in a Name? The History Behind the Label “Mormon”
Over the course of Mormonism’s history, followers out of the Restoration have struggled with what to call themselves. This panel will explore the historical context of the label “Mormon.” Bryan Buchanan, Lindsay Hansen Park, Anne Wilde, D. Michael Quinn, Richie Wilcox
Reflecting on the Wives of Joseph Smith
In this paper Compton will tell the story of how he came to write In Sacred Loneliness: the Plural Wives of Joseph Smith. For years he had been studying Classics, ancient Greek and Latin, but a series of odd accidents led him to start transcribing and annotating the diaries of Eliza R. Snow Smith. This …
353.Author Meets Critic: The Plural Marriage Revelation
This session is an author meets critic panel discussing Bill Smith, Brian Hales, Lindsay Hansen Park, Andrew Hamilton
God S Name In Vain Using Faith To Harm Others
Mormon Fundamentalism is often unfairly conflated with dangerous behavior. The reality is that Mormon Fundamentalists are a very diverse group of people with a variety of life experiences and practiced beliefs. Using personal experiences, this panel will explore the spectrum between practicing fundamentalist tenants and becoming a religious extremist. Lindsay Hansen Park, Trevor Jeffs, Kristyn …