When people experience disagreements or conflict,passive aggression is one of at least five possible response options. Research shows that it is generally a poor, unconstructive strategy, and is also a less common response among the US population at large. However, for Latter-Day Saints born and raised along the Wasatch Front, the passive-aggressive response appears to …
Speaker: Michael J. Stevens
SL10352: The Epistle of Paul: Homosexual Spirituality and the Redemption of Pleasure
Christians often use a single passage from Paul’s epistle to the Romans to scripturally justify their condemnation of same-sex orientation, attraction, and marriage. I critique a recent speech by Elder Bruce Hafen to Evergreen International, an organization that allegedly reclaims Church members from their same-sex orientation, and argue that Paul’s epistle can be read to …
DC09006: Panel: Where Were You on June 8, 1978?
A common response to the race issue in Mormonism is the often tearful memory of where we were on June 8, 1978. But Black Latter-day Saints who have some history in the Church remember when racialist policies kept them from full participation in the Church and justified some appalling assumptions about them. Today, many of …
SL09191 Panel: The Dynamics of Power and Authority in the LDS Church
Who exercises power and authority in the LDS Church? What matters about who’s inside and who’s outside the current power structure? Our panel will explore the personal, spiritual, and institutional implications of the current power dynamics in the LDS Church and discuss what other models and approaches might be possible.We’ll hear from panelists on many …
SL09234 Panel: Divine Malfeasance [Partial]
Richard Nixon claimed, “If the president does it, it’s not illegal, Holly Welker, Michael J. Stevens, Doe Daughtrey, Stephen Carter, Parker Blount
SW08012: THE LEGACY OF PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY
THE LEGACY OF PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY In this session, panelists and audience members are invited to share both personal and analytical reflections about the life and legacy of President Gordon B. Hinckley, who died 27 January 2008. What will be the lasting legacy of this beloved prophet’s presidency and leadership during his long-time Church …
INTUITION, QUANTUM HOLOGRAPHY, EPIGENETICS, AND THE BOOK OF MORMON
One of the questions not satisfactorily answered by critics of the Book of Mormon who see the book as a product of Joseph Smith’s mind and imagination and his nineteenth-century environs is how he could have found many of the elements in the Book of Mormon (e.g., a knowledge of olive horticulture, Egyptian names, ancient …
INTUITION, QUANTUM HOLOGRAPHY, EPIGENETICS, AND THE BOOK OF MORMON
One of the questions not satisfactorily answered by critics of the Book of Mormon who see the book as a product of Joseph Smith’s mind and imagination and his nineteenth-century environs is how he could have found many of the elements in the Book of Mormon (e.g., a knowledge of olive horticulture, Egyptian names, ancient …
A Management Consultant Looks At Today’s Church
Although some prefer to think of religious organizations as fundamentally different from other types of organizations, they all face similar issues of structure, staffing and supervision, positioning and marketing of services, and management development. This interactive presentation highlights some of the organizational challenges facing the Church as it pursues its twenty-first century mission, asking audience …
Advancing Feminist Sensibilities Among Mormon Men
Why aren’t there more visible and vocal male feminist voices within the Mormon community? The all-male panel will talk about their journeys toward becoming feminists, the challenges they face in maintaining feminist sensibilities in Mormon culture, and ideas they see for encouraging other Mormon men to take more active feminist stances. Michael J. Stevens, Paul …