Although the LDS church sees other faiths as lacking truths and authority necessary for salvation, many Mormons engage with other religions, some while maintaining their membership with a local ward or at least retaining some sense of LDS identity. In this panel, several Hugo Olaiz, Lynn Rollins, John-Charles Duffy, Neal Chandler
Speaker: Neal Chandler
CHOOSING THE RIGHT AND OTHER CONSUMER TRENDS: Reflections on Mormons, Marketing and Art
I have on my desk a catalog offering LDS products for sale. There is, of course, the Truth—for which we Latter-day Saints hold patent and distribution rights but also a great deal of fiction, stoutly adapted to the requirements of truth. And there is much, much more, a bewildering array of devotional arts and crafts …
Panel. Where Have all the Children Gone? Keeping the Faith, and Passing it On
SL03091, This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the March on Washington, at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and the thirty-fifth anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. It also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the revelation reversing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ policy of …
A Calvinist Compares Mormonism and Calvinism
The men who have led the LDS and RLDS churches have the dual and often contradictory roles of “prophet” and “president.” W. Grant McMurray, RLDS (now Community of Christ) president since 1996, has suggested that his denomination should think of itself as a “prophetic church” and not merely a “church with a prophet.” This paper …
Seeking a Truce with the Mormon Deity: Remaking Myself as a Mormon during the Early 1980s
Seeking a Truce with the Mormon Deity: Remaking Myself as a Mormon during the Early 1980s The protagonist of my story, ‘The Canyons of Grace,” published in 1982, symbolically kills the Christian God and steps forward into a mortal world full of wild grace. The price of traditional faith, she says, is your integrity. The …
The Walls Left Standing: Notes From My East German Journal and Reading Kafka: A Missionary Progress Report
The Walls Left Standing: Notes From My East German Journal and Reading Kafka: A Missionary Progress Report The Chandlers have recently returned from a Fulbright year in the northeastern most corner of Germany. This presentation shares their experiences with a culture rebuilding itself after 40 years of communism as well as a happy encounter with …
BEARING YOUR SANCTIMONY: MONOLOGUES ON DIALOGUE
BEARING YOUR SANCTIMONY: MONOLOGUES ON DIALOGUE According to Webster, “dialogue” is “talking together in conversation”, harmless enough, but also “interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony.” There is great idealism at work in that definition. Americans and Mormons believe in freedom of speech but also …
MORMON CLASSICS: Side-Splitting Stories You Really Should Have Heard By Now
MORMON CLASSICS: Side-Splitting Stories You Really Should Have Heard By Now William Mulder, Neal Chandler
Bearing Your sanctimony: Monologues On Dialogue
Bearing Your sanctimony: Monologues On Dialogue Neal Chandler, Rebecca Chandler