This session is a discussion of the contents of forthcoming volume entitled The LDS Church’s Gospel Topics Essays: The Scholarly Community Responds to be published by the University of Utah Press in 2018. The discussion will feature four contributing scholars. The scholars and their topics are as follows: Newell G. Bringhurst, “A Brief Overview of …
Speaker: Newell G. Bringhurst
The Policy In Context Of Mormon Thought On Cursed Lineage And Marriage
Early Mormon views on marriage, race, and progeny provide a background to consider the church’s new policy banning gay families from church membership. Brigham Young taught that interracial marriage of white Mormon men to black women would bring a curse upon the church, reducing the Mormon people below the descendants of Cain, and recommended execution …
Where Have All of Brigham Young’s Wives Gone? Mormon Ambivalence Toward its Polygamous Past
This presentation focuses on changing LDS perceptions of polygamy as practiced by Brigham Young. Based on an examination of various biographical accounts of the Nineteenth Century Mormon leader, we’ll consider three questions: How have Latter-day Saint perceptions of Brigham Young as the polygamist husband to 55 women have changed and evolved over past 140 years? …
THE MORMON QUESTION VS THE MORMON MOMENTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS OF JON HUNTSMAN AND MITT ROMNEY
This presentation will examine three 2012 Mormon presidential contenders: major Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman and third-party candidate, Rocky Anderson, former Salt Lake City mayor. We will examine three areas: (1) evaluate the campaign status of all three candidates, (2) assess the impact of the so-called “Mormon Question” on their respective campaigns, and …
EVOLVING MEDIA PERCEPTIONS OF FOUR 2012 MORMON PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS: MITT ROMNEY, JON HUNTSMAN, ROCKY ANDERSON, AND ROSEANNE BARR
Part I: This paper will focus on the media’s evolving perceptions relative to Mitt Romney’s Mormonism, specifically as it involved the so-called “Mormon Question.” How have perceptions changed and shifted since the former Massachusetts governor announced his candidacy in early 2011 and as we approach the general election in which Romney seeks the nation’s highest …
Mormon Quest For The Presidency: From Joseph Smith To Mitt Romney And Jon Huntsman
This session is a roundtable discussion focusing on two presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, each seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president. Special emphasis will be given to the strengths versus the weaknesses of each, as well as assessing the chances for success of each. A brief overview will be provided of the …
Preview Of Coming Volumes In The Series Persistence Of Polygamy: Joseph Smith And The Origins Of Mormon Polygamy
This session focuses on forthcoming anthologies in the Persistence of Polygamy series, including eight essays examining Joseph Smith and the beginnings of Mormon polygamy up to 1844. The essays are original, never-before-published contributions by scholars with special expertise on the subject. Among the topics examined are polyandry, underage marriage, the question of Joseph Smith’s polygamous …
Author Meets Critics: Persistence of Polygamy
Co-editors Newell G. Bringhurst and Craid L. Foster have brought together all new articles on the history of Mormon polygamy. Join us for a discussion of this groundbreaking anthology with one of the co-editors and two readers/critics. Joe Geisner, Les Gripkey, Newell G. Bringhurst
A Second Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign: Prospects for Success Versus Potential for Failure
As Mitt Romney is poised to launch his quest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, he enters the race as the apparent front-runner–according to various recent polls. My presentation focuses on two questions: First, what are the reasons the former Massachusetts governor finds himself in the enviable position of Newell G. Bringhurst
SW10014: Book Preview/Panel: Persistence of Polygamy: A Mormon Anthology
Co-editor Newell G. Bringhurst presents an overview of this forthcoming anthology of 20 never-before-published articles about polygamy. Essays cover Joseph Smith and the beginnings of polygamy, polygamy in Utah after Joseph Smith and reactions to the practice from other restoration groups, and the perpetuation of polygamy among Mormon fundamentalists that emerged in the late nineteenth …