This panel discussion brings together readers, scholars, and thinkers familiar with Matthew Bowman’s recent book, The Mormon People: The Making of An American Faith. Please join the book’s author and a panel of careful readers in a vigorous exchange about this book and the overview of Mormonism it provides. Adam Jacobsen, Janet Rogers, Russell Arben …
Speaker: RUSSELL ARBEN FOX
IS RELIGION REALLY UNDER SIEGE IN THE US?
What should we make of recent claims that religion is somehow being driven out of the “public square”? What is the public square and what are the legal rules and—equally important—the ethical considerations governing public expression on religious issues? When should individuals, organizations, and businesses have a right to claim an exemption from neutral laws …
AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS: IN HEAVEN AS IT IS ON EARTH: JOSEPH SMITH AND THE EARLY MORMON CONQUEST OF DEATH
This panel discussion brings together scholars and thinkers familiar with Samuel Morris Brown’s recent book, In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death. Please join the book’s author and a panel of careful readers in a vigorous exchange about this book and the overview of Mormonism it …
WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR MOMENT?
The so-called “Mormon Moment” of 2011 and 2012 has involved sojourns into the doctrines, theology, history, everyday practices, sociology, and scandals of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with guides both ignorant and well-informed about Mormonism, both sympathetic and hostile to its people. Like it or not, such a response to phenomena such …
HOW EFFECTIVELY DOES THE ‘BLOGGERNACLE’ REPRESENT MORMONISM?
HOW EFFECTIVELY DOES THE ‘BLOGGERNACLE’ REPRESENT MORMONISM? Recent years have seen massive growth in the community of LDS blogs, often called the “bloggernacle.” These blogs draw thousands of readers and offer many potential benefits, from real-time, interactive analyses of current events to interviews with scholars and celebrities. Media outlets from the Salt Lake Tribune to …