‘Tell Eve about the Serpent!’ A Study of the Effects of Temple Participation This presentation is a report of a qualitative study about the effects of temple participation in the lives of young adult Mormons in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through interviews, this study examines these individuals’ experiences, thoughts, feelings, and insights about participating …
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Committed Same-sex Unions: Is a Theological Accommodation Possible?
Committed Same-sex Unions: Is a Theological Accommodation Possible? This paper explores a theological argument for legitimizing committed same-sex unions. It asks if there are scriptural and theological warrants for such a step by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other churches, especially if the bible is read holistically. I offer thoughts on …
A Fresh Look: Favorite Scriptures in Modern Language
A Fresh Look: Favorite Scriptures in Modern Language Elbert finds reading the New Testament in modern English transformative. Come, celebrate new creation in new translation! We’ll read and discuss some of his favorite passages. Copies and books will be available. Elbert Peck
Our Hands are Clean, Our Hearts are Pure: Are We Too Anal-Retentive to Care for the Poor
Our Hands are Clean, Our Hearts are Pure: Are We Too Anal-Retentive to Care for the Poor In his book, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, renowned scholar Marcus J. Borg shares the results of his research on the historical Jesus. He examines the ‘purity system” of the Jewish social world, and contrasts it …
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 …
Wayne Booth as Wanderer
Wayne Booth as Wanderer Wayne Booth is one of our nation’s most honored teachers. He is also considered by many one of our finest scholars. He has published numerous books, several of which, including ‘The Rhetoric of Fiction” and “The Company We Keep: An Ethics of Fiction,” are standard reading in college English departments. He …
When Pittsburgh Meets Utah: Mormonism’s Structural Resistance To Diversity
When Pittsburgh Meets Utah: Mormonism’s Structural Resistance To Diversity Five years after her very public leave-taking from Brigham Young University, Professor Farr found herself still fielding questions about that part of her life she thought she had left behind. More disturbing, she found she was still angry–but not at what the questioners imagined. Following the …
Entonces Y Ahora, Then And Now: A Look At The New Spanish Hymnal
Entonces Y Ahora, Then And Now: A Look At The New Spanish Hymnal In 1992, the Church produced a new Spanish- language hymnal, the first since 1942. How does the 1992 hymnal compare with its predecessor? How does it compare to the 1985 English hymnal? How have cross-cultural considerations affected it? What contribution, if any, …
Now It’s Her Turn: Fawn McKay Brodie: A Biographer’s Life
Now It’s Her Turn: Fawn McKay Brodie: A Biographer’s Life Fawn McKay Brodie is best known for her controversial biographies of Joseph Smith and Thomas Jefferson. Mormon leaders denounced her interpretation of their prophet and excommunicated her. Yet No Man Knows My History has remained in print for over 55 years. American historians were also …
A Tribute to Arthur Henry King, 1910-2000: Scholar, Poet, Mentor, Friend
A Tribute to Arthur Henry King, 1910-2000: Scholar, Poet, Mentor, Friend This panel commemorates the life, work, and influence of a unique British convert: Arthur Henry King, Professor Emeritus of English at Brigham Young University. Panelists will examine his biography; provide an overview of his poetry and research; and recall his role as teacher, mentor, …