By John Hatch Every day, I log on to Facebook, Twitter, and a few message boards where I get much of my news. I like these platforms and I like the wit and the humor and the insight and the people I meet; however, it’s become evident to me that a kind of Audrey II …
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The Mormon Mind On Facebook
What happens to the Mormon mind when it meets the Internet? How do major events in Mormondom affect the Internet? Learn from a group of Mormon Facebook moderators about their experiences dealing with Mormons online. Jerilyn Pool, Sara Burlingame, Matthew Nokleby, Nicole Forsgren, Corey Philpot, George Andrew Spriggs,and Brandt Malone
The Mormon Mind On Facebook
What happens to the Mormon mind when it meets the Internet? How do major events in Mormondom affect the Internet? Learn from a group of Mormon Facebook moderators about their experiences dealing with Mormons online. Jerilyn Pool, Sara Burlingame, Matthew Nokleby, Nicole Forsgren, Corey Philpot, George Andrew Spriggs,and Brandt Malone
RIDING OUR DOUBLE RAINBOWS TO HEAVEN: EXPERIENCES OF LGBT MORMONS OF COLOR IN THE MODERN WORLD
In October 2011, the Affirmation LGBT people of Color (POC) and Allies group was started as a group of self-identified people of color and allies gathered to explore multiple identities and the intersections of race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and LDS faith. Now a closed Facebook group (started in February 2012), the group was created …
Nephi’s Facebook
Sunstone Town Hall Meeting
There have been a few changes at SUNSTONE this year, including the 2011 Symposium’s move to Ogden/Weber State, using SUNSTONE’s Facebook page to promote events, launching a SUNSTONE student group at the University of Utah, and rolling out an electronic subscription via the SUNSTONE app for Apple devices (and soon on Android!). Michael J. Stevens
SL10365: Reasons for Technological Interpretations of Mormonism
When it comes to technology and spirituality, who decided that hope, faith, and heaven must be supernatural? How were so many of us persuaded that we can experience the spiritual but not measure it, or that we can promote such experience but not manage it with greater precision? When did we convince ourselves that machines …
Sex and the Young Mormon Soul
Sex and the Young Mormon Soul This session features three panelists discussing Mormon attitudes toward sexuality, especially regarding youth culture. Donna Freitas, author of Sex and the Soul (Oxford), will discuss the results of her national survey about sexuality and spirituality on college campuses, focusing on Catholic, evangelical Christian, and secular students. Heidi Harris, one …
The Promise And Peril Of The Internet Within Mormonism
The Promise And Peril Of The Internet Within Mormonism The Internet presents considerable promise and peril within Mormonism. Over the past fifteen years, LDS-themed web sites, forums, blogs, podcasts, and wikis have emerged, each technology developing a unique set of cultural and social implications for Latter-day Saints. In 2006, new technologies and services such as …