Green Salads Of The Not-So-Peculiar, Congealed Kind Green Jell-O salad, a staple of ward dinners and funerals, has long been a source of pride, peculiarity, and, for some, embarrassment among the Latter-day Saints. Many Saints proudly embrace the official snack food of Utah as a whimsical symbol of our peculiarity. Yet are we any more …
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THE FIRST TWO OF FIVE BRIEF ESSAYS ON THE ATONEMENT
In these two essays, I work to lay out the rationale and groundwork for any serious LDS consideration of the atonement of Christ. The first essay explores the context of the project. Why should we engage in such speculation as this? What is the LDS view of the role of reason in religious and spiritual …
Women in Religious Studies
Women in Religious Studies More women are pursuing advanced degrees in religious studies than ever before and a number of Mormon women seem to be following suit. This panel is comprised of Mormon women who are doing work in religious studies and/or Mormon studies. They will describe how they became interested in studying religion, what …
Nauvoo in Mormon History: At the Crossroads of Faith and History
Nauvoo in Mormon History: At the Crossroads of Faith and History