Robert A. Rees, Arthur Holder, Michael G. Reed, Sheila Taylor
Tag: Mormon Studies
ALL APOLOGIES: THE ROLE OF APOLOGETICS IN MORMONISM AND MORMON STUDIES
The recent shakeup at BYU’s Maxwell Institute sent ripples throughout the Bloggernacle and raised questions about what the changes mean to groups such as FARMS, FAIR, and to Mormon apologetics in a larger context. What is the role of apologetics in general—both in and beyond Mormonism? Do Mormon apologists use similar stances or tactics as …
TEACHING MORMON STUDIES COURSES
A panel of respected Mormon Studies professors and scholars come together to discuss insights and lessons learned from their experiences taking Mormon Studies into the classroom. Robert A. Rees, Richard Lyman Bushman, Doe Daughtrey, Patrick Mason, Warner Woodworth
SW10001: LDS Women in the Twentieth Century: Witnesses to a Changing Church
This session features excerpts from Claremont Oral History Program interviews begun in 2009 to record and preserve the voices of Mormon women. Sponsored by the Singer Foundation, the project aims for 100 extensive transcribed interviews that deal with personal biography, attitudes toward LDS women’s issues, and Church experience. The interviews are conducted by Mormon Studies …
SL10391: LDS Women in the Twentieth Century: Witnesses to a Changing Church
This session features excerpts from Claremont Oral History Program interviews begun in 2009 to record and preserve the voices of Mormon women. Sponsored by the Singer Foundation, the project aims to collect 100 extensive transcribed interviews that deal with personal biography, attitudes toward LDS women’s issues, and Church experience. The interviews are conducted by Mormon …
SL09374 Panel: Young Scholars in Mormonism
Mormon Studies is a field of growing academic interest, and many young LDS scholars are making it their professional focus as well as a personal interest. This panel brings some of the bright young minds in Mormon Studies together to discuss what drew them to this field of study, what kinds of academic work they …
SW08004: ‘WHAT HAS ATHENS TO DO WITH JERUSALEM?’ A PLACE FOR THEOLOGY IN MORMON STUDIES
‘WHAT HAS ATHENS TO DO WITH JERUSALEM?’ A PLACE FOR THEOLOGY IN MORMON STUDIES From its very beginnings, Mormonism has had an uncomfortable relationship with theology. The term itself has a notorious place in the LDS lexicon and is conscientiously avoided in reference to the study of Mormon doctrine. Theology vs. revelation, theology vs. prophetic …
OUTSIDE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER: HOW MORMON STUDIES LOOKS TO A NON-LDS YOUNG SCHOLAR
OUTSIDE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER: HOW MORMON STUDIES LOOKS TO A NON-LDS YOUNG SCHOLAR Seth Perry is a non-Mormon Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago Divinity School who is pursuing a career in Mormon Studies. His presentation will describe how he became interested in the field and some of the perils …
PRELUDE TO CLAREMONT: ‘FAITHFUL SCHOLARSHIP’ AND THE MAINSTREAMING OF MORMON STUDIES
PRELUDE TO CLAREMONT: ‘FAITHFUL SCHOLARSHIP’ AND THE MAINSTREAMING OF MORMON STUDIES As Mormon studies emerges at Claremont, it will be shaped by negotiation among various interests. The most important set of LDS interests is represented by ‘faithful scholarship,’ which has come to set the standard of acceptable scholarship about Mormonism for many Latter-day Saints poised …
MORMON STUDIES AS CULTURAL STUDIES: THE AMERICANIZATION OF MORMONISM REFLECTED IN POP CULTURE
MORMON STUDIES AS CULTURAL STUDIES: THE AMERICANIZATION OF MORMONISM REFLECTED IN POP CULTURE Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary approach to studying human life that employs political theory and strategy, as well as philosophy, anthropology, literary criticism, religious studies, and other fields. Its approach is unabashedly political in nature. Its purpose is to show how cultural …