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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
IMAGINING MORMON STUDIES AS PART OF A WIDER RELIGIOUS STUDIES CURRICULUM
Claremont Graduate University has recently established the Council on the Study of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, hosted several lectures by prominent scholars of Mormonism, and is hosting a conference this October to further study ways Mormon Studies might take shape at Claremont and in the wider academic world. and Claremont isn’t …
The Academic Study Of Religion: Prospects And Perils
The Academic Study Of Religion: Prospects And Perils The recent announcement that early steps have been taken toward establishing a Mormon Studies program at Utah Valley State College has generated much excitement among many who have long felt a need for such a program at one of Utah’s state schools, but it has also raised …
MORMON STUDIES FROM THE OUTSIDE: OUTSIDERS LOOK AT MORMONS
MORMON STUDIES FROM THE OUTSIDE: OUTSIDERS LOOK AT MORMONS Rev. Dr. Alan Condie Tull, W.J. Kooistra Van Campnhout, Jeff Needle, David Sean Muttillo