Join hosts Lindsay and Bryan as they smash into the life and legacy of one of Mormonism’s most fiery and controversial figures: Jedediah Morgan Grant, also known as “Brigham’s Sledgehammer.” Buckle up; it’s about to get heavy… SHOWNOTES: Mormon Thunder: A Documentary History of Jedediah Morgan Grant
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Book Review: “Moth and Rust Mormon Encounters with Death”
Title: Moth and Rust: Mormon Encounters with Death, Edited by: Stephen Carter, Published: Signature books, 2017, Pages: 257 Genre: Narrative Non (mostly!) Fiction ISBN: 978-1-56085-265-0 Price: 23.95 Reviewed By Andrew Hamilton at the Association for Mormon Letters and Approaching Justice, shared here by permission. This article features a mention of Tom Kimball, who is in violation …
Sunstone 1989, 007: Symbiosis: The Relationship Between Leaders And Followers
From the 1989 Sunstone Symposium Presentation: Symbiosis: The Relationship Between Leaders And Followers Presenters: Nola W. Walace Abstract: Symbiosis is a mutual relationship between to organisms that is mutually beneficial. This session discusses how this process applies to Mormonism.
Four Views Of Joseph Smith Historians Debate The Prophet Puzzle
“The mystery of Mormonism cannot be solved until we solve the mystery of Joseph Smith,” Jan Shipps wrote. Four decades later, the prophet continues to puzzle. Was he true prophet, sincere visionary, pious fraud, or con man? In a friendly debate, four historians will each advocate a different hypothesis. Opening statements and rebuttals will be …
I Took This To Mean Poetry S Communal Moment And The Virtues Of Textual Intimacy
This presentation is a reflection on my encounters with Latter-day Saint sexual mores through Mormon theology’s expansive view of embodiment, procreation, and desire. I weigh these encounters against my readerly desires, my family relationships, and my experience with specific poems by American poets Lucille Clifton, Sharon Olds, Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, and Javen Tanner. The …
Faith In Action
Moroni 7:33 And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me. Mormonism is a gospel of faith and works. Come hear how one informs the other as speakers share the events and concepts that animate their religious lives: a little soul …
Four Views Of Joseph Smith Historians Debate The Prophet Puzzle
“The mystery of Mormonism cannot be solved until we solve the mystery of Joseph Smith,” Jan Shipps wrote. Four decades later, the prophet continues to puzzle. Was he true prophet, sincere visionary, pious fraud, or con man? In a friendly debate, four historians will each advocate a different hypothesis. Opening statements and rebuttals will be …
Living As A Mormon With Autism
This panel will discuss the experience of being Mormon and autistic, as well as autism within Mormonism in general. Panel members are a mixture of those who either have autism themselves or have studied it. Laura Kipp, Jake Zollinger, Ryan Kipp, Daniel Kipp
Faith In Action
Moroni 7:33 And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me. Mormonism is a gospel of faith and works. Come hear how one informs the other as speakers share the events and concepts that animate their religious lives: a little soul …
Triangles Of Shame Adoption Within Mormonism
Mormonism has a unique relationship with adoption that culminates in the doctrine and ordinance of sealing. While powerful in its eternal implications, many of the root ideas surrounding this doctrine are problematic to the psychological, emotional, and physical health of persons involved in the adoption triangle: adoptee, birth parents and adoptive parents. This paper identifies …