Many long-time Mormon feminists are tired. Some say we’ve lost ground over the years and are discouraged. Come join in a guided discussion/strategy meeting to discuss Mormon feminism, the issues we explore, and what we can do to rejuvenate. Some questions to start the discussion: • What issues still engage us? • What issues move …
Event: Southwest Symposium 2003
THE WAR WITH IRAQ THROUGH A RELIGIOUS LENS: HOW DOES RELIGION INFORM OUR CHOICES?
The intersection of religion and war is complex and complicated. Whether we look at the causes of war, processes for avoiding war, ways of resolving conflicts, or the moral imperatives of peace, Christianity and other major world faiths often have a seat at the table of influence. Stan Christensen, Robert A. Rees, Bill Benac, Paul …
THE CHURCH’S UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF RACE: New Perspectives
A re-visitation of the 1978 Black Revelation from new and different perspectives. The presenters, co-editors of a forthcoming volume, Blacks and Mormons: Race in in American Church, will consider events and circumstances surrounding the revelation within the context of the Church’s “unfinished business of race.” What conditions brought about the revelation? How have Latter-day Saints …
RAISING OUR MIDDLE EAST I.Q.: WHAT? WHY? WHO? HOW CAN I HELP?
Israel and Palestine. Egypt and Jordan. Gaza, the West Bank, and the Settlements. The PLO, Labor, and Likud. Arafat and Sharon. We hear these terms and names but often only vaguely understand what they mean. We know we should understand why the Holy Land and events in the Middle East are important but often don’t. …
101 REASONS TO AVOID THE OMNIS
Christian theology pays significant obeisance to the idea of God as omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omnific. Some Mormon thinkers have begun to endorse this idea, but there are many important reasons to avoid inconsistencies in these claims. David H. Bailey, Kim McCall
COULD JOSEPH SMITH HAVE WRITTEN THE BOOK OF MORMON? Part III: The Case Against Automaticity
For several years, I’ve been examining various challenges to Joseph Smith’s claim that he translated the Book of Mormon through the gift and power of God. In this third installment, I examine the theory some naturalist critics have turned to as a more rational explanation: that it was the product of “automatic” or “spirit” writing, …
WILL THE REAL LAMANITES PLEASE STAND UP?
In a book just off the press, Armand Mauss traces the changing definitions and understandings of the term “Lamanite” across Mormon history and explains why such changes have occurred, not only with regard to Lamanites but also in reference to black Africans, Jews, Anglo-Ephraimites, and Israelites in general. These changes make for a fascinating study …
A BIOGRAPHER’S BURDEN: DECONSTRUCTING ROBERT REMINI’S JOSEPH SMITH AND WILL BAGLEY’S BRIGHAM YOUNG
Two recent books, Joseph Smith, by Robert V. Remini, and Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Will Bagley, each present fresh, illuminating insights into their subjects. But each work also suffers from significan’t shortcomings that illuminate what I call “the biographer’s burden,” the responsibility to treat personalities, motivations, …
PEACE PROSPECTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Join two of Mormonism’s most experienced foreign policy analysts and dedicated peacemakers for a wide-ranging discussion of recent events in the Middle East, especially those related to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. What is happening today? How is the U.S.-led war with Iraq affecting the entire region? What are the biggest stumbling blocks to lasting peace? …
The Ghost of Elijah: Why Non-Mormons Do Geneology For Fun
Family history research is among the top five activities on the Internet. The majority of those doing genealogy are not Mormons. Where does the interest come from? Janet Brigham Rands