Elder Q. Walker Lewis and Thomas Coleman: Two Black Mormons Confront Utah’s Early Theocracy This paper examines the lives of two early black Mormons who came to CONNELL O’DONOVAN and NEWELL BRINGHURST
Event: Southwest Symposium 2007
SW07003: THE BOOK OF MORMON’S VIEW OF GODHEAD: NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE
An understanding of the theological framework and substance of the Book of Mormon has been frustrated over time because of the Church’s shifting doctrines concerning the Godhead. This situation has led many Latter-day Saints to interpret Book of Mormon understandings in light of current doctrine—a project that yields unsatisfying results. In December 2006, in an …
SW07004: Zarahemla and Iraq: Did the Nephites Really Have 200 Years of Peace? Could We?
Zarahemla and Iraq: Did the Nephites Really Have 200 Years of Peace? Could We? Critics of the Book of Mormon argue that it is unrealistic to believe that following four centuries of internecine conflict and violent struggle, peoples as warlike as the Nephites and Lamanites could have had two centuries of peace. The Book of …
SW07005: THE TETON DAM DISASTER AND THE LDS RESPONSE
Thirty years have passed since the collapse of eastern Idaho’s Teton Dam. Its failure released 80 billion gallons of water on the largely LDS population of the Upper Snake River Valley. The event, often referred to as “that day in June,” placed a spotlight on local Mormon leadership as it responded to the death and …
SW07006: Faith Development in Mormonism
Faith Development in Mormonism The model of faith development presented by James W. Fowler in his classic study, The Stages of Faith, has helped many people from a wide variety of religious traditions better understand their own faith journey. It has been embraced especially by many who feel they have DAN WOTHERSPOON and TOM KIMBALL
SW07007: Divided Loyalties? Mitt Romney: The First Mormon President?
Divided Loyalties? Mitt Romney: The First Mormon President? In many ways, Mitt Romney is a dream candidate for Mormons: he is handsome, bright, charismatic, and articulate. He has been a successful businessman and politician as well as Church leader. He has a quintessential Mormon pedigree, polygamous ancestors; distinguished genealogy; son of a prominent political, business, …
SW07008: Secrets of Mary Magdalene
Secrets of Mary Magdalene A new book, Secrets of Mary Magdalene, will be discussed by contributing author Maxine Hanks and audience members following a screening (45 minutes) of a filmed panel discussion by seven of the book’s contributors: Elaine Pagels, Jane Schaberg, Susan Haskins, Dierdre Good, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Katherine Kurs, and Lisa Bellevie. The book …
SW07010: In the Garden and On the Cross, Finding Myself and Finding Jesus: A Mystical View of Core Scriptural Images
In the Garden and On the Cross, Finding Myself and Finding Jesus: A Mystical View of Core Scriptural Images Following a delicious lunch, join Phil McLemore on a journey of spiritual discovery as he searched for himself and for Jesus. This path led him from Orthodox Christianity into Mormonism and then expanded into the study …
SW07011: CIRCLING THE WAGONS AROUND OUR GAY LOVED ONES: HOW ARE WE DOING?
Mormons have an inherited crossing-the-plains instinct to circle the wagons against danger, protecting our loved ones, and we do it very well. But sometimes we don’t, especially when the loved one is a homosexual. Then we often circle the wagons around our fears and prejudice, leaving the gay person outside the warmth, abandoned to the …
SW0712: TRANSFIGURATION: PARALLELS AND COMPLEMENTS BETWEEN MORMONISM AND TRANSHUMANISM
SW0712, Mormon tradition includes diverse teachings and prophecies concerning a future day of transfiguration, humans becoming physically immortal, the renewal of this world, the discovery and creation of worlds without end, and so forth. Yet our scriptures only hint about the human acts that might be needed for such things to come to be. Given …