The prophetic imagination as a mode of consciousness disrupts mainstream cultural trends and seeks to expand individual and communal faith using language ripe with poetic rhythms and imagery. Whereas dogma intends to pin down and flatten out ideas and to narrow the conceptual frames through which people view the world, poetry relies on metaphor, nuance, …
Speaker: Elizabeth Pinborough
Panel: Following Christ in a World of Anxiety
This panel will examine the ways we apply Christ’s message in our lives and implement his teachings in a modern, anxiety-riddled world. While following the example of Jesus is comforting, we also recognize that the path to discipleship is not easy and demands a deep commitment from each of us. Michael Vinson, Elizabeth Pinborough, John …
Habits Of Being: Mormon Women And Inherited Material Culture
This session and its accompanying exhibit take women’s material culture out of boxes, attics, and closets and display it in a public conversational space. in the exhibit, fifteen women explore the rich material heritage of their female ancestors through photographs and words. in the discussion, women reflect on their heritage as told through objects, including …
SL10272: Our Voices, Our Visions: A Mormon Women’s Literary Tour Encore Performance
The Mormon Women’s Literary Tour returns to Utah for a repeat performance at Sunstone! If you missed readings in California, Arizona, and Utah this spring, take this chance to hear from established and new Mormon women writers. JULIE J. NICHOLS, WHITNEY MOWER, ELISA PULIDO, ELIZABETH PINBOROUGH, HOLLY WELKER, JOANNA BROOKS
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 …