This session sets out to examine the tensions of biblical Christianity and how it interacts with Mormonism, the modern age, and social justice.along with the author of How to Read the Bible and Still be a Christian, John Dominic Crossan. John Dominic Crossan, Joshua Madson, Sheila Taylor, George D. Smith, R. Dennis Potter
Speaker: George D. Smith
Author Meets Critics How To Read The Bible And Still Be A Christian
This session sets out to examine the tensions of biblical Christianity and how it interacts with Mormonism, the modern age, and social justice.along with the author of How to Read the Bible and Still be a Christian, John Dominic Crossan. John Dominic Crossan, Joshua Madson, Sheila Taylor, George D. Smith, R. Dennis Potter
Made-Up Missionaries, Fake Faith, & Concocted Conversions: The Alchemy Of The Book Of Mormon Musical
The Book of Mormon musical plays to sold-out audiences who leap to their feet for standing ovations as the show ends; the play has earned critical raves and won “Best Musical” in the 2011 Tonys. Whether “God loves Mormons and he wants some more,” as the lyrics to “Two by Two” declare, Broadway seems to …
Our Early California Ancestors
Although Brigham Young chose not to settle in the Golden State, he tracked the pioneer journeys of Lewis and Clark. Four years before Claifornia became a state, Young commissioned Sam Brannan to sail from New York to San Francisco in 1846 with about 248 Mormons who would become part of early Californic life. Young also …
SL10354: Joseph Smith’s Personal Polygamy
How did Joseph Smith practice plural marriage? This presentation will review how Joseph Smith recognized the difficulties associated with plural marriage, especially for women; how he did not marry every woman he could have wedded; how he exercised great patience when teaching the principle; how, when spurned, he quietly moved on but vigorously defended himself …
DC09001: DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR: NAUVOO POLYGAMY . . . BUT WE CALLED IT CELESTIAL MARRIAGE
Mormon polygamy began in Nauvoo, Illinois, a river town located at a bend in the Mississippi about fifty miles upstream from MarkTwain’s Hannibal, Missouri. After church founder Joseph Smith married some thirty-eight women, he introduced this GEORGE D. SMITH
DC09007: Panel: New Directions in Mormon History
In recent years, Mormon history has become a higher profile area of study, benefiting from the attention of rising numbers of non-Mormon academics as well as groundbreaking scholarly achievements by Church members. This increased attention has propelled Mormon studies in new directions: new disciplines, methodologies, and questions have deeply enriched our knowledge of the Mormon …
SW09011: Where Big Love Began: The Inception of Mormon Celestial Marriage at Nauvoo, Illinois
Mormon polygamy (sometimes called “big love”) might have roots in Hebrew writings; however, Mormon Celestial Marriage was first alluded to in the Book of Mormon and was later shared with 200 men and more than 700 women in Nauvoo, Illinois, between 1841 and 1846. at first practiced in silence because it was against Illinois law, …
SL09171 Panel: Author Meets Critics: Nauvoo Polygamy
This panel discussion brings together scholars, readers, and thinkers familiar with George Smith’s recent book Nauvoo Polygamy … “but we called it celestial marriage.” Newell G. Bringhurst, Marianne T. Watson, Cheryl Lund Bruno, George D. Smith
THE WOMEN IN NAUVOO’S
As Joseph Smith began marrying additional wives, he taught other men about celestial marriage and offered an inner circle of 33 men the “privilege” of additional wives. Among the women courted by Joseph Smith and his male confidants, four women exemplify the courtship practices and celestial unions in nauvoo in the 1840s: Emily Partridge, Melissa …