The Christology of modern LDS Mormonism is vainly and disproportionately concerned with personal healing and wholeness (Christ being cast as an advisor and therapist for the spiritually and materially wealthy) at the expense of justice for those whom the Jacob Baker
Speaker: JACOB BAKER
Without Death We Cannot Mourn, Without Mourning We Cannot Be Saved: On Mormonism’s Confrontation with Its Haunted, Invisible Body
In this paper I will argue that Jesus’s historical context provided a framework for what he meant about those who were “the least of these” within his community, but who “the least of these” are within modern communities will differ according to modern contexts and concerns. I will argue for a specific interpretation and what …
Panel: The Message of Christ, the First Christian
This panel will discuss Christ’s messages to his historic and contemporary followers and explore the impact of Christ’s teachings on the individual, the family, the tribe, and the human power structures in which we all operate. Jacob Baker, Janice Allred, Mark Thomas, Michael J. Stevens, moderator Paul Toscano
Theologizing In The Presence Of Burning Children: Mormon Theology And The Absurd
Alma 14 in the Book of Mormon narrates a tale that appears patently absurd if not utterly atrocious: a prophet has power from God to stop the burning of defenseless women and children but is explicitly told by God not to intervene to save them. Mormons normally offer trite explanations for this story or dismiss …
SW08011: MORMONISM AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: EXPLORING COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY
MORMONISM AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: EXPLORING COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY A new course is being offered at Claremont Graduate University this spring entitled ‘Mormonism and Christian Theology.’ The class is designed to explore LDS thought in comparison with the broader Christian theological tradition. A panel of students in this seminar will discuss the curriculum and explore some of …