THE LEGACY OF PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY In this session, panelists and audience members are invited to share both personal and analytical reflections about the life and legacy of President Gordon B. Hinckley, who died 27 January 2008. What will be the lasting legacy of this beloved prophet’s presidency and leadership during his long-time Church …
Speaker: Jana Bouck Remy
SW08016: ‘WHAT WOMEN KNOW’: WOMEN IN DIALOGUE
‘WHAT WOMEN KNOW’: WOMEN IN DIALOGUE Julie Beck, general president of the Relief Society, delivered an October 2007 conference address on the topic of women’s roles and sphere of influence, highlighting the phrase ‘Mothers Who Know.’ As President Beck spoke, the Bloggernacle lit up with discussion on her emphasis on mothers as nurturers and the …
La Vida Online
La Vida Online In this session, online writers will explore how much of their personal stories regarding such things as faith, doubt, disaffection, parenting, feminism, sexual identity, and politics they share on their blogs with friends and far-flung strangers alike. How much information is too much to reveal? Where and how do online writers draw …
“ARE BOYS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GIRLS?”: THE CONTINUING CONFLICT OF GENDER DIFFERENCE & EQUALITY IN MORMONISM, BY MARGARET TOSCANO
“ARE BOYS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GIRLS?”: THE CONTINUING CONFLICT OF GENDER DIFFERENCE & EQUALITY IN MORMONISM,’ BY MARGARET TOSCANO In the June 2007 SUNSTONE, Margaret Toscano’s article, “ JANA BOUCK REMY, KRISTINE HAGLUND, WENDY DEMANDANTE, LISA TENSMEYER HANSEN, MARGARET M. TOSCANO
LIFE IS A HIGHWAY: EXPANDED POSSIBILITIES IN MORMON WOMEN’S SPIRITUALITY
LIFE IS A HIGHWAY: EXPANDED POSSIBILITIES IN MORMON WOMEN’S SPIRITUALITY Twenty-first-century Mormon women of all ages continue to discover new avenues for expressing their spirituality, developing spiritual gifts, and coming to terms with patterns that haven’t served them. As they adapt the old and integrate the new, they create new spiritual possibilities for themselves and …
PANEL. JON KRAKAUER’S ‘UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN’
Jon Krakauer’s book Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith received astounding media attention and scrutiny even weeks before its release, including two statements from LDS leaders that condemned the book as historically inaccurate and critical of all people of faith. This panel seeks to examine Krakauer’s depiction of fundamentalist Mormonism, mainstream …
REAL GODDESSES HAVE CURVES (AND IDENTITIES)
This panel invites Mormon women to talk about how they find meaning and inspiration in images of divine female power drawn from other religions and traditions. What do we learn about ourselves as women and as agents of the divine by studying the stories or representations of goddesses such as Shakti, Kali, Rhiannon, Venus, Athena, …