Co-editors Newell G. Bringhurst and Craid L. Foster have brought together all new articles on the history of Mormon polygamy. Join us for a discussion of this groundbreaking anthology with one of the co-editors and two readers/critics. Joe Geisner, Les Gripkey, Newell G. Bringhurst
Speaker: Les Gripkey
How Reliable Are Our Memories? Memory Creation And Retrieval In Relation To Martha Beck’s ‘Leaving The Saints’
Martha Beck’s memoir, Leaving the Saints, in which she claims to have recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her father, LDS scholar Hugh Nibley, has raised new interest in Mormon circles about how memory works. This session explores how memories are created and retrieved, as well as issues related to memory …
Is War Ever Justified? A Dialogue on War and Peace
SL03091, This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the March on Washington, at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and the thirty-fifth anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. It also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the revelation reversing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ policy of …