In honor of Gene England’s 88th birthday on the 22nd of this month, this session will honor Gene’s life and teachings with interviews between his widow, Charlotte England, and several of her close friends and longtime peers of Gene’s. One conversation will discuss an evening Jim McConkie spent with Charlotte when he apologized for his …
Speaker: Michael Austin
A Reading by BCC Press’s Newest Authors
This session wil feature three of BCC Press’s newest authors reading from their work. Twila Newey will read from her novel, Sylvia, which explores faith and family when four sisters come together as adults when their mother, and the matriarch of their extended Mormon family, dies suddenly in an automobile accident. Melody Newey Johnson will …
SL10133: Peculiar Portrayals: Mormons on the Page, Stage, and Screen
Published this spring by Utah State University Press, Peculiar Portrayals is a collection of new scholarly articles examining depictions of Mormon characters in mass market venues. The panelists, who are editors of and/or contributors to the project, will discuss the personal and professional reasons behind the book’s creation. Michael Austin will read a part of …
Mormonism and Multiculturalism: Some Thoughts on the Book of Esther
Mormonism and Multiculturalism: Some Thoughts on the Book of Esther This meditation will begin, not with Esther’s ultimate triumph, when she announces her cultural identity and saves her people, but with her initial failure to acknowledge her Judaism to her husband and her peers. It will try to explain why people–and especially Mormon people–are sometimes …
Jesus was a Funny Guy: Satire in a Christian Community
Jesus was a Funny Guy: Satire in a Christian Community This presentation will examine the historical roots of satire and distinguish it from other kinds of humor, such as invective, lampoon, and sarcasm. It will argue that one cannot ‘satrinize” a specific community without being intimately connected to that community and honestly desiring its improvement. …
Mormon Stereotypes In Popular Fiction
Mormon Stereotypes In Popular Fiction Michael Austin
TROPED BY THE MORMONS: NINETEENTH-CENTURY LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN DETECTIVE FICTION
TRAPPED BY THE MORMONS: NINETEENTH-CENTURY LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN DETECTIVE FICTION Michael Austin, Karen D. Austin