During Proposition 8, an initiative on the 2008 California ballot prohibiting same-sex marriage, some Latter-day Saints who refused to support the Church’s campaign or who openly opposed it were disciplined by local leaders in spite of the Church’s official policy allowing non-support, if not dissent. This is the story of one person who was disciplined …
Speaker: Nadine Hansen
Twenty Years Of The Proclamation On The Family
“The Family: A Proclamation to the World” was first read to the women of the Church at the Annual Women’s Meeting in September of 1995. In the years following, the Proclamation has become a standard Mormon wall decoration, gone on to inspire Primary songs, and been referenced in marriage equality legal briefs. This panel discusses …
Twenty Years Of The Proclamation On The Family
“The Family: A Proclamation to the World” was first read to the women of the Church at the Annual Women’s Meeting in September of 1995. In the years following, the Proclamation has become a standard Mormon wall decoration, gone on to inspire Primary songs, and been referenced in marriage equality legal briefs. This panel discusses …
Resurgent Mormon Feminism Ordain Women The Mormon Gender Issues Survey And Contemporary Lds Women
In order to analyze recent developments in contemporary Mormon feminism, a number of Mormon feminist writers, scholars, and activists have collaborated in producing Voices for Equality: Ordain Women and Resurgent Mormon Feminism, published by Kofford Books. Contributing authors will speak about Kate Kelly’s excommunication; current Ordain Women strategic planning; historical and theological underpinnings of female …
SLIPPERY TREASURES: AFFINITY FRAUD IN MORMON UTAH
Affinity fraud is broadly defined as fraudulent financial, political, or education schemes in which the defrauders gain the trust of the victims through shared identity or community. This presentation will cover the history of ponzi schemes in Utah, including the Valcor scandal, the largest fraud in Utah, and will also consider smaller schemes and multi-level …
Do They Still Teach That?
The song “I Believe” from the Tony award-winning musical The Book of Mormon mentions familiar, obscure, and even contested Mormon doctrines. This panel is a riff of sorts on ideas enumerated in the song, from the foundational belief that God created the universe and sent his son to die for our sins to the idea …
TRUE TO THE FAITH, THE NEW MORMON DOCTRINE – & – A DECADE OF THE PROCLAMATION ON THE FAMILY
With the publication in July 2004 of True to the Faith: A Gospel Reference, the Church has taken another step toward a unified body of authoritative doctrine. This concise 190-page document, organized alphabetically from A (Aaronic Priesthood) to Z (Zion) thus joins the missionary “white book” of behavioral rules, the newest revision of For the …
PANEL. MORMON FEMINIST LITERATURE REVIEW
Join panelists for a lively discussion of our favorite, provocative, thought-provoking, revolutionary, inspirational, and faith-enhancing books in the field of feminist spirituality. Re-discover the classics, and hear about newer volumes too good to keep to ourselves! A list of our top picks will be available for the audience. Mary Ellen Robertson, Carol Lynn Pearson Lavina …
TRUE TO THE FAITH, THE NEW MORMON DOCTRINE – & – A DECADE OF THE PROCLAMATION ON THE FAMILY
With the publication in July 2004 of True to the Faith: A Gospel Reference, the Church has taken another step toward a unified body of authoritative doctrine. This concise 190-page document, organized alphabetically from A (Aaronic Priesthood) to Z (Zion) thus joins the missionary “white book” of behavioral rules, the newest revision of For the …
PANEL. MORMON FEMINIST LITERATURE REVIEW
Join panelists for a lively discussion of our favorite, provocative, thought-provoking, revolutionary, inspirational, and faith-enhancing books in the field of feminist spirituality. Re-discover the classics, and hear about newer volumes too good to keep to ourselves! A list of our top picks will be available for the audience. Mary Ellen Robertson, Carol Lynn Pearson Lavina …