Jerilyn Hassel Pool
Event: Northwest Symposium 2013
Unto Their Husbands: What does Mormon Liturgy and Doctrine say about Women’s Exaltation?
what if one surprisingly cohesive doctrine could explain the many examples of inequality Mormon feminists talk about? Presiding, overemphasis on motherhood, anti-gay policies, polygamy, women’s absence from leadership, hierarchical temple covenants, obsessive modesty rhetoric, etc.? what if that doctrine comes from Mormonism’s sacred liturgy and ritual and we have collectively avoided examining that doctrine closely? …
Comparing and Contrasting Elder Uchtdorf’s and Elder Oaks’s October 2013 Conference Talks
Adam Ford, Kirk Caudle, Lindsay Hansen Park, Jerilyn Hassell Pool
Preservering: A Devotional
Susan D. (Skoor) Oxley
Buddhism, Mormonism and Me
This presentation explores the impact on my life of interactions with Buddhists and how incorporating Buddhist practices and beliefs has helped me live my Mormon faith more fully. Trace A. Lamb
Which Persona is in Charge? The Multiple Perspectives of Wayne Booth’s Autobiography
My essay explores what contribution autobiography might make to the illumination of Mormon history and culture. i chose wayne c. Booth’s My Many Selves—The Quest for a Plausible Harmony because it demonstrates the influence a Mormon boyhood exerted upon the career of one of the twentieth century’s most influential literary theorists, and because in it …
Perspectives on Women and Ordination
women’s ordination has been a hot topic among Mormons in 2013. This panel will discuss women’s ordination in early christianity, in other restoration churches, recent activism by the group ordain women, and what the path toward ordination might look like for ldS women. Frances Lee Menlove, Susan D. (Skoor) Oxley, Natalie Kelly, Mary Ellen Robertson