Board games by and for Mormons have found significant commercial success over the past 25 years. one genre that has seen various iterations is the trivia game. These games highlight what is considered Mormon culture and what a Mormon might be expected to know. This paper considers the content and nature of the questions of …
Event: Salt Lake Symposium 2011
The Crisis Of Mormon Intellectuals: How To Believe When You Don’t Think You Can
This devotional explores several attributes of discipleship not normally associated with the Church, including the place of doubt in LDS testimony and the role of criticism within a faith community, relying on the example of Jesus, who criticized some within his faith community but did not withdraw from it. Nevertheless, his and your actions may …
The Face Of God: The Filter Of Mormon Iconography
Strategies of both preliterate Christian artists and media moguls saturate Mormon iconography. This investigation of LDS art and icon sketches disparities between fundamental doctrinal texts and the religious imagery evolved today. A revealing look at scripture, science, and iconography may reflect the stark gaps in our spiritual omprehension of a latter-day orld. understanding and arrowing …
Mormon Quest For The Presidency: From Joseph Smith To Mitt Romney And Jon Huntsman
This session is a roundtable discussion focusing on two presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, each seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president. Special emphasis will be given to the strengths versus the weaknesses of each, as well as assessing the chances for success of each. A brief overview will be provided of the …
Very Careless In His Utterances: Editing, Correcting, And Censoring Conference Addresses
At the Sunday morning session of the October 2010 General Conference, President Boyd K.Packer gave a talk titled “Cleansing the Inner Vessel.” a few sentences and several words were changed from the spoken talk in the published talk posted on the Church’s website, LDS.org. Almost instantly, these changes and their significance were analyzed in the …
Redefining Kinship: Ancestor Worship In Mormon Culture
The term “ancestor worship” usually invokes images of people slaughtering a chicken on a grave, offering supplications to a sun-worn picture on a mantel, or repeatedly bowing towards a statue. Surprisingly, Mormonism exhibits some strong elements of what people might consider “ancestor worship.” From an anthropological point of view, I will explore how Mormonism challenges …
Our Mother’s Keeper
ourmotherskeeper.Com (OMK) was founded to explore the themes of environmentalism, ecofeminism, and ecological justice. Speakers will discuss their viewpoints on these issues and their interconnectedness, focusing especially on the common themes of commodification and efficient, profitable exploitation of nature and labor. Mormons typically find environmentalism and feminism threatening, hindering broader engagement of the Mormon community; …
The Mormon Sex-Ed Project: Creating A Gospel-Based Resource For Healthy Sexuality
According to Elder Larry R. Lawrence, “What the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand.” This panel seeks to engage voices on the topics of sexual identity, fulfillment, and education from a gospel perspective. our goal is to create a comprehensive …
Habits Of Being: Mormon Women And Inherited Material Culture
This session and its accompanying exhibit take women’s material culture out of boxes, attics, and closets and display it in a public conversational space. in the exhibit, fifteen women explore the rich material heritage of their female ancestors through photographs and words. in the discussion, women reflect on their heritage as told through objects, including …
Material Improvement: Explicit Statements On The Matter Of Heavenly Mother
The Spring 2011 issue of BYU Studies includes a “survey of historical teachings about Mother in Heaven” by David L. Paulsen and Martin Pulido entitled “‘A Mother There’: A Survey of Historical Teachings about Mother in Heaven.” The article documents statements about Heavenly Mother by Mormon leaders and demonstrates that, contrary to popular belief, Mormon …