Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium

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Symposium theme, 2010:  REFLECTIONS ON MATURING FAITH
4-7 August 2010 at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel, 150 West 500 South
https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/symposium/

Wednesday, 8:00 pm (free and open to the public )

• The Fate Of New Religious Movements When They Are No Longer New: A Conversation Between Jon Butler And Jan Shipps - Jan Shipps, John Butler

Thursday

• Devotional. The Call To Praise And Respond - Susan Skoor
• Eugene England'S Calculated Risk: The Struggle For Academic Freedom And Religious Dialogue - Charlotte Hansen
• Out Of Context; Using And Abusing Quotations - Barry Laga
• Maturing Faiths; A Comparison Between Mormonism And Islam During Their First Two Centuries - Ann Chamberlin
• Money Troubles: Fiscal And Psychological Crises At Kirtland - Richard Delewski
• One Soul Shall Not Be Lost: A History Of The War In Heaven In Mormon Thought - Boyd J. Petersen
• Bella'S Body: Physicality, Mortality, Spirituality, And Desire - Holly Welker
• Authors Meet The Critic Curt Bench, Gary Topping - Polly Aird
• More Stories From The LDS Borderlands D. Jeff Burton, John Dehlin
• Francophone Mormons And The Internet: Discovering Space For Religious Expression, Dialogue, And Democracy Carter Charles - Boyd J. Petersen
• Joseph Smith, Matthew Philip Gill, And The Dynamics Of Mormon Schism - Matthew Bowman
• Panel: Rediscovering Eugene England In The 21St Century Charlotte Hansen, Charlotte England, Rebeccca England, Jody England Hansen - Dan Wotherspoon
• Panel: Studies Of Twentieth-Century Utah Mormon Sects - Ryan T. Roos, Christopher Blythe, Christine Magula
• Panel: Peculiar Portrayals: Mormons On The Page, Stage, And Screen - Michael Austin, Mark T. Decker, Aaron Sanders
• Panel: Are We Moving Toward Wholenness? Women And The Feminine In Mormonism - Margaret Toscano, Lilly Shults, Alisa Bolander, Tresa Edmunds, Suzann Werner
• Panel: A Walking Contradiction: Partly Truth And Partly Fiction - Fae Ellsworth, Larry Rigby, Whitney Mower, Richard Terry Lapointe, Paul Swenson
• Line Upon Line: How The New Personal Progress/duty To God Programs Are Defining Tomorrow'S Leaders - Laura Compton, Tresa Edmunds
• A Field Guide For Turning History Into Myth - H. Parker Blount
• Toward An LDS Account Of Physician-Assisted Suicide - Samuel Brown
• Two Short Plays: Adam & Eve And Prodigal Son - Davey Morrison Dillard, Bianca Morrison Dillard
• A Crisis Of Faith In Newtonian Mormonism - Michael Farnworth
• From Seer Stone To Trifocals: A Church'S Journey With Scripture - Robin Linkhart
• Whose Wife Will She Be? Marriage, Embodiment, And Salvation - Janice Allred
• Maturity, Meaning, And Mormonism - Lowell Lemesany
• Adam-Ondi-Ahmen: An American Eden Boyd - J. Petersen
• From C.s. Lewis To Owen Barfield: An Evolution Of Consciousness, An Evolution Of Faith - Julie J. Nichols
• Panel: "Those Members Of The Body, Which Seem To Be More Feeble…are Necessary": Placing Disablity At The Heart Of Zion - Dan Wotherspoon, J. Mark Olsen, Anne Leahy
• Panel: The Stories We Tell: How An Unpleasant Truth Can Be More Inspirational Than A Pleasant Fiction - Tresa Edmunds, Tracy Mckay, Kathryn Lynard Soper, Janet Garrard-Willis, Stephen Marsh
• Panel: Some Sahd Stories - Stephen Carter, Mark England, John Gustav-Wrathall, Joseph West, Jr.
• Panel: The Book Of Job - Holly Welker, H. Parker Blount, Joanna Brooks, Richard Delewski
• Panel: Eternal Perdition? Bureaucratic Limbo? The Theological Ramifications Of Excommunication - Janice Allred, Lavina Fielding Anderson, Marvin Rytting, Margaret Toscano, Paul Toscano
• Plenary. Double Feature: Performances By Sister - Dottie S. Dixon And Mr. Deity Brian Keith Dalton And Charles Lynn Frost

Friday

• Wrestling Jacob'S Angel: On Trials And Maturing Faith - Michael Vinson
• The Cost Of Discipleship: Thoughts On What It Means To Be A Mature Believer - Robert A. Rees
• Sacred Secrecy In The Teachings Of President Boyd K. Packer - Hugo Olaiz, D. Michael Quinn
• Joseph Smith Iii: From Reorganization To Community Of Christ - Lachan Mackay
• Meditations On William H. Chamberlin And Why One Should Remain Mormon - James Mclachlan
• Rachel Ann Nunes'S Ariana Series: A Fictional View Of Latter-Day Saints In Modern-Day France - Helynne Hollstein Hansen
• Relief Society And The Invisible Hand Of Patriarchy - Tamara Taysom, Ellen Decoo
• Instrumental Mysticism: The Inspired Fictionalization Of The Untied Firm Revelations - Christopher C. Smith
• Spaceship Earth - Dennis Clark
• Why Elijah (Or The Baptist) Must Come Before Christ'S Return - Paul Savage, Steve ShieLDS
• Same-Gender Marriage & Religious Freedom: A Call To Quiet Conversations And Public Debates - Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy
• Plenary Session: Why We Stay Alan Eastman - Carol B. Quist, Mark D. Thomas, Suzann Werner, Ron Frederickson
• Responses To The Documentary 8: The Mormon Proposition - Laura Compton, Reobert A. Rees
• In Memoriam: Linda Sillitoe - John Sillito, Paul Swenson, Phyllis Barber, Allen Roberts
• What Was Responsible For The Willie And Martin Handcart Disaster? One Small Cow - Trent D. Stephens, Kevin HoLDSworth
• Tree Of Knowledge Of Good And Evil Vs Tree Of Life - Richard C. Russell
• Life After: The Journey From Active Mormon To Reflective Unitarian - Marvin Rytting
• More Precious Things: Evidence For Women'S Priesthood In The Earliest Christianity - Bridget Jack Jeffries
• Is The Afghanistan War Just? A Book Of Mormon Approach - Joshua Madson, William Van Wagenen
• In Memoriam: C. Jess Grosbeck - Karl Schnibbe, Reed Hunter, Susan Buhler Taber Anne Wilde, Beverly Hoppe, Karen Rosenbaum, Douglass Taber
• The Big Fan: Joseph Smith And The Danites In Missouri - Todd Compton, D. Michael Quinn
• The Will To Power And Exaltation: An Exploration Of Mormon And Nietzschean Conceptions Of Power - Rachel Morris
• Film: Screening The Sonosopher, An Experimental Journey Through The Mind Of Sound Wizard And Poet - Alex Caldiero Alex Caldiero, Torben Bernhard, Travis Low
• Panel. Our Voices, Our Visions: A Mormon Women'S Literary Tour Encore Performance - Julie J. Nichols, Whitney Mower, Elisa Pulido, Elizabeth Pinborough, Holly Welker, Joanna Brooks
• Panel: Persistence Of Polygamy: A Mormon Anthology - Newell G. Bringhurst, Jeffery O. Johnson, Patricia Scott, Christopher Blythe, Todd Compton
• Exit, Voice, And Loyalty In The Mormon Community - Kaimipono Wenger, Kristine Haglund, Bridget Jack Jeffries, John Dehlin
• Developments From The Community Of Christ 2010 World Conference - William D. Russell, Mark A. Scherer
• Plenary. Pillars Of My Faith - Eric Samuelson, Tracy Mckay

Saturday

• Devotional. Gratitude: A Contagious Choice - Frances Lee Menlove
• Film: Trouble In Zion, A Documentry - Kenneth Ballentine
• The Descent Of Dissent: Or On The Origin Of Speciousness - Paul Toscano, Vickie Steward Eastman
• Church, Priesthood, And The Gay/lesbian Journey Toward Spiritual Maturity - John. D Gustav-Warthall
• Dating Fanny Alger: The Nature, Timing, And Consequences Of An Early Polygamous Relationship - Don Bradley
• Toward A Mormon Theological Justification For Environmental - Activism Roger D. Hansen, Dan Wotherspoon
• The Future Of Catholic-Mormon Dialogue: Bridges Between Rome And Salt Lake City - Donald Westbrook,
• Film: Trouble In Zion, A Documentry - Kenneth Ballentine
• Gender Differences In The Early Patriarchal Blessings Of The LDS Church 1834-1845 - Gordon Shepherd, Gary Shepherd, Natalie Shepherd
• Getting It Right: Changes In The Gospel Principles Manual From 1979 To 2009 - Steve Warren, Laura Compton
• From "System Of Beliefs" To "Way Of Life": Fifty Years Of Transformation In Community Of Christ - Steve ShieLDS
• Mormon Women Had The Priesthood In 1843 - Joshua Gillon
• Joseph Smith'S Meditation On Power: Clear Evidence Of A Maturing Faith - Dennis Clark
• Panel: Glenn Beck: Likely Mormon Or Unlikely Mormon - Robert A. Rees, Eric Samuelsen, Joanna Brooks, David King Landrith
• Panel. The Gay Mormon Literature Project - Johnny Townsend, Alan Michael Williams, Gerald S. Argetsinger
• Panel: The Role Of Feministmormonhousewives.org In The "Maturing" Of Mormon Feminism Lisa Butterworth - Melanie Franti, Shelah Miner, Tresa Edmunds
• Panel. The Pros And Cons Of Writing Confessional Memoir In The Mormon Milieu - Phyllis Barber, Holly Welker, Keven Holdworth, Stephen Carter, Bruce Jorgensen
• Panel. Mormonism And Radical Politics - Cory Bushman, Katy Savage, Tristan Call, Fernando R. Gomez
• Growth And Dispersion Of Latter-Day Saints In "Zion" And "Babylon": The Consequences Of Mormon Demographic Transition - Rick Phillips, Ronald Lawson
• Toeing The Line: Is The LDS Church A Moral Agent Or A Political Machine? - Laura Compton, Joseph West, Jr.
• The Epistle Of Paul: Homosexual Spirituality And The Redemption Of Pleasure Paul Toscano - Michael J. Stevens
• Faith In The Midst Of The Difficulties Of Life - Susan Skoor
• Joseph Smith'S Personal Polygamy - Brian Hales, George D. Smith
• The Mormon Bibles William D. Russell - Kim Mccall
• 356: Lockean Ideology And D&c Section 134: The Adoption Of American Political Ideology As Scripture - Chris Henrichsen
• Hindering The Saints: Taking Away The Key Of Knowledge - Philip G. Mclemore
• Panel: The Mormon Feminist Community Of Exponent Ii: Its History, Its Legacy, Its Future - Barbara Taylor, Aimee Evans Hickman
• Film: Two Loves: Documenting Gay Mormons' Stories - Michelle Ripplinger
• Oliver Cowdery'S Rod Of Nature - Clair Barrus, D. Michael Quinn
• Reasons For Technological Interpretations Of Mormonism - Lincoln Cannon, J. Mark Olsen
• Bash: Mormonizing Euripides - Dai Newman
• Panel. Gay And Mormon On The Stage And Screen - Charles Lynn Frost, Eric Samuelsen, Gerald S. Argetsinger
• Panel. Seeing As Believing - Alex Caldiero, Cheryl L. Bruno, Paul Swenson
• Panel: Men And The Priesthood: Taking On The Feminine - Tom Kimball, Holly Welker, Robin Linkhart, Lisa Butterworth
• Where Is Your Faulkner? Mormon Fiction And America - Elbert Eugene Peck, Jane Barnes, Karen Rosenbaum, Ellen Fagg Weist, Steve Williams
• Panel: No More Fellow Citizens But Still Strangers: Twenty Years Of Strangers In Paradox: Explorations In Mormon Theology - Janice Allred, Mark D. Thomas, Margaret Toscano, Paul Toscano
• Faith And Narrative - Sheila Taylor, Sara Burlingame, Joanna Brooks
• Banquet: LDS Women In The Twentieth Century: Witnesses To A Changing Church. - Claudia L. Bushman, Lisa T. Clayton, Lauren Kennard, Caroline Kline, Bethany Saunders