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Clair Barrus - clairvb@gmail.com
Education:
· Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, Brigham Young University, 1984
Professional Career
· Retired: Cloud Platform Engineer / Systems Engineer
Publications
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Chapter, “Prologues to Plurality: A Study of Revelations Informing Doctrine and Covenants 132,” Secret Covenants: New Insights on Early Mormon Polygamy, Signature Books, 2024· Journal of Mormon History, Forgery Forum: “Leland Manuscript Forgery and the Faculty of Abrac,” Vol. 47, No. 2, April 2021
· The John Whitmer Historical Journal "Religious Authority, Sexuality and Gender Roles of the Elect Ladies of the Early Republic: Jemima Wilkinson, Ann Lee, and Emma Smith,” Vol. 38, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2018)
· “Why We Blog: Mormon Internet Origins,” Deseret News, 2011
Websites
- Owner: TodayInMormonHistory.com – a daily digest of Mormon curiosities that occurred on this date in Mormon history, 2011-present
- Blogger: www.withoutend.org, Mormonism - current & historical events, 2012-2020
- Owner, blogger: mormon-chronicles.blogspot.com, Mormonism - current & historical events, 2006-2013
Conference Presentations
- Heber C. Kimball’s Lawless Women Revelation, Juanita Brookes Utah History Conference, St. George, Ut, 2004
- Publishing “The Strange Marriages of Sarah Ann Whitney …”: A 50-year retrospective, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2023
- Themes in Joseph Smith's Polygamy Revelations, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2022
- Magic, ‘The Magus’ and Lucy Mack Smith’s Account of Obtaining the Plates, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2020
- The Masonic Magic Mormon Connection, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2019
- The Beatles, Rock and Roll, and Mormonism, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2019
- Joseph Smith, Freemasonry and the Transition from Treasure Seeking to Restoring Lost Scripture, Mormon History Association, SLC, 2019
- Anti-Mormon Influence on the ‘Rod of Nature’ Revelation, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2018
- Gender, Religious Authority and the 'Elect Ladies': Jemima Wilkinson, Ann Lee, and Emma Smith, SLC Sunstone Symposium 2018
- Gender, Sex and Religious Roles of the “Elect Ladies” of the Early Republic: Ann Lee, Jemima Wilkinson and Emma Smith, Emma Smith Sunstone retreat, Nauvoo, Illinois
- ‘Elect Lady’ forerunners to Emma Smith: Ann Lee and Jemima Wilkinson, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2017
- "The Policy" in Context of Mormon Thought on Cursed Lineage & Marriage,” SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2016
- Joseph Smith’s Teachings About Priesthood Temple and Women, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2015
- The Plural Marriage Revelations of Joseph Smith, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2015
- Chiastic Sexual Patterns of the Story of Sodom & Gomorrah, and the Question of Literal Interpretation, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2014
- The Lawless Women Revelation, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2013
- Freemasonry and the 'Rod of Nature' revelation, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2011
- Freemasonry and the 'Rod of Nature' revelation, St. George Mormon History Association Conference, 2011
- Oliver Cowdery's Rod of Nature, SLC Sunstone Symposium, 2010
- Mormon Internet Origins: A Prelude to the Bloggernacle, Mormon Media Studies Symposium, BYU, 2010
Book Reviews:
· The Journal of Mormon History, “Council of Fifty: A Documentary History “by Jedediah S. Rogers, in Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 42, No. 1, January 2016
· Vernath, “Hiking the Wasatch” (3rd Edition), Association for Mormon Letters
· Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity, edited by Michael Hubbard MacKay, Mark Ashurst-McGee, Brian M. Hauglid, Posted September 19, 2020, withoutend.org
· Review: “Foundational Texts of Mormonism: Examining Major Early Sources,” Posted June 26, 2018, withoutend.org
· Cowboy Apostle: The Diaries of Anthony W. Ivins, 1875-1932, Posted December 31, 2013, withoutend.org
· Review: ‘An Imperfect Book: What the Book of Mormon Tells Us about Itself,’ Posted June 19, 2013, withoutend.org
· Changes to the Bible Dictionary, posted March 19, 2013, withoutend.org
