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The week between Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and his triumphant resurrection from the dead is the most significant week in human history. Beginning with the early church, Christians celebrated the events of this week and for two millenia they have been the focus of annual celebrations of what has been called the Passion of [...]
From genesis to completion, the creation of The Mormons did not happen in six days; more like three-and-a-half long years. As Lou Reed sings, “Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.” Or as T. S. Eliot puts it, “Between the idea and the reality . . . falls the shadow.”
Ever since I joined the Association for Mormon Letters email list the main author that has been held forth as a model for good Mormon writing is Chaim Potok. We like him because he managed to take an insular, idiosyncratic community (Hasidic Judaism) and craft novels that can speak to a wide audience.
A few days [...]
UPDATE: The final program for Sunstone SymposiumWest is now available. This symposium is co-sponsored by the Claremont Graduate University School of Religion and the Claremont Mormon Studies Student Association.
–> SUNSTONE SYMPOSIUMWEST - Final PDF <–
14–15 MARCH 2008
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA
Friends,
Thank you so much for the terrific response to our call for short essays on Mormonism and politics. We’ve received more than thirty reflections, and we look forward to creating a great section out of these responses in the coming magazine issue.
I’m writing now to ask for anecdotes, experiences, and observations about President Hinckley.
I’ve been watching the reactions among the LDS blogging community, and I’m encouraged a little by the results of the Super Tuesday primaries. I certainly don’t wish Mitt Romney any ill will, nor have I really hoped he would lose. But the momentum took a turn for the worse, and he suspended his campaign today.
From [...]
A new Sunstone magazine issue is in the mail, and we’re now working on a special issue about Mormonism and politics to go to press in three weeks. We’ve commissioned several pieces exhibiting a variety of approaches to this theme, and we are excited by what we received.
We’d very much like help with [...]
A note from Richard Dutcher:
Dear Friends,
I want to personally invite you to see my latest film, Falling, which opens at the Gateway Megaplex in Salt Lake City on Friday, January 18.
Falling is the story of a Hollywood videographer (and lapsed Mormon) in spiritual freefall. Dan Nailen of Salt Lake Magazine calls it “relentless” and “shocking.” [...]
Please mark your calendars for the 2008 Sunstone West Symposium! It will be held on 14-15 March on the Claremont Graduate University campus in Claremont, California.
Most of you already know that CGU has recently named Richard L. Bushman to a visiting professorship in Mormon studies to begin fall 2008, with plans for a [...]
I was in charge of the priesthood lesson today. It took me a long time to get it together. In fact, I had to write it down to get it out. So I thought I’d share.
Getting ready for this lesson was very difficult. I couldn’t quite get a grasp on how to present it. After [...]
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