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Mormon Scholars in the Humanities Alan Goff, Emotion and Knowledge: Against the Grain of Modernity’s Prejudice 2013 Annual Conference: The Mystical against Feelings Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, March 15 and 16, 2013 LDS Scripture and Other Sacred Texts, WSC 3252 Chair: John Armstrong Friday, 9:00–9:20 Welcome and Orientation, WSC 3215 Joseph Spencer, Christ and Krishna: The Visions of Arjuna and the Brother of Jared John Hilton III, Textual Connections Between Christ and Nephi Friday, 9:30–11:30 Concurrent Sessions Kelly Sorenson, Moral Persuasion and Parables Morgan Davis, “Origin and Return” in Mystical Islamic and Reflective Mormon Theosis and Embodiment, WSC 3223 Thought Chair: Kirk Caudle, A Divine Destination: How Medieval Mysticism Influenced the Friday, 6:00–7:30 Conference Banquet, Skyroom, WSC 6th floor Development of Theosis in the Western Tradition Saturday, 8:00–9:00 Meditation Practicum for Beginners, HC 105 David D. Peck, Who Am I, Lord? Recapturing Pre-mortal Identity and the Quest for Self-knowledge in Sufism David Loy, Guided Meditation and Question/Answer Tyler Andersen, Infallible Proofs: Interpreting the Temple as Saturday, 9:30–11:30 Concurrent Sessions Mystical Literature, HC 102 Mormonism, Literature, and Scripture, WSC 3238 Chair: David Paxman Chair: Bruce Jorgensen Linda Ohran Soderquist, I am the Way: A Reading of Jane Eyre Scott Hales, The Role of the Novel in Post-Utopian Mormonism Scott Stenson, Opening a Way into the ‘Thick Shade’ of Lost David Paxman, The Plan of Salvation: Why the Angels Rebelled Ned Williams, Hemingway and Mormonism Richard Crosby, Canonical Kairos: Demystifying the Conditions for Creation of Bruce Jorgensen, “The Sacred Whispers” in James Salter’s “Akhnilo” Mormon Scripture Mystics and Prophets, HC 3rd Floor Assembly Hall Meditation, Mormonism, and Contemplative Practices, WSC 3252 Chair: Jenny Webb Chair: Joseph Spencer Debra Sowell, Moonlight and Mysticism: Otherworldly Creatures in the Miller, Bored in the Pews: Reading the Sermon on the Mount with David Romantic Ballet, 1830–1844 Foster Wallace Allen Hansen, A Prophetic Contemporary of Joseph Smith Phil McLemore, The Kingdom of God Is Within ... And Few There Be That Find It William Hamblin, The Incoherence of Neomysticism Kathryn Soper, Expecto Patronum Bodies, Emotion, Epistemology, and Memory, HC 105 Friday, 11:30–1:00 Lunch Chair: Alan Goff Sam Brown, Magic and the Spoken Word Friday, 1:00–2:15 Keynote Address, WSC 3380 Jacob Baker, Arrayed in Silence, I Gave Him Nothing David Loy, Nonduality Past and Present Gary Ettari, The Finger of the Lord: The Brother of Jared and Embodied Mysticism Friday, 2:30–4:30 Concurrent Sessions in the Book of Ether John Armstrong, The Revelations of Socrates Mormonism, Mysticism, and Language, WSC 3223 Chair: Adam Miller Saturday, 11:30–12:45 Lunch and Business Meeting, HC Assembly Brad Kramer, “Those With Ears To Hear”: Language about Sacred Language in Mormonism Room, Ground Floor Jenny Webb, “Ver tu cuerpo”: Embodiment, Suffering, and Salvation Brock Mason, Mormons, Mystics, and the Other: A Levinasian Account of the Saturday, 1:00–2:15 Keynote Address, HC 105 Mormon Religious Experience Elliot Wolfson, The Path Beyond the Path: Mysticism and the Spiritual Quest for Universal Singularity The Body of God: Mormon and Mystical Ideas about Embodiment, WSC 3238 Chair: Kirk Caudle Saturday, 2:30–4:30 Plenary Session, HC 105 Jason Brown, Canticle to the Sacred Grove: An Encounter between Joseph Smith Jad Hatem Panel, Putting Off : The Three Nephites, the Mahdi, and Saint Francis of Assisi and the Bodhisattva Rachael Steineckert, The Paradoxical Embodiment of Mother in Heaven Joseph Spencer, Brad Kramer, Alan Hurst, and Morgan Davis