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2005 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium and Workshops 27–30 JULY Salt Lake Sheraton City Centre Hotel SUNSTONE OPEN FORUM, OPEN HEARTS The 2005 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium and Workshops 27–30 JULY Salt Lake Sheraton City Centre Hotel Laurie Maffly-Kipp Greg Prince Darius Gray Jack Newell T began with Laurie Maffly-Kipp’s fascinating Smith-Pettit Lecture examining the ways that both outsider and insider discourses about Joseph Smith and the Mormon tradition have been I shaped almost solely by questions of Smith’s sincerity. It ended with L. Jackson Newell’s powerful and very personal reflection on his spiritual journey. And it contained ninety-five thought- provoking and soul-stirring sessions in between. The 2005 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium was truly a wonderful, diverse, and heart-healthy feast. The symposium’s special focus on Joseph Smith during his two-hundredth birthday year yielded a wide range of presentations on the Prophet, including poetry readings; comparisons between Smith and other American religious figures; reflections on how he’s been portrayed in art, literature, and recent biographical studies; and examinations of his myth-making abilities, his views about and relationships with women, some of his lesser-known teachings, and even what his handwriting might reveal about him. In other presentations, speakers explored Smith’s elusive and complex char- acter—and how they have or have not been able to reconcile his life and contradictions with their view of what it means to be a prophet. By no means was Joseph Smith the only topic. In presentations ranging from half- and full-day workshops to panels and scholarly papers, plus film screenings and theatrical performances, other sessions explored books and insightful authors; the Book of Mormon and other scriptures; politics, tensions, and scientific debates in Utah and Mormon culture; humanitarianism; feminism; and fun- damentalism. This year’s gathering also featured its usual fare of speculative theology, philosophical exploration, and spotlights on important social issues. It was a Sunstone symposium! How could one expect anything less? PAGE 16 SEPTEMBER 2005 SUNSTONE Ed Kimball Charlotte England Newell Bringhurst Parker Blount Armand Mauss Margaret Toscano Robert Kirby Jan Shipps Carol Quist William Stanford Bill Bradshaw Jennifer Jones Boyd Petersen Elbert Peck John-Charles Duffy Ken Driggs Steve Mayfield Brent Metcalfe Jody Hansen Don Gustavson ABOVE: Toby Pingree listens as he’s honored for his outstanding leadership of the Sunstone Board of Directors for the past five years. During the same evening, Pingree officially passed on the board chairmanship to Michael J. Stevens, current board member and professor of management and organizational behavior. FACING PAGE: Ardean Watts in action. Sunstone often touts “spirited congregational hymn signing” during its plenary sessions. Under Watts’s direction, which always includes insights into (and usually some good-natured grimaces about) tune histories, keys, and metres, it’s impossible not to get Dan Vogel Ed Firmage Brian Mulvey Devery Anderson Erin Jennings caught up in the spirit of worship or celebration. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF STEVE MAYFIELD SEPTEMBER 2005 PAGE 17 SUNSTONE 2005 SALT LAKE 2005 SALT LAKE SUNSTONE SYMPOSIUM SUNSTONE CASSETTE AND CD RECORDINGS SYMPOSIUM Please list session numbers when Faith Seeking Understanding ORDER FORM: using the order form. 091. SMITH-PETTIT LECTURE. TRACKING THE 163. THE TWO JESUS’S OF THIRD NEPHI 232. PANEL. TELLING STORIES, TAKING SINCERE BELIEVER: “AUTHENTIC” EARL M. WUNDERLI, VAN HALE SIDES. : PERSONAL DISCLOSURE, RELIGION AND THE ENDURING LEGACY OF 164. CHIROGRAPHIC CONUNDRUM: THE CONFLICT, AND FAITH IN MARTHA BECK’S JOSEPH SMITH, JR. UNKNOWN SCRIBE OF JOSEPH’S NEW LEAVING THE SAINTS DOE DAUGHTREY, LAURIE MAFFLY-KIPP TRANSLATION ERIN B. JENNINGS, LAURA BUSH, JOHN DEWEY REMY, 101. DEVOTIONAL. GOOD GUYS IN DISGUISE: H. MICHAEL MARQUARDT PHYLLIS BARBER, HOLLY WELKER, CHARACTERS WITH SOILED REPUTATIONS 171. PANEL. JOSEPH SMITH, WOMEN, AND THE DAVID G. PACE NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE BIBLICAL CONTEXT FEMININE MARGARET TOSCANO, LAVINA 234. PANEL. MORMON CONTRIBUTIONS TO RICHARD C. RUSSELL FIELDING ANDERSON, LINDA KING NEWELL CHRISTOLOGY AND UNDERSTANDING THE 111. SUCCESSION CRISIS IN THE COMMUNITY OF 172. PANEL. TWENTY-YEAR REFLECTIONS ON ATONEMENT RICHARD C. RUSSELL, CHRIST WILLIAM D. RUSSELL, RON ROMIG THE MARK HOFMANN BOMBINGS GRANT PALMER, R. DENNIS POTTER, 112. IS BIGGER BETTER?: MEDITATIONS ON STEVE MAYFIELD, CURT BENCH, BLAKE T. OSTLER “SIZE” DAN WOTHERSPOON, DORALEE OLDS, GRETCHEN SHEETS 235. PAPERS. MORMON MARRIAGE CLIMATE JAMES McLACHLAN McNEES, NEWELL BRINGHURST, UNDER BROTHER BRIGHAM 113. CREATING THE MILLENNIUM: SOCIAL BRENT LEE METCALFE LOWELL “BEN” BENNION FORCES AND CHURCH GROWTH IN THE 173. PANEL. WHEN TALKING ABOUT GOD WITH HOW IS THE STATE OF UTAH DEALING TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY KENT W. HUFF, THOSE OF OTHER RELIGIONS, DO WE MEAN WITH CONTEMPORARY POLYGAMY? MORGAN B. ADAIR THE SAME THING? R. DENNIS POTTER, PAUL MURPHY 114. DID JOSEPH SMITH USE THE BIBLE AS A BRIAN BIRCH, JAMES McLACHLAN, 236. PANEL. FRANK WINDHAM AT FORTY: ROSETTA STONE TO TRANSLATE THE BLAKE T. OSTLER, MARK HAUSAM CELEBRATION OF LEVI PETERSON’S, GOLDEN PLATES? TERRY TERMAN, 174. INTERACTIVE PLAY. THE DEFENSE OF CAIN THE BACKSLIDER CHERIE WOODWORTH, MIKE ASH EUGENE KOVALENKO, BIRGITTA ERIC SAMUELSEN, GAE LYN HENDERSON, 121. NOT JUST A QUESTION OF NUMBERS: KOVALENKO, JOHN ALLEN KOVALENKO, MORGAN B. ADAIR, MARYLEE MITCHAM, DEFINING MORMONISM YESTERDAY AND NATALIE PALMER SHEPPARD, DAN BRUCE W. JORGENSEN TODAY JAN SHIPPS WOTHERSPOON 242. RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE 122. IS THE BOOK OF MORMON SCRIPTURE? 191. PLENARY. DAVID O. McKAY’S LESSONS 251. CONTEMPLATING RECENT BIOGRAPHIES FRANZ BIBFELDT, GRAHAM STOTT FOR TODAY’S CHURCH OF JOSEPH SMITH D. MICHAEL QUINN 123. POST-MORTEM MATERIALISM: A MORMON GREGORY A. PRINCE 252. A MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT LOOKS AT APPROACH TO EMBODIMENT 201. DEVOTIONAL. WALKING THE ROAD TO TODAY’S CHURCH JOHN TARJAN, R. DENNIS POTTER EMMAUS FRANCES LEE MENLOVE MICHAEL J. STEVENS 124. REINCARNATION AND THE RESTORATION: 211. JOSEPH SMITH, WILLIAM MILLER, ELLEN G. 253. IS THE RATIONAL MAN AN ENEMY TO GOD? DOES JOSEPH SMITH’S LAST TEACHING WHITE, AND MARY BAKER EDDY: FOUR . THE ROLE OF REASON IN LIVING THE HELP EXPLAIN PRE-MORTALITY, ETERNAL PROPHETS’ PERSPECTIVES ON SLAVERY, GOSPEL JANICE ALLRED, BILL HANSEN PROGRESSION, AND DEIFICATION? ROBERT RACE, AND ETHNICITY 254. MORMON MANTRAS PHIL McLEMORE, BECKSTEAD, GAE LYN HENDERSON NEWELL BRINGHURST, STIRLING ADAMS DOE DAUGHTREY 131. PANEL. EVOLUTION, INTELLIGENT DESIGN, 212. GOD IS NOT A GREAT DECEIVER: WHAT’S 255. DIVINE INSPIRATION OR DEVILISH AND THE CHURCH ALAN EASTMAN, WRONG WITH INTELLIGENT DESIGN DECEPTION? INTERPRETING RELIGIOUS DAVID H. BAILEY, TRENT D. STEPHENS, DAVID H. BAILEY, CLIFTON SANDERS EXPERIENCE BRIAN BIRCH DUANE E. JEFFERY 213. MORMONS, MOVIES, AND ROMANTIC 261. TRUE TO THE FAITH, THE NEW 132. RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE ESCHATOLOGY JAMES McLACHLAN, MORMON DOCTRINE? LAVINA 134. RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE SCOT DENHALTER FIELDING ANDERSON, D. JEFF BURTON 135. RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE 214. DEPICTING THE AFTERLIFE: NEW 262. THAT’S NOT WHAT IT SAYS: MISTAKEN 151. WHY CAN’T A WOMAN BE MORE LIKE EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS AND MORMON EXEGESIS RICHARD C. RUSSELL, A MAN? SHERI L. DEW AND THE CHALLENGES LDS UNDERSTANDINGS BRIAN H. STUY SUBVERSION OF GENDER OF ETERNAL LIFE TOM L. DAVIES, 263. JOSEPH SMITH AND THE SHAMAN’S HUGO OLAIZ, MARGARET TOSCANO LISA TENSMEYER HANSEN VISION . C. JESS GROESBECK, 152. LEADERS OF THE RESTORATION AND 215. THE LANGUAGE OF THE SPIRIT, OR DAVID KNOWLTON THEIR SUBSEQUENT FATES: EXAMPLES GIVE UP THE GHOST AND GET THE SPIRIT 264. THE 1950 PRIESTHOOD SPLIT AND FROM SCANDINAVIA AND MEXICO MARVIN H. FOLSOM FUNDAMENTALIST MORMONS TODAY GARY HORLACHER, D. MICHAEL QUINN 221. A PHILOSOPHICAL TESTIMONY KEN DRIGGS 153. WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE GERALD E. JONES, BRIAN BIRCH 265. IT’S ALL IN ARMINIUS: MORMONISM AS A HANDWRITING OF JOSEPH SMITH AND 222. WILL LDS HUMANITARIANISM WOW THE FORM OF HYPER-ARMINIANISM OTHER CHURCH LEADERS? . WORLD? . G. DONALD GALE MARK HAUSAM, BLAKE T. OSTLER JULIE LAUPER-COOK 223. THE APOSTLE PAUL, THE SUBMISSION OF 271. PANEL. SEEING THE SEER WITH NEW 154. GODWRESTLING: WHAT THE PHYSICAL WOMEN, THE HUSBAND AS HOUSEHOLD EYES: REVISIONING JOSEPH SMITH TRIALS OF THE PROPHETS JACOB AND “HEAD,” AND SLAVERY CARRIE MILES, MAXINE HANKS, D. MICHAEL QUINN, JOSEPH SMITH TEACH US ABOUT . MARY ELLEN ROBERTSON LANCE S. OWENS, G. BENSON WHITTLE DUALISM, REDEMPTION, AND REVELATION 224. FORGOTTEN FOUNDATIONS: RESTORING 272. PANEL. ARE MORMON DEMOCRATS RICK JEPSON OUR “GRAND FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES” COMING OUT OF EXTINCTION? 161. THE NEW MISSIONARY DISCUSSIONS DON BRADLEY, SCOTT KENNEY BOYD JAY PETERSEN, ERIC SAMUELSEN, AND THE FUTURE OF CORRELATION 225. KING BENJAMIN AND THE YEOMAN JANET GARRARD-WILLIS, VAUGHN COOK, JOHN-CHARLES DUFFY, FARMER: NEW NATION SUSPICIONS OF PAT JONES, SCOTT HOWELL J. FREDERICK (TOBY) PINGREE SURPLUS-MARKET AGRICULTURE 273. PANEL. ADVANCING FEMINIST 162. DISCUSSION. HOW RELIABLE ARE OUR GRAHAM STOTT SENSIBILITIES AMONG MORMON MEN MEMORIES? MEMORY CREATION AND 231. PANEL. WHY WE STAY NOLA WALLACE, MICHAEL J. STEVENS, PAUL SWENSON, RETRIEVAL IN RELATION TO MARTHA FRED CHRISTENSEN, LORIE WINDER JOHN DEWEY REMY, J. FREDERICK BECK’S, LEAVING THE SAINTS STROMBERG, CHASE PETERSON, “TOBY” PINGREE LES GRIPKEY, ZINA PETERSEN, MARY LYTHGOE BRADFORD 274. PANEL. A TASTE OF EVERYTHING: C. JESS GROESBECK WHY WE READ KEN WILBER DAN WOTHERSPOON, MARYBETH RAYNES, JOHN T. KESLER PAGE 18 SEPTEMBER 2005
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