Applications for the 2019 Mormon Theology Seminar are now being accepted! See here for details. This post and others in the series offers you glimpses of what the seminar is like from the perspective of past participants. This post comes from Rosalynde Welch, who will be co-directing the 2019 seminar. As a mother of school-age […]
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“Race and the Making of the Mormon People,” with Max Mueller [ 1:06:40 | 91.81 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis year marks forty years since The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began, once again, to ordain black members of African descent to its priesthood. Forty years since the church began administering it sacred temple ordinances to black women and men. Over the past forty years the body of scholarship on race and […]
Read MoreA Multi-Denominational History of Latter Day Saint Responses to 3 Nephi 27 (Or a Story of Church Names) At the October General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson made a scriptural case for using the full name of the Church. He cited the resurrected Christ’s response to […]
Read More The making of “Jane and Emma,” with Chantelle Squires and Melissa Leilani Larson [ 1:08:36 | 94.47 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadJane and Emma is a new film based on the historical relationship of Jane Manning—one of the few black converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during its infancy—and Emma Smith, who presided over the Church’s women’s organization, the Relief Society, and who was married to the prophet Joseph Smith. It’s an emotional film […]
Read MoreI’ve often assumed there’s inherent tension between lived Mormonism and the marginal, intellectual offshoots that exist presumably either to bolster or critique the living tradition. Having recently returned from the Mormon Theology Seminar, I’m inclined to rethink this picture. It’s not that I became convinced one can successfully straddle the two worlds of faith and […]
Read More Brian Kershisnik with Terryl Givens, "Surprising angels" [ 57:07 | 52.63 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadMaxwell Institute Conversations are special videocast episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast, hosted by Terryl Givens and created in collaboration with Faith Matters Foundation. In this episode Terryl Givens sits down with Brian Kershisnik to talk about art, creativity, and worship. About the Guest Brian Kershisnik is an American painter. He studied art at the University of […]
Read MoreThe twentieth century was the century of Latter-day Saint history. The field of Mormon history transitioned from dueling polemics to a sophisticated scholarly conversation. Both Latter-day Saint and non-LDS historians came to appreciate and revel in the remarkable sources housed in archives in Salt Lake City and around the country. The institutions of modern Mormon […]
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“The Book of Mormon,” Elder Neal A. Maxwell said, “is like a vast mansion with gardens, towers, courtyards, and wings. There are rooms yet to be entered, with flaming fireplaces waiting to warm us…Yet we as Church members sometimes behave like hurried tourists, scarcely venturing beyond the entry hall.” […]
Read MoreThe Maxwell Institute is excited to welcome Catherine Gines Taylor as our Hugh W. Nibley Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Taylor researches the iconography of the scriptural figure of Woman Wisdom, tracing representations of female devotional and biblical figures that evolved from late ancient Christianity into the early Medieval world. Her work aims to demonstrate the direct and […]
Read MoreIn June, I had the unique privilege of working with an inspiring group at this year’s Mormon Theology Seminar and came away with both a deeper knowledge of the Book of Mormon and a keener sense of just how singular Mormon theology really is. Our focus was Mosiah 4, a particularly formative influence on my […]
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