Skip to main content

LECTURE—Terryl L. Givens, “Great Plan of Happiness”

Monday, November 18
4:00 PM

This is the third in a four-part lecture series by Terryl Givens called “The Choice to Believe.”

Terryl L. Givens, “Great Plan of Happiness” (Lecture 3 of 4)

The first, and in some ways most revolutionary, contribution of the Book of Mormon—reinforced by the Book of Moses—is the drastic reconfiguration of the story of Eden. Evil is only part of the story. The focus, in this re-writing, is on the essential truth of the human condition: We inhabit an arena characterized by competing imperatives, cognitive dissonance, a “messy middle” in which no simple solutions to the perils of life exist. Mortality is “difficult by design.” Eve’s heroic decision, coming at such great cost, exemplifies the collateral damage inevitable in a crucible of learning. Christ’s role as Savior can be greatly enhanced in our lives when we learn that the Greek word, sodzo, also carries the valence of healing.

9/23—Lecture 1, “The Doors of Faith” | 4 PM
10/21—Lecture 2, “Awful Woundedness” | 4 PM
11/18—Lecture 3, “Great Plan of Happiness”  | 4 PM
12/9—Lecture 4, “Worlds Without End” | 4 PM

This lecture series is sponsored by the Office of the Associate Academic Vice President for Undergraduate Studies and the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, in partnership with:

The Office of the Dean of StudentsOffice of the International Vice PresidentDean of Undergraduate EducationDepartment of Religious EducationWheatley InstitutionHarold B. Lee LibraryEnrollment ServicesCenter for Teaching and LearningBYU Continuing EducationDavid O. McKay School of EducationJ. Reuben Clark Law SchoolCollege of Physical and Mathematical ScienceCollege of HumanitiesCollege of Life SciencesCollege of EngineeringCollege of Nursing

Tags

Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter

* indicates required