Watch Laurie Maffly-Kipp, a professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, present a lecture entitled, “The Long Approach to the Mormon Moment: The Building of an American Church” in St. Louis. Click in to view.
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Updated with photos*: “Beyond the Mormon Moment: Directions for Mormon Studies in the New Century” A Conference in Honor of the Career of Armand Mauss […]
[…] Campbell, John Green, and Quin Monson make exhaustive use of numerous recent surveys conducted by the Pew Forum and Gallup, and a half-dozen surveys which they designed themselves, to produce about as detailed and […]
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From By Common Consent. For another beautiful example of Ashley’s writing, check out her piece from the Winter 2014 Issue: “In Light” released for free for everyone to enjoy. Ashley Mae […]
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[…] honor essays that represent Gene’s vision of an expansive, inclusive, and bold Mormonism. ESSAY Eugene England Memorial Essay Award for 2016 1st place Lon R. Young, “That’s Where the Light Enters” 2nd place Stephen Carter, “Three Sealings” […]