Comments on: Another Conference on Mormons

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:10:26 +0000

Ah, thanks Nate. Much obliged.

By: Nate Oman

Nate Oman — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:27:53 +0000

Ben: The Mormon Scholars Foundation is the the institutional alter-ego for Bushman’s various projects. The idea is to create some sort of an organization with tax-exempt status through which the funding and organization of various Bushman projects can be run.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:03:27 +0000

I attended the February conference at Yale, and this doesn’t sound like the same group. Or at least, at the Yale conference, there was no association with MSH that I recall. Teh Yale conference was Richard Bushman organized, with no BYU involvement. This has a BYU guy as the contact person.

By: Jon W

Jon W — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:44:28 +0000

You know it has been years but I am still in awe that there is a Southern Virginia University which plays a private role of BYU east. It is just too bad like BYU grad schools do not seem to exist (in history for BYU).

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:59:36 +0000

Thanks for the heads up, Jim. I attended the MSitH conference last year, and was impressed. I like what George Handley is trying to do with the organization.

James, BYU Religious Education and the Ira Fulton College of Engineering at Technology sponsored a conference on ethics and integrity in the professional arena in spring 2006. The proceedings from that conference are being published by the Religious Studies Center at BYU. It is my understanding that similar conferences are being planned for the future, but with the Marriott School of Business, and other college departments. These conferences appear to be limited to papers by BYU Professors, but might provide the format for a conference such as the one you propose.

By: James

James — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:29:05 +0000

Has anyone considered a conference for those of us who are scholars in the organization and management disciplines. It would be very interesting to discuss issues of ethics, management, training, and business accountability through the lens of LDS doctrine and culture. After all why should the Humanities and Mormon Studies folks have all the fun. I would think that at least a few of us applied social science people would like to play too.