Category: 12 Questions

  • 12 Questions for Philip Barlow

    Melissa

    We are pleased to announce Philip Barlow as our next participant in the Twelve Questions series. My initial encounter with Professor Barlow’s work was almost seven years ago as a first year Bible student at Yale Divinity School.

  • 12 Questions for Terryl Givens

    Jim F.

    Professor Terryl Givens–who has another book out within the last month, The Latter-day Saint Experience in America (Greenwood Press)–has been kind enough to answer twelve questions for us.

  • An Interview with Neil LaBute

    Rosalynde Welch

    Writer, director and playwright Neil LaBute has been producing provocative and critically-acclaimed theater, film and fiction for more than a decade in the US and abroad.

  • Invitation: 12 Questions for Terryl Givens

    Jim F.

    Many of you have probably at least heard of Terryl Givens’s book, By the Hand of Mormon.

  • III: 12 Questions for Travis Anderson

    Jim F.

    This is the last installment of Travis Anderson’s answers to our 12 questions.

  • II: 12 Questions for Travis Anderson

    Jim F.

    The second four questions and answers from Professor Anderson:

  • I: 12 Questions for Travis Anderson

    Jim F.

    Russell Fox’s post on International Cinema at BYU and the responses to it inspired us to ask Travis Anderson, IC’s director, to do 12 Questions for us. Here is the first installment, answers to four questiosn.

  • 12 Questions for Travis Anderson

    Jim F.

    Everyone was excited to talk about International Cinema at BYU.

  • 12 Questions for Kathleen Flake

    Greg Call

    We are pleased to announce that Kathleen Flake is the next participant in our 12 Questions series.

  • 12 Answers from Royal Skousen

    Jim F.

    Professor Royal Skousen has gone far beyond what we asked of him and provided a full and fascinating response to our twelve questions.

  • 12 Questions for Royal Skousen

    Jim F.

    Royal Skousen, Professor of Linguistics at BYU, is important for at least two reasons. First, he has developed a unique theory of language learning and use based on analogy (see his Analogical Modeling of Language, Analogy and Structure, and Analogical Modeling: An exemplar-based approach to language). Skousen’s work is important because it gives us a…

  • 12 Questions for Rodney Smith, part two

    Greg Call

    Here is the second half of President Smith’s responses to your questions (for part one, click here). We thank him for his participation and extend our best wishes to both him and Southern Virginia University. 7. If the Church offered to take over SVU and turn it into BYU-Virginia, would the trustees go for it?…

  • 12 Questions for Rodney Smith, part one

    Greg Call

    We are pleased to present the first half of our 12 Questions for President Rodney Smith of Southern Virginia University (for part two, click here). For more information on President Smith and SVU, click here. 1. What were the driving forces behind the creation of SVU? Truthfully, SVU was created as a matter of inspiration,…

  • 12 Answers! for Ken Jennings, part two

    Matt Evans

    Here’s the second half of our 12 Questions with Ken Jennings. (Click here for part one.) We thank Ken for participating in our 12 Questions feature, especially for his smart (but delicate) responses to the obnoxious, smart-aleck questions that seem to come with the territory. .

  • 12 Answers! for Ken Jennings, part one

    Matt Evans

    We are pleased to present Jeopardy! champion and Times & Seasons reader Ken Jenning’s responses to 12 Questions posed by the bloggernacle. The first six are posted below; we’ll post the final six on Monday. . .

  • 12 Questions Answers! for Ken Jennings

    Matt Evans

    King of Double Jeopardy, media sensation and newly minted millionaire Ken Jennings has graciously agreed to participate in our 12 Questions interview feature. However, because Ken is averse to answering questions, we will accomodate his request that we supply nothing but answers and leave the questions to him. ; ) Feel free to ask Ken…

  • 12 Questions for Rodney Smith

    Greg Call

    Rodney Smith, the president of Southern Virginia University, has agreed to participate in our next installment of 12 Questions. Smith took over as president of SVU in June 2004, after serving at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (University of Memphis) as the Interim Dean and Herff Chair of Excellence in Law. Among other…

  • 12 Questions for Sarah Barringer Gordon, part two

    Greg Call

    Here’s the second half of our dialogue with the esteemed Professor Gordon. [Click here for part one.] I’m sure everyone joins me in thanking her for such intelligent and provocative responses to our questions. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out her landmark book, The Mormon Question. Again, our questions are in bold…

  • 12 Questions for Sarah Barringer Gordon, part one

    Greg Call

    Without further ado, we are pleased to present Professor Gordon’s responses to questions submitted by the T&S community. Questions are in bold; her preface and responses are in plain text. Look for the second half Friday. (For background on Professor Gordon and her work, click here.) * * * First and most important, I would…

  • 12 Questions for . . . Sarah Barringer Gordon

    Greg Call

    Just a reminder — please submit questions for Professor Gordon by Monday, May 10. For more information on Professor Gordon, here is an article she wrote in Legal Affairs on polygamy and gay marriage; here is an interview she did on NPR on a similar topic; and here is a Tribune article about a speech…

  • 12 Questions for Armand Mauss, part two

    Greg Call

    As promised, here’s the second half our our “interview.” [For part one, click here.] Thank you, Brother Mauss, for your willingness to lend your unique voice to the bloggernacle, and thanks to all our readers who submitted questions. (Again, the questions are in bold and his responses follow in plain text.) 7. In April conference,…

  • 12 Questions for Armand Mauss, part one

    Greg Call

    We are pleased to present our first installment of “12 Questions,” with sociologist and Mormon Studies scholar extraordinaire Armand Mauss (here is a mini-bio). Thanks to everyone who sent in questions. As you will see, they generated a wide-ranging and thoughtful set of responses. Questions appear below in bold, and Brother Mauss’s responses follow in…

  • 12 Questions for . . . Armand Mauss

    Greg Call

    We are pleased to announce that Armand Mauss has agreed to be the first participant in the newest regular feature at T&S, “12 Questions.” In this feature, we will be “interviewing” some of the bright stars in the Mormon firmament. And you, dear reader, may participate by submitting the questions. [See here and here for…