Interpretation: Latter-day Saint Perspectives
\nA Conference Sponsored by
\nMormon Scholars in the Humanities
\nand the Mormon Scholars Foundation
\nMay 16\u00e2\u20ac\u201c17, 2008
\nSouthern Virginia University<\/p>\n
FRIDAY, MAY 16<\/p>\n
9:00 a.m.\tInformal Gathering in the Main Hall Ballroom<\/p>\n
9:30 a.m.\tWelcome by Rodney K. Smith, President of Southern Virginia University, and
\nGeorge Handley, President of Mormon Scholars in the Humanities<\/p>\n
10:00 a.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u201c12:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
SESSION A, BALLROOM
\nChair:
\nRodney K. Smith, Southern Virginia University<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nNathan Oman, College of William and Mary, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Living Oracles\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Legal Interpretation and Mormon Thought\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Jeremiah John, Southern Virginia University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Interpretation and Political Theology: A Mormon Reading of John Paul II’s Evangelium Vitae and Laborem Exercens\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
James Holt, Parrs Wood High School & University of Chester, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fostering or Failing Faith? Interpreting Latter-day Saint Theology in the Context of Christian Theology\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
12:00 p.m.\tLunch (Dining Hall)<\/p>\n
1:30\u00e2\u20ac\u201c3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
SESSION B, HILLTOP
\nChair:
\nTerryl Givens, University of Richmond<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nChad McLane, Brigham Young University\u00e2\u20ac\u201dIdaho, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Emerson in Gilgal Garden: An LDS Appropriation of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Sphinx\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Rosalynde Welch, Independent Scholar, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Attend the Tale: Toward an Art-Centered Aesthetics\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Candice Wendt, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Reading \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Book of Nature\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: An LDS, Ecocritical Perspective of Marriage, Nature, and Interpretation in Shakespeare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s As You Like It\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
SESSION C, STONEMETZ
\nChair:
\nJames Faulconer, Brigham Young University<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nJoseph Spencer, San Jose State University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thinking the Mormon Hermeneutical Situation: Four Mormon Discourses and the Place of a Uniquely Mormon Hermeneutics\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Justin White, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Caressing the Text: Towards a Levinasian Hermeneutics\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Alan Goff, DeVry University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Mormon Hermeneutic of Proximity and of Narrative\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
FRIDAY, MAY 16 (CONTINUED)<\/p>\n
4:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
SESSION D, HILLTOP
\nChair:
\nJennifer Connerley, James Madison University<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nAnn Marie McDonald, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Giggles in Sacrament Meeting: Laughter and Reformative Satire in Mormon Culture\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Melanie Steimle, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dinner on the Median: The Historical Location of Creative Dating in Mormon Folk Tradition\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Richard Oman, Museum of Church History and Art, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mormon Pioneer Furniture: An Example of Using Context and Content, Rather Than Style, in Defining Mormon Art\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
SESSION E, STONEMETZ
\nChair:
\nRandall Cluff, Southern Virginia University<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nNeal Kramer, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Orson F. Whitney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Musings on a Mormon Theory of Literary Interpretation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Genevieve Oliver, Indiana University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Religious Reader in the Secular World: Mormon Interpretation and the Literary Significance of Faith\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Shawn Bennion, Purdue University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Mormon Renaissance\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
6:30 p.m.\tDinner (Ballroom); free to those on the program, $15 for others<\/p>\n
7:30 p.m.\tPanel Discussion: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Belief and Interpretation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d chaired by Richard Bushman<\/p>\n
SATURDAY, MAY 17<\/p>\n
10:00 a.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u201c12:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
SESSION F, BALLROOM
\nChair:
\nPaul Edwards, Southern Virginia University<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nGeorge Handley, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Interpretation as Continuing Revelation in The Book of Mormon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Benjamin Spackman, University of Chicago, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Contributions of the Book of Mormon to an LDS Hermeneutic of the Old Testament\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Stanley Thayne, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Sacred Literature Conundrum: Situating the Book of Mormon in the Academy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
SESSION G, STONEMETZ
\nChair:
\nKary Smout, Washington and Lee University<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nRonald Bartholomew, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Babylon and Zion: Buckinghamshire and the Mormons in the Nineteenth Century\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Zachary Hutchins, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Mote and the Beam: Applying Christ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Parable to Critical Paradigms and Poe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Stories\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
David Paxman, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Family in the 18th Century British Novel: An LDS Interpretation, or a Rhetoric Thereof\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
12:00 p.m.\tLunch (Dining Hall)<\/p>\n
SATURDAY, MAY 17 (CONTINUED)<\/p>\n
1:30 p.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u201c3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
SESSION J, BALLROOM
\nChair:
\nScott Dransfield, Southern Virginia University<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nBruce Jorgensen, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Could We Have a Mormon Hermeneutics, and Would It Be a Good Thing If We Did?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Samuel Brown, University of Utah, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Interpretation and the Truth in Brackets\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Benjamin Park, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Losing a Generation: LDS Interpretations of Lost Generation Literature\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Jonathon Penny, United Arab Emirates University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mis(sed)readings? Critical Mormonism as Aperture and Aporia\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
SESSION I, STONEMETZ
\nChair:
\nT.R. Porter, Southern Virginia University<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nJan-Erik Jones, Southern Virginia University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153LDS Interpretation of Omnipotence and Omniscience\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Mark Olsen, Central Connecticut State University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Interpreting the Implications of Mormon Materialism for the Soul\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Blake Ostler, Independent Scholar, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Interpretive Tradition Rather than Doctrine in the Mormon Tradition\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
4:00 p.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u201c6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
SESSION J, BALLROOM
\nChair:
\nTBA<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nSheila Taylor, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How Might a Mormon Read Julian of Norwich? LDS Interpretation of Non-LDS Religious Texts\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Jenny Rebecca Rytting, Northwest Missouri State University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Visionary Writing in an Age of Apostasy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Daniel Muhlestein, Brigham Young University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint and the Limits of Mormon Literature\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
SESSION K, STONEMETZ
\nChair:
\nTBA<\/p>\n
Presenters:
\nJohn Armstrong, Southern Virginia University, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Happiness as the End of Our Existence\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Benjamin Huff, Randolph-Macon College, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Interpreting the Veil: Two Models of Mortality\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Adam Miller, Collin College, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Hermeneutics of Weakness\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
6:30 p.m.\tDinner on your own in Buena Vista or Lexington<\/p>\n
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION<\/p>\n
Contact Professor John Armstrong at john.armstrong@svu.edu to register. There is no registration fee. The catered dinner on Friday evening is free to those on the program, $15 for others. Campus housing is available for $25 per night to those requesting it by April 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}