By JoelApril 6, 2009
Before I start this post, I just want to apologize to all my fellow JIers for my unproductive participation in the blog as of late. Because my primary area of research falls outside of the Mormon History paradigm, I often have to wait for the spirit to move me towards some sort of meaningful post. I still want to put together some concluding thoughts on Mormonism and ethnicity one of these days, but it seems like my dissertation research has kept me pretty busy the last little while. I am hoping to attend at least some of the Mormon History Conference in May since Springfield is quite close to Champaign. Several posts on the Bloggernacle of late (not particularly on JI but as a blog devoted to Mormon history I think this is a good forum for addressing the issue) have made me think about the reality and role of bias in the production of historical scholarship.
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By Jared TApril 5, 2009
Day two of the Mormonism in the Public Mind conference at UVU went very well. See my notes for Day 1 here.
The First Panel, “Political Discourse and the Latter-day Saints” has been reported in a number of places. The Mormon Times reported on Kirk Jowers’ presentation “Did Romeny’s Religion Cost Him the Presidency?” and Thursday’s Keynote speaker, Michael Paulson liveblogged portions of each of the three panel participants on his Boston Globe religion blog, Articles of Faith.
My notes are as follows:
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By Jared TApril 5, 2009
I attended both days of the Mormonism in the Public Mind Conference at Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. I took some lazy notes on the first day, so I will provide my notes and links to reports made in other venues. I took much more copious notes on the second day, which I am cleaning up now for posting, probably today. Here is the conference program.
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By Jared TApril 4, 2009
View Elder Andersen’s biography here.
Last October’s General Conference featured a talk by Elder Andersen entitled “You Know Enough”. Never was there a more appropriate talk for review by our readers. 🙂
Elder Andersen has not authored any books that I am aware of. It will be interesting to see if that changes in the coming years.
By David G.April 2, 2009
We recently had a stirring discussion over at BCC concerning the causes of the 1838 conflict in Missouri. Much of the discussion concentrated not on the historical evidence that has survived, but on the role of bias in determining what gets included and what gets left out when individuals narrate the past.
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By Jared TApril 1, 2009
On March 5 of this year, UVU hosted a panel discussion on the Mountain Meadows Massacre featuring Rick Turley, Will Bagley, and Forrest Cuch and was moderated by Alex Caldiero. Brent Brizzi was on the scene and has provided a transcript of the proceedings. He consulted a recording and notes provided him by the participants. Thank you, Brent for you hard work putting this together for those of us who couldn’t make it.
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