Sterling M. McMurrin Lecture on Religion and Culture
Opening plenary session of Black, White, and Mormon: A Conference on the Evolving Status of Black Saints Within the Mormon Fold.
Thursday, October 8, 2015 / 7:00 p.m.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Dumke Auditorium
Open to the public. Seating is limited.
“Looking Back, Looking Forward: Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine Forty-Two Years Later”
Lester E. Bush Jr.
Lester E. Bush Jr. will reflect on the forty-two years since his seminal article was published in Dialogue which undermined the standing historical narrative that the LDS Church’s priesthood ban began with Joseph Smith. We invite Bush to consider the past forty years: what has changed, what has stayed the same, and what steps are yet necessary to bring about change.
Founded in 1992, the McMurrin Lecture supports the serious and knowledgeable study of religion. The McMurrin Lecture honors beloved scholar and teacher Sterling M. McMurrin (1914-1996), who served as U.S. Commissioner of Education during the Kennedy Administration.
So did anyone go? Notes? Impressions?
Comment by Kevin Barney — October 9, 2015 @ 11:15 am