Time: Saturday, March 13, 1:00 p.m.Location: South Assembly roomModerator: Eric A. EliasonPresenters: 1:00 Duane Boyce, independent scholar, Utah Nibley’s Two Views of War   1:30 Kenneth L. Alford, Brigham Young University Latter-day Saints in Wartime Afghanistan   1:55 David Pulsipher, Brigham Young University-Idaho “Prepared to Abide the Penalty: The Latter-day Saints and Civil Disobedience   2:25 Alan F. Keele, Brigham Young University &ld... [More]

Time: Saturday, March 13, 1:00 p.m. Location: North Assembly room Moderator: Richard G. Oman Presenters: 1:00 Doris R. Dant, Brigham Young University Unveiling the Women of the Book of Mormon 1:35 Lynne Wilson, Marquette University Unveiling the Veils of Authority in Paul   2:05 Cory Crawford, Brigham Young University The Architectural Shaping of History and Eternity in the Bible and Latter-day Saint Scripture   Doris Dant, with training in English editing and... [More]

Time: Saturday, March 13, 1:00 p.m. Location: 3rd Floor Moderator: Neal W. Kramer Presenters: 1:00 Cheryl B. Preston, Brigham Young University American Religions, Politics, and Pornography: Where is the Moral Majority?   1:35 James Holt, University of Chester, England The Dichotomy of Latter-day Saint Interfaith Commentary: A Way Forward   2:05 Shon Hopkin, University of Texas Keys to Understanding the Law of Moses and Modern Ordinance: Personal and Communal Bene... [More]

Time: Saturday, March 13, 1:00 p.m. Location: East Room Moderator: George Handley Presenters: 1:00 Daniel D. Archibald, independent scholar, Utah Nauvoo, Illinois, and the Garden Heritage of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1:35 Kate Holbrook, Boston University Gathering from an Ideal Garden: Revelation and the Sources of Food   2:05 Hollis Johnson, Indiana University The Puzzle of a Life-bearing Universe   The presentations in this session look... [More]

Time: Saturday, March 13, 12:00 p.m. Location: North Assembly room Presentation: Poetry Michael Hicks, teacher of theory and composition at BYU, opened the session by reading four of his compsitions: “Day Seven,” “Museum of Ancient Life,” “Love Song,” and “Ramblin’ Jack at the Bitter End.” Hicks characterized his poems as having to do with the mundane things of life. He also shared some of his thoughts on what makes a good poem. The s... [More]

Time: Saturday, March 13, 11:00 a.m. Location: South Assembly room Presenter: George S. Tate “The Great World of the Spirits of the Dead”: Death, the Great War, and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic as Context for Doctrine and Covenants 138 When members of the Church read Doctrine and Covenants 138, Joseph F. Smith’s vision of the redemption of the dead, how many pay attention to the date the vision was received: October 3, 1918? Presenter George S. Tate was struck by t... [More]

Time: Saturday, March 13, 9:00 a.m. Location: East Room Moderator: Byron W. DaynesPresenters: 9:00 George Handley, Brigham Young University Gary Bryner’s Contributions to Environmental Studies   9:15 Bryan Wallis, University of California Davis God’s Machinery: Brigham Young and the Formation of Latter-day Saint Environmental Thought   9:45 Richard A. Gill and George Handley, Brigham Young University The Science and Ethics of Climate Change: An LDS Per... [More]

Time: Saturday, March 13, 9:00 a.m. Location: North Assembly roomModerator: Don E. NortonPresenter: 9:00 John F. Hall, Brigham Young University The Anointing of the Gods: Sanctification and Authority from Egyptian Pharaohs to Hebrew Priest Kings and Beyond 9:35 Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, independent scholar, Florida; David Larsen The Ezekiel Mural at Dura Europos and the Mysteries of Aaron, Moses, and Melchizedek 10:05 Paul Callister, University of Missouri-Kansas City Kingship ... [More]

Time: Friday, March 12, 6:30 p.m. Location: Museum of Art, Lied Gallery   Doug Chabries Chabries did a presentation on the overview of BYU Studies. The naming of BYU Studies actually came from Ernest L. Wilkinson, president of Brigham Young University at the founding of BYU Studies in 1959. Wilkinson suggested the name because he had a file named BYU Studies. And so this name emblazoned the first issue that was published that year. Clint Larson was the first editor of BYU Studies from ... [More]

Time: Friday, March 12, 2:00 p.m. Location: East RoomModerator: Cherry B. SilverPresenter: 2:00 Alan Goff, DeVry University Reading Prophetic Call Stories in Hebraic Narrative: The Biblical Roots of Alma’s Conversion Story   2:35 Robert Gleave, Brigham Young University The Marriage of Altruism and Egoism through Jesus Christ the Redeemer   3:05 David L. Paulsen, Brigham Young University “I’ve a Mother There”: Status, Roles and Existential Ap... [More]