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2010 Restoration Studies Symposium Program

The third annual Restoration Studies / Sunstone Midwest Symposium will take place on Thursday and Friday, April 8-9, immediately prior to the World Conference of the Community of Christ.

All events will take place at the Graceland University / Independence Campus, 1401 West Truman Rd., in Independence, Missouri. Registration will take place beginning 5:00 pm Thursday and 8:00 am Friday.

The theme of this year’s symposium is "Identities & Relationships: Mormonism, Christianity, and the Community of Christ."

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Thursday, April 8

All Thursday events will take place at the Graceland University/Independence Campus, 1401 West Truman Rd., in Independence, Missouri.

(1) 7:00 – 8:30 pm — Welcome and Wallace B. Smith Lecture, Plenary Session

"Who is a Christian? The Perspective of Ecumenical Christianity."

Presenter: Don Compier

 

(2) 8:30 – 10:00 pm — Opening Reception, First Floor Lobby

You are invited to attend an opening reception with refreshments in honor of the publication of Volume XI of Restoration Studies.

 

Friday, April 9

All Friday events will take place at the Graceland University/Independence Campus, 1401 West Truman Rd., in Independence, Missouri.

(3A) 8:30 – 9:30 am — Concurrent Session

"‘Open Thou My Eyes’: Joseph Smith’s First Vision as an Invitation into Seership"

Presenter: Don Bradley

 

(3B) 8:30 – 9:30 am — Concurrent Session

"Community of Christ as Emergent/Emerging Church"

Presenter: Steve Shields

 

(3C) 8:30 – 9:30 am — Concurrent Session

Comparing Notes: Women’s Roles, Identities, and Experiences in Community of Christ and Utah Mormonism

Panelists: Barbara Walden (C of C), Sherry Morain (C of C), Mary Ellen Robertson (LDS), Page Kimball (LDS)

 

(4A) 10:00 – 11:00 am — Concurrent Session

"Hispanic Ministerial and Leadership Formation in the Community of Christ"

Presenter: John Glaser

 

(4B) 10:00 – 11:00 am — Concurrent Session

"Early Mormonism and Arminianism"

Presenter: Seth Bryant

 

(4C) 10:00 – 11:00 am — Concurrent Session

"God, Sex, and the Torah: Men, Women, and Homosexuality in a Biblical Context."

Presenter: Carol Cease Campbell

 

(5A) 11:15 am – 12:15 pm — Concurrent Session

"Religion and Cultural Antecedents of the Latter Day Restoration"

Presenter: George D. Smith

 

(5B) 11:15 am – 12:15 pm — Concurrent Session

"One Lord, One Faith, Many Olive Branches"

Presenter: Michael Humiston

 

(6) 12:15 – 1:15 pm — Lunch Break

 

(7A) 1:15 – 2:45 pm — Concurrent Session

"How Christian are Mormons?"

Presenter: Marcello Jun de Oliveira

"...And how Mormon is the Community of Christ?"

Presenter: Ron Dawbarn

 

(7B) 1:15 – 2:45 pm — Concurrent Panel Session

"Mormon Cosmology, Theology and Culture in Contemporary Popular Culture"

Panelists: Stuart Parker, Rachel Gostenhofer, and Liana Kerzner

 

(7C) 1:15 – 2:45 pm — Concurrent Panel Session

"Studies of Twentieth-century Utah Mormon Sects"

Panelists: Phil Barlow (chair), Ryan T. Roos, Christopher Blythe, and Christine Magula

 

(8A) 3:00 – 4:00 pm — Concurrent Session

"Prophetic Discourse in RLDS Patriarchal Blessings"

Presenter: Gordon Shepard

 

(8B) 3:00 – 4:00 pm — Concurrent Session

"The LDS Bible Dictionary, 1979-2009"

Presenter: Ryan Combs

 

(8C) 3:00 – 4:00 pm — Concurrent Session

"The History of the Community of Christ in Continental France"

Presenter: Chrystal Vanel

 

(9A) 4:15 – 5:15 pm — Concurrent Session

"The Mormon Cross Taboo"

Presenter: Michael Reed

 

(9B) 4:15 – 5:15 pm — Concurrent Session

"Pelagian Theology and Joseph Smith’s Conceptions of Free Will"

Presenter: TBA

 

(9C) 4:15 – 5:15 pm — Concurrent Session

"Needed: Civil Discourse in Church and Society"

Presenter: Bill Russell

 

(9C) 7:00 – 8:30 pm — Closing Panel, Plenary Session

"Joseph Smith’s July 1843 Revelation Known as Section 132 in the LDS Doctrine and Covenants: Two Different Perspectives"

Panelists: Newell Bringhurst and Craig Foster

 

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