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."
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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