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Part 1: Joseph Smith In His Own Time, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

As scholars look back on Joseph Smith two hundred years after his birth, several historical questions capture their immediate attention. How was Joseph Smith shaped or constrained by his moment in history? How much was Joseph Smith a product of his own time? To what extent can he be explained in terms of the prevailing attitudes of his day? Is it more illuminating to think of him as a critic or as a product of American culture? Should he be seen as an American prophet or in a larger world setting? In many areas of historical inquiry, America as an …

Attempting To Situate Joseph Smith, Grant Underwood

BYU Studies

Undergirding Richard Bushman’s insightful paper is a profound recognition (and a reminder) that histories are the creations of authors, not photographs of the past. Every aspect of writing a history, from the selection of sources to the interpretation of those sources bears the imprint of the author. The profoundly precarious and contingent character of all reconstructions of the past led Roland Barthes to quip that biography is “a novel that dare not speak its name.” Clearly, this is an overstatement, but it does warn us away from an unhealthy critical complacency when engaging in studying written histories.

Part 2: Joseph Smith And The Recovery Of Past Worlds, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

Almost beyond measure, Joseph Smith was spiritually and intellectually occupied with the past. He worked insatiably from 1828 to 1835 on his translations of the Book of Mormon, the Book of Moses, the Old and New Testaments, and the Book of Abraham. He drew great knowledge and strength from the revelations received by past prophets and patriarchs, and he sought to see as they had seen and to know as they had known. In considering Joseph Smith’s recovery of past worlds, the following chapters address several questions. What are modern scholars to make of Joseph Smith’s efforts to recover past …

Joseph Smith: Prophecy, Process, And Plenitude, Terryl L. Givens

BYU Studies

Joseph Smith was an explorer, a discoverer, and a revealer of past worlds. He described an ancient America replete with elaborate detail and daring specificity, rooted and grounded in what he claimed were concrete, palpable artifacts. He recuperated texts of Adam, Abraham, Enoch, and Moses to resurrect and reconstitute a series of past patriarchal ages, not as mere shadows and types of things to come, but as dispensations of gospel fullness equaling, and in some cases surpassing, present plenitude. And he revealed an infinitely receding premortal past—not of the largely mythic Platonic variety and not a mere Wordsworthian, sentimental intimation—but …

Joseph Smith And Preexilic Israelite Religion, Margaret Barker

BYU Studies

Terryl Givens has set Joseph Smith in the religious and cultural context of his time and raised many important issues. I should like to take a few of these issues and set them in another context, that of preexilic Jerusalem. I am not a scholar of Mormon texts and traditions. I am a biblical scholar specializing in the Old Testament, and until some Mormon scholars made contact with me a few years ago, I would never have considered using Mormon texts and traditions as part of my work. Since that initial contact I have had many good and fruitful exchanges …

Part 4: Joseph Smith And The Theological World, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

While Joseph Smith lived in what could be called early nineteenth-century Protestant America, many of his teachings, though bearing a close resemblance to biblical Christianity, stood in stark contrast with the theologies of other religions. Distinctively, he insisted on the need for modern and continuing revelation. While Joseph Smith never thought of himself as a theologian, his experiences and declarations have theological implications. What theological answers did Joseph Smith offer the world? What problems do those answers solve? What problems do they raise? Authors in this part also address the issue of divine discourse beyond the Bible and the odyssey …

Joseph Smith Challenges The Theological World, David Paulsen

BYU Studies

In his illuminating book The Story of Christian Theology, Roger Olson states:

Christian theology does not begin at the beginning. That is, Christian theology began well after Jesus Christ walked the earth with his disciples and even after the last disciple and apostle died. . . . The apostles [had] tremendous prestige and authority. . . . While they were alive, there was no need for theology in the same sense as afterward. Theology was born as the heirs of the apostles began to reflect on Jesus’ and the apostles’ teachings to . . . settle controversies about Christian …

Joseph Smith's Theological Challenges: From Revelation And Authority To Metaphysics, Richard J. Mouw

BYU Studies

In his published dialogue with the Evangelical theologian Craig Blomberg, Stephen Robinson observed that one of the factors that makes it so difficult for Mormons and Evangelicals to understand each other is the issue of terminology. The theology of the Latter-day Saints, he noted, has not been shaped by the same developments that Protestants have experienced since the days of the Reformation. This means, Robinson said, that “Latter-day Saints are generally quite naïve when it comes to the technical usage of theological language.”

Speaking Of Faith: The Centrality Of Epistemology And The Perils Of Circularity, Randall Balmer

BYU Studies

It is difficult for me to respond to David Paulsen. I am not—nor have I ever claimed to be—a theologian. I will not presume to engage many of the issues or to intrude on the conversations in his paper. I am intrigued, however, by several themes raised in his paper. I will comment, first, on the crisis of authority; second, on the centrality of epistemology and the perils of theological circularity; and third, on the quintessentially modern enterprise of apologetics.

World Religion: Dynamics And Constraints, Douglas J. Davies

BYU Studies

Mormonism as a world religion and Joseph Smith as its originating prophet furnish the subject of this paper. A brief theoretical reflection on approaching The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides both an opening context for the quantitatively focused debate on Mormonism’s potential for growth into world religion status and an introduction for a more extensive consideration of several factors of a more qualitative kind that may foster or inhibit that development. The paper then ponders the issue of identity in relation to Joseph Smith.

Contributors, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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The Switch Curatorial: Carne, Ethan Miller

SWITCH

CARNE is an interactive visualization that turns live network traffic into a navigable 3D space.

The Switch Curatorial: Internet In The Box, Arlen Thurber

SWITCH

Internet In The Box visualizes live internet traffic as a 3D universe, where IP addresses and data packets move through a contained space.

The Switch Curatorial: Network Image Visualization, Matt Haberman

SWITCH

Network Image Visualization creates the visual identity of a network by capturing and displaying the images moving through it in real time.

Bordwell, David. Planet Hong Kong : Popular Cinema And The Art Of Entertainment = 大衛．鮑德威爾 :《香港電影王國 : 娛樂的藝術》, Lori Morimoto

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

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The Rise And Fall Of Taipei Cinema League : Film Revolution In 1930'S Modern City = 臺北電影聯盟的盛衰 : 三○年代現代城市的電影革命, Shozo Fujii, Faye Kleeman Yuan

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

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Drs Quarterly Council Report: Issue 13, Alec Robertson

Quarterly Council Reports

This issue features the Lifetime Achievement Award of Professor Nigel Cross. (This is a shortened version of the address given by Professor David Durling, Chair of Design Research Society, in making the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award). ICM's contributions from Terry Love -Australia (West), Daniela Buchler of Brazil and Eduardo Corte-Real of Portugal.) are included with Council member reports.

Contents

DRS Lifetime Achievement Award, Professor David Durling: Award Address

International Reports

• Australia (West), Terence Love
• Brazil, Daniela Büchler
• Portugal, Eduardo Corte Real

Other Reports

• Sue Walker
• Bob Jerrard (DRS Membership Secretary)

Miscellaneous

St. Dominic Deaf Center, December 2005

Saint Dominic Deaf Center

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Houston, TX

Saint Dominic Deaf Center Finding Aid

Catholic Deaf Newsletter, December 2005

Catholic Deaf Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Harford, CT

Catholic Deaf Newsletter Finding Aid

Newsletter Catholic Deaf Of Detroit, December 2005

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Detroit, MI

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit Finding Aid

Mobilizing Believers Through An Intentional, Sequential And Relational Approach To Discipleship Training At Calvary Baptist Church, Accra, Ghana, Joseph Agyei Mensah

Doctor of Ministry

Calvary Baptist Church has historically been a disciple making church. In recent years, however, interest and attendance has waned and church growth has plateaued. In an attempt to encourage new growth, revitalize small group discipleship training, and direct new leadership into ministry opportunities, this dissertation asserts that spiritual growth developed through a relational approach to sequential and intentional discipleship training for spiritual formation will help Christian leaders mobilize believers for ministry Chapter two examines the disciple making approaches of both the Old and New Testaments with Jesus' process being the primary example. Chapter three analyzes the discipleship methodology of John …

Inside Front & Back Covers: Name This Bug, Kevin Curry, Jeffery Bowen

Bridgewater Review

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Anke Bernau, Medieval Virginities. University Of Toronto Press, 2003, Jennifer N. Brown

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Watched, Collin Asmus

Bridgewater Review

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Playing Underground: A Critical History Of The 1960'S Off-Off-Broadway Movement, Philip C. Kolin

Faculty Publications

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Reformed Worship (Rw) 78 - Lent / Easter (December 2005), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Practicing Easter by David Vroege....4

The Way of the Cross by Mari Broman Olsen....6

Listening at the Foot of the Cross by Michael F. Abma....8

A Rhythm as Old as the World by Cornelius Plantinga Jr.....20

Easter Vigil by Carrie Steenwyk....22

Celebrating Easter Down Under by Graham Redding....25

New Organ Music for Lent and Easter by Judy A. Congdon....29

Meals, Nourishment, Reconciliation, and Celebration by Larry Sibley....32

Equipping Worship Leaders by Shirley Roels and Kari Slotsema....34

Thou Shalt Not Steal by Emily J. Cooper....36

Students Celebrate Holy Week by …

A Covenant Epistemology, Larry Taylor

Doctor of Ministry

The problem addressed in this paper concerns how large, charismatic-type churches practice their ecclesial epistemology. It is the position of this paper that the typical hierarchical approach to leadership has hindered the epistemological process by placing too much responsibility on one person, the senior leader, and too little responsibility on the congregation as a whole. Covenant Epistemology is a response to this problem, by calling on the whole church to function in unity in the discernment process. Its core feature is the covenant that bonds members of a faith community together to a unique commitment to seek collectively knowledge and …

Functional Diversity, Eric M. Brown

Doctor of Ministry

The question at the heari of this dissertation is, "can it be different?" The "it" is the way church is organized, worship happens, and the very flavor of the church in the United Methodist Church in Oregon and Idaho. Today, church is generally organized following the traditional Anglo experience. The hymns, food, and organizational patterns generally follow the patterns of the white, English-speaking majority in the churches. A different formula would be one that is more multicultural and multiethnic. In this dissertation, the different way of organizing and thinking of church is called functional diversity.

Functional diversity is explored through …

Review Of "James Baldwin's God: Sex, Hope And Crisis In Black Holiness Culture" By C.E. Hardy Iii, Yvonne Patricia Chireau

Religion Faculty Works

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