2011 Restoration Studies Symposium
Program
The fourth annual Restoration Studies / Sunstone Midwest Symposium will take
place on Friday and Saturday, April 15–16. Registration will take place
beginning 5:00 pm Friday and 7:30 am Saturday. Preregister online at www.JWHA.info.
The theme of this year’s symposium is "'A Woman’s Place...'
Ideas, Impacts, and Experiences of Restoration Women."
All events will take place at the
Graceland University / Independence Campus, 1401 West Truman Rd., in
Independence, Missouri.
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Friday, April 15
(1) Wallace B. Smith Lecture (Plenary), 7:00 –
8:30 PM
Chair: Sherry
Mesle-Morain
"A Woman’s Place"
Presenter: Gail Mengel
In our fourth annual Wallace B. Smith
Lecture, Gail will address the theme of the conference and offer her reflections
on the influence of women in the history of the Community of Christ.
On March 31, 1998, Gail Mengel and Linda
Booth were ordained as apostles, becoming the first women members of the Council
of Twelve in Community of Christ history.
(2) Opening Reception, 8:30 – 10:00 PM
You are invited to attend an opening
reception with refreshments in honor of the publication of The Persistence of
Polygamy: Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy, Upon the Temple Lot:
The Church of Christ’s Quest to Build the House of the Lord, Volume 31
Number 1 of the John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, and Volume
XII of Restoration Studies.
Saturday, April 16
(3) Plenary Panel Discussion, 8:00 – 9:30 AM
"The Challenge of RLDS Herstories for the Community of
Christ"
Chair: John Hamer
Presenter: Danny Jorgensen
Panelists: Rita Lester
Richard Howard
Jeanne Murphey
(4A) Concurrent Session, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
"The Absence of Women’s Voices in the Book of Mormon"
Chair: Newell G.
Bringhurst
Presenter: Dale E. Luffman
(4B) Concurrent Session, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
"A Christological Case for GLBT Ordination in Community of
Christ"
Chair: Bob Mesle
Presenter: Jon
Hetherington
(4C) Concurrent Session, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
"‘Who Could Object?’ — Florence Sanford Ourth: Living the
Restoration, Embodying the Reorganization"
Chair: Mark A. Scherer
Presenter: Kimberly
Korrol-Evans
(5A) Concurrent Session, 11:15 AM
– 12:15 PM
"The Significance of Martin Luther King for Us Today"
Chair: Gwendolyn
Hawks-Blue
Presenter: William D.
Russell
(5B) Concurrent Session, 11:15 AM
– 12:15 PM
"Revisiting the Mormon Question:
Two 2012 LDS Presidential
Hopefuls—Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman"
Chair: Michael J. Stevens
Presenters: Newell G. Bringhurst and
Craig L. Foster
(5C) Concurrent Session, 11:15 AM
– 12:15 PM
"‘Where All the Women Are Strong’: The Lives of Eliza G. Page and
Mary Elizabeth Lightner"
Chair: Vickie Cleverley
Speek
Presenter: Daniel M. Kelty
(5D) Concurrent Session, 11:15 AM
– 12:15 PM
"A Convert and Her Witness for Jesus in the Community of Christ:
The Life of Verda E. Bryant"
Chair: Kathy Castillo
Presenter: Blair Bryant
(6) Lunch Break, 12:15 –
1:15 PM
(7) Plenary Panel Discussion, 1:15 – 2:45 PM
"Homemaking Radicalism and Homemaking Realities"
Chair: Russell Arben Fox
Panelists: Kristine
Haglund
Christian Harrison
Chris Henrichsen
Tracy McKay
(8A) Concurrent Panel, 3:00
– 4:00 PM
"Getting Educated: How Attending a Church University (or not)
Shapes Restoration Women’s Experiences"
Chair: Mary Ellen
Robertson
Panelists: Kristine
Haglund
Stacy Mengel Keenan
Sherry Mesle-Morrain
(8B) Concurrent Session, 3:00
– 4:00 PM
"A Spot for a Temple"
Chair: Paul Savage
Presenter: R. Jean Addams
(8C) Concurrent Session, 3:00
– 4:00 PM
"Vida E. Smith and Audentia Smith Anderson: Their Contribution to
the Cultural Memory of Community of Christ through its Hymnody"
Chair: Jeanne Murphey
Presenter: Mark A.
Korol-Evans
(8D) Concurrent Session, 3:00
– 4:00 PM
"Flat Earthers, Anglo-Israelitism, and the Golden Plates:
Strategies for Churches Confronting Discredited Doctrines"
Chair: Biloine Whiting
Young
Presenter: John Hamer
(9A) Concurrent Session, 4:15
– 5:15 PM
"Marriage, Religion and the State: A Mormon History"
Chair: Craig L. Foster
Presenter: Keith Hirsche
(9B) Concurrent Session, 4:15
– 5:15 PM
"Community of Christ: From Exclusivity to
Inclusiveness"
Chair: Clare Vlahos
Presenter: Kinsey
Wellington
(9C) Concurrent Session, 4:15
– 5:15 PM
"Theology, Language, and Hymnody: The Struggle Between Tradition
and Experience"
Chair: Richard Clothier
Presenter: Emily Rose
(10) Dinner Break, 5:15 –
7:00 PM
(11) Plenary Panel Discussion, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
"Initially Rejected: Pioneers Reflect on the Early Struggle for
Women’s Ordination in the RLDS Church"
Chair: William D.
Russell
Panelists: Barbara Lee Collins
Barbara Howard
Gwendolyn Hawks-Blue
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