UVU Conference: Heaven and Earth; Feb 22,23

[Calm]

https://www.uvu.edu/religiousstudies/heavenandearth/

Heaven & Earth

Mormonism and the Challenges of Science, Revelation and Faith

February 22nd - 23rd, 2018
Classroom Building, Room 511
Utah Valley University

click here for a pdf version of the program 
 

Description

The relationship between science and religion has been among the most fiercely debated issues since the Copernican revolution displaced traditional wisdom regarding the nature of the cosmos. Some have argued  for a sharp division of labor while others have sought to harmonize spiritual and empirical truths. From its beginnings, Mormonism has wrestled with the implications of modern science and has produced a variety of  theological responses. This conference will explore the landscape of Mormon thought as it relates to the relationships between science, theology, scriptural narratives, and LDS authoritative discourse. It will also examine abiding questions of faith, reason, and doubt and the reactions against the intellectualizing forces that bear on the truth claims of Mormonism.

 

 

Keynote Speaker

• Molly Worthen
  Assistant Professor of History
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  author of Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism

Eugene England Lecture

• Steven L. Peck
  Associate Professor of Biology
  Brigham Young University
  author of Science the Key to Theology

Conference Participants

• Philip L. Barlow
  Leonard J. Arrington Chair in Mormon Studies & Culture
  Utah State University
  author of Mormons and the Bible: The Place of Latter-day Saints in American Religion
   
• Brian D. Birch 
  Brian D. Birch, Director, Religious Studies Program
  Utah Valley University
  series co-editor, Perspectives on Mormon Theology
   
• David Bokovoy
  Online Professor of Bible and Jewish Studies
  Utah State University
  author of Reading the Old Testament: Genesis - Deuteronomy 
   
• Matthew Bowman
  Matthew Bowman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
  Henderson State University
  author of The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith
   
• Deidre Nicole Green
  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
  author of "Becoming Equal Partners: Latter-day Saint Women as Theologians” 
   

• Jamie L. Jensen
  Associate Professor of Biology, Brigham Young University, author of “Influencing highly religious undergraduate perceptions of evolution:  Mormons as a case study” 
   
• Boyd Jay Petersen
  Program Coordinator for Mormon Studies
  Utah Valley University
  author of “One Soul Shall Not Be Lost': The War in Heaven in Mormon Thought" 
   
• Jana K. Riess
  Senior Columnist
  Religion News Service
  author of The Next Mormons
   
• David W. Scott
  Professor of Communication
  Utah Valley University
  author of “Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark?"

 

• Ben Spackman
  History of Christianity & Religions of North America Program
  Claremont Graduate University
  author of “Truth, Scripture, and Interpretation: Some Precursors to Reading Genesis”

 

Co-Sponsors & Partners

• Religious Studies Program, Utah Valley University
• College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Utah Valley University

[JLHPROF]

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[RevTestament]

7 hours ago, Calm said:

https://www.uvu.edu/religiousstudies/heavenandearth/

Heaven & Earth

Mormonism and the Challenges of Science, Revelation and Faith

February 22nd - 23rd, 2018
Classroom Building, Room 511
Utah Valley University

click here for a pdf version of the program 
 

Thanks Calm. This looks free? I don't see any need to register either...

[Calm]

Yep...best things in life and all

[hope_for_things]

16 hours ago, Calm said:

Heaven & Earth

Mormonism and the Challenges of Science, Revelation and Faith

February 22nd - 23rd, 2018
Classroom Building, Room 511
Utah Valley University

Thanks Calm, this is a great list of participants.  I've been thinking about going to one of these UVU conferences for a few years now, and I think this year is going to work for me timing wise.  Appreciate it! 

[Calm]

Don't forget, happening tomorrow.

[RevTestament]

5 hours ago, Calm said:

Don't forget, happening tomorrow.

The link says: 

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• Livestream Access 
  (live on 2/22 at 12:55 p.m.)

But, I don't see how to access the live stream. There is no active link. Does anyone know?

[Calm]

It will be active in 12 and a half hours:

• Livestream Access 
  (live on 2/22 at 12:55 p.m.)

 

[Freedom]

For those of us who missed it, will there be transcripts, or will the videos be posted?

[Calm]

Past ones are on YouTube, I believe, and the plan is to get these up as well.  Don't know about transcript.  Will try and remember to ask.

Youtube link (through old livestream link):

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCY-IlOY6gAm-JCVUU20JGTg

Edited February 25, 2018 by Calm

[HiJolly]

I"m glad I went in person. Live Stream is nice, but can't fix some things that just happen.