Please note: the agenda presented here is a draft and subject to change.
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| Mountain Time | Session | Presenter(s) | Location | |
Friday, September 13, 2024F |
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| 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Light breakfast (included in registration fee) | Garden Room | ||
| 8:30 a.m. Chair: Reid Neilson |
Plenary 201 |
The Truth Shall Make You Free | Marlin K. Jensen | Ballroom C & D |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break & Exhibits | Ballroom A & B |
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| 10:00 a.m. Chair: Casey Paul Griffiths |
Breakout 211 | Birth Control: A Case Study of the Relationship between Doctrine, Policy, and a Changing World | Sean Magoffin | Sunbrook A |
| Evolving Practice and Policy in Latter-day Saint Missionary Work | Dr. Maria Farha Blewster Carly Blewster Blais |
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| 10:00 a.m. Chair: Matthew Harris |
Breakout 212 | The Arrival and Activities of Reorganized Latter Day Saints in Southwest Utah | Michael H. Nielsen | Sunbrook B |
| If the Past is a Foreign Country, Who’s Teaching Kids the Language? | Shalisse Johnstun | |||
| 10:00 a.m. Chair: Nancy Ross |
Panel 213 | Come Hither Up to Zion: William Marks and the Mormon Concept of Gathering | Cheryl L. Bruno Christopher James Blythe Kyle Beshears John Dinger Rachel Killebrew |
Sunbrook C |
| 10:00 a.m. Chair: Matthew C. Godfrey |
Panel 214
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The Life and Faith of William Clayton: Insights from His Nauvoo Journal | Alex Smith Jessica Anne Lawrence Jeffrey David Mahas Robin Jensen |
Ballroom C & D |
| 11:15 a.m. | Break & Exhibits | Ballroom A & B |
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| 11:45 a.m. Chair: Sherry Mesle-Morain |
Breakout 221
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Off The Stand, But Standing Up: A Contemporary View of Latter-day Saint Women’s Power and Authority | Zachary Brady | Sunbrook A |
| World Religions and Historical Imagination in Exploring the Book of Mormon: Teaching Scriptural Pasts and Presents to Twentieth-century Reorganized Youth | Makoto Hunter | |||
| 11:45 a.m. Chair: Gary Boatright |
Breakout 222 | This Branch of the Church: the Evolution of Local Church Administration | Brandon Plewe | Sunbrook B |
| From Parowan to the Pacific: The overland travel of China missionaries from Southern Utah to Southern California in 1852 | Reid L Neilson | |||
| 11:45 a.m. Chair: Deb Luce |
Breakout 223 | Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict the Skills Needed to Reproduce the Book of Mormon | Brian C. Hales | Sunbrook C |
| A “Newsie Messiah”: the Lives and Teachings of Israel A. J. Dennis | Kirk Watson | |||
| 11:45 a.m. Chair: Ryan Robinson |
Breakout 224 |
Hyrum Smith and Nauvoo Freemasonry | Kenneth L. Alford | Ballroom C & D |
| Telling the Truth: A Journey in Documentary History of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot | Jason R. Smith | |||
| 1:00 p.m. | Break & Exhibits | Ballroom A & B |
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| 1:15 p.m. | Awards Luncheon (included in registration fee) Book Nominations Article Nominations |
Eric Paul Rogers | Garden Room | |
| 2:15 p.m. | Break & Exhibits | Ballroom A & B |
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| 2:45 p.m. Chair: R. Jean Addams |
Breakout 241 | Hamblin Missions from St. George to Hopi Villages | Ryan Combs Brandon Plewe |
Sunbrook A |
| Creating Micro Economic Peace Settlement with the United Orders (1873-1877): Knab, Orderville, and St. George Settlements | Glen Larson | |||
| 2:45 p.m. Chair: Myra Elliott |
Breakout 242 | Both RLDS and LDS Churches Erred in Their Method of Presidential Succession | William Russell read by Michael H. Nielsen | |
| Beehive Girls and the Priesthood: Reactions to Women’s Ordination and Feminism in LDS Church Curriculum in the 1970s and 1980s | Nancy Ross David Howlett |
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| 2:45 p.m. Chair: Eric Paul Rogers |
Session 243 |
Armed Men, Furious Men, With Murder In Their Hearts: The Men Who Killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith—Claims, Accusations, and Pus-filled Wounds | Joseph Johnstun | Sunbrook C |
| Did Joseph Smith Really Faint? —The June 25, 1844, Militia Review in Carthage, Illinois | Bryon Andreasen | |||
| 2:45 p.m. Chair: Melvin Clarno Johnson |
Breakout 244 | Striving to Make Peace with the Mountain Meadows Massacre | LaJean Purcell Carruth | Ballroom C & D |
| The Influence of Juanita Brooks on Restoration History
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Teresa Reber Bell Sharla Brooks Moody |
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| 5:00 p.m. | Walking Tours – advance registration required. Downtown St. George Juanita Brooks Property |
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