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5:00-5:30 (24) Kate Stockly-Meyerdirk, University of Washington
(kjmeyerdirk@gmail.com)
“Neurons and the Numinous: What Is at Stake in a Neuroscientific
Examination of Human Religiosity”
Special Topics: Mormon Studies
Mormonism in Conversation with Others
Presider:
Susanna Morrill, Lewis and Clark College (smorrill@lclark.edu)
2:00-2:30 (25) Alexandria Griffin, Claremont Graduate University
(alexandria.griffin@cgu.edu)
“‘The Son of Man Cometh Not in the Form of a Woman’: Ann Lee and
Joseph Smith in Comparison”
2:30-3:00 (26) Hakan Olgun, Istanbul University (holgun@istanbul.edu.tr)
“The Mormons in the Ottoman Archival Documents”
3:00-3:30 (27) Franz Volker Greifenhagen, Luther College
(franzvolker.greifenhagen@uregina.ca)
“Mormons and the Qur’an: The Making of Some Theological, Literary
and Historical Connections”
3:30-4:00 BREAK
Mormonism in Turmoil
Presider:
Kirk Caudle, Independent Scholar (mixlom@msn.com)
4:00-4:30 (28) Lincoln Hale, Claremont Graduate University (lincoln.hale@cgu.edu)
“Omission of the Lectures on Faith: Mormonism’s Response to Political
Turmoil in the Early Twentieth Century”
4:30-5:00 (29) Tyler Bieker, Pacific Lutheran University (biekerta@plu.edu)
“Zion’s Camp: The Political and Religious Outcomes of Smith’s March to
Missouri”
5:00-5:30 (30) Karen Turcotte, Central Washington University (turcottk@cwu.edu)
“Mormon Menace: America’s Relationship with the Latter Day Saints”
FRIDAY EVENING
5:30-6:30 Happy Hour Reception prior to Presidential Address
6:30-7:30 (31) Presidential Address: James Wellman, University of Seattle
“Rob Bell, Economies of Desire, and a Megachurch as a Site of
Resistance”
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 4