Session 1 – 9:00
- 9:00 – 9:15, Welcome, etc.
- 9:15 – 9:35, First Paper: Jeremiah John (Southern Virginia University), “Law and Church in Section 42 of the Doctrine and Covenants”
- 9:35 – 9:55, Second Paper: Nathan Oman (College of William and Mary ), “‘I Give unto You My Law’: Section 42 as a Legal Text and the Paradoxes of Divine Law
- 9:55 – 10:15, Discussant (TBA)
- 10:15 – 10:45, General Discussion
University Forum
11:00 – noon
Lunch in the campus dining hall
Noon – 1:15
Session 2 – 1:30
- 1:30 – 1:50, First Paper: Russell Fox (Friends University), “‘Thou Wilt Remember the Poor’: Liberation Theology and a Radical Interpretation of ‘The Laws of the Church of Christ”
- 1:50 – 2:10, Second Paper: Robert Couch (Willamette University), “Consecration and the End of the Poor”
- 2:10 – 2:30, Discussant (TBA)
- 2:30 – 3:00, General Discussion
Break
3:00 – 3:30
Session 3 – 3:30
- 3:30 – 3:50, First Paper: Karen Spencer (Independent Scholar), “To Teach or Not To Teach: Three Possible Interpretations of D&C 42:12-14″
- 3:50 – 4:10, Second Paper: Kristine Haglund (Dialogue), “‘The Beauty of the Work of Thine Own Hands’: On the Possibility of an Aesthetic for Zion”
- 4:10 – 4:30, Third Paper: Joseph Spencer (University of New Mexico), “Remnants of Revelation: On the Canonical Reading of D&C 42″
- 4:30 – 4:50, Discussant (TBA)
- 4:50 – 5:15, General Discussion
Break 5:30 – 6:00
Dinner in Lexington 6:15 – 8:15
