Mormonism and the Art of Boundary Maintenance

Monday, April 11th
7:00 p.m.
All Mormons Now?  The Religious Liberty Debate's 19th Century Future
Ross Douthat Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times former Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Tuesday, April 12th
8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
The Question of Mormon Identity
That Slippery and Shifting Boundary  between Mormon and Non-Mormon
David Knowlton Associate Professor of Anthropology Utah Valley University
10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Keynote Address
Understanding Church Boundaries How Big is the Tent?
Michael Otterson
Managing Director of Public Affairs
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Seeking the Promised Land:  Mormons & American Politics
Classroom Building, Room 101
David Campbell Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy University of Notre Dame
Quin Monson Associate Professor of Political Science  Brigham Young University
Naomi Riley Columnist, New York Post former editor, Wall Street Journal
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Situating Polygamy
"Reclaiming the Faith: Fundamentalism and a Broader Mormon Identity
Lindsay Hansen Park, Assistant Director
Sunstone Foundation
"Progressive Polygamy: Feminism's Strangest Bedfellow"
Brady Williams, Cast Member, My Five Wives
The Learning Channel
"Beyond the Boundaries of Forced Doctrine: Polygamy as Conscious Choice
Jennifer Huss Basquiat, Associate Professor of Sociology
College of Southern Nevada
4:00 - 5:30
Gender, Authority, & Identity
To Excommunicate or Not To Excommunicate Evidence from the Mormon Gender Issues Survey
Ryan Cragun
Associate Professor of Sociology University of Tampa
LDS Women and the Anatomy of Belonging
Neylan McBaine Contributor, Patheos Author, Women at Church: Magnifying LDS Women's Local Impact
When Feminists Excommunicate
Mette Ivie Harrison Contributor, Huffington Post  Author of The Bishop's Wife
Shifting Boundaries: What Have We Learned?
Maxine Hanks Independent Scholar editor of Women & Authority