scholarly journals “Hey there, Brian”: Voicing Mormon Cosmopolitanism in a College Apartment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-75
Author(s):  
Clayton Van Woerkom
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Linguistic Anthropology ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
The One ◽  
The Church ◽  
Tools And Methods

In this paper, I discuss a humorous form of voicing called Brian Voice (BV) used by myself and my former roommates, all of whom are students at Brigham Young University and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bringing the tools and methods of linguistic anthropology together with the anthropology of morality (especially ordinary ethics), I demonstrate the ways in which my roommates and I use this voicing to simultaneously inhabit the two seemingly contradictory identities of, on the one hand, a reverent Mormon and, on the other, a modern cosmopolitan. BV facilitates this identity by enabling speakers to voice both irreverence and anti- cosmopolitanism without incurring the normal social consequences associated with those stances. I contend that BV accomplishes this mitigation of negative consequences through indexing ridiculousness and absurdity. By situating BV within its Mormon context, I demonstrate that in distancing speakers from both hyper-reverence and irreverence, BV entails a practical engagement with the ethics, principles, and ideals of both Mormon morality and cosmopolitan morality, thus allowing speakers to inhabit a simultaneously Mormon and cosmopolitan self.

Books and Angels

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Music Literacy ◽  
Joseph Smith ◽  
Book Of Mormon ◽  
American Protestantism ◽  
Gold Plates ◽  
The One ◽  
Musical Literacy ◽  
The Church

This chapter looks at the Mormons' earliest choirs, first by considering passages in the Book of Mormon that mentioned heavenly “choirs”—all of which would have made sense to a young religious American in the 1820s named Joseph Smith. For almost a decade Smith had visits from spirits awash in heavenly light. One of those spirits, an angel named Moroni, had led him repeatedly to a local hillside where a stone box of gold plates lay buried. The result was the Book of Mormon; one of its passages makes reference to the prophet Mormon's promise of heavenly choir membership as a reward to the faithful. This chapter discusses the founding and organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the first choirs it assembled, including the one at Kirtland Temple in Ohio and another at Nauvoo Temple in Illinois. It also examines the anti-choir, anti-music-literacy strand of American Protestantism during the nineteenth century and how conflicting visions of musical literacy lived on in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

scholarly journals Joseph Smith’s plain and precious truths restored: A Christian apologetic response

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik G. Stoker ◽  
Paul Derengowski
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
John Calvin ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Joseph Smith ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Church

It has been the claim of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that ‘many plain and precious truths’ have been removed from the Bible, although Smith did not explicitly or concisely elaborate on what those missing truths were. Later, Dr Clyde J. Williams of Mormon-owned Brigham Young University provided that concise list. Writing for Ensign magazine in October 2006, Williams argued for at least eight specific doctrines that were ‘restored’. Upon examination and rebuttal, it is demonstrated that the Bible remains sufficient for all matters pertaining to Christian faith and practice, as John Calvin and the Reformers concluded years ago, and is emphasised in their stance on Sola Scriptura.

scholarly journals Confessional Range of Protestantism

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 141-151
Author(s):  
М. А. Fedorov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
Society Of Friends ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Church ◽  
Religious Society Of Friends

Diversity and the fragmented nature of Protestantism are the reason of various interpretations of its boundaries and the number of denominations it comprises. The key criterion of affiliation with Protestantism is the acceptance of basic doctrines set forward in the Niceno- Constantinopolitan Creed. The analysis of the beliefs of the religious organizations traditionally connected with Protestantism suggests that Jehovah's Witnesses, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pentecostals-Unitarians are out of the doctrinal field of Christianity in general and out of the range of Protestantism in particular. The other distinct characteristic of Protestantism is the acceptance of the Five Solas – sola scriptura, sola fide, sola gratia, Solus Christus и Soli Deo gloria, which are aimed at the validation of Christian doctrines set forth in the Bible. This thesis was demonstrated via the analysis of the doctrinal sources of Lutheranism, Reformed Church and Anglican Church. The article also reports on the five solas present in the creeds of Baptists, Pentecostals, Methodists, Mennonites, Religious Society of Friends, and Seventh-Day Adventists. Cultural and historical proximity of protestants and religious organizations that do not meet the criteria above calls for a new category – “post reformation religions” – that can embrace them all.

scholarly journals Undergraduate Use of Federated Searching: A Survey of Preferences and Perceptions of Value-added Functionality

2007 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 472-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Jeffrey Belliston ◽  
Jared L. Howland ◽  
Brian C. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Search Methods ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Church ◽  
Shed Light

Randomly selected undergraduates at Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University-Idaho, and Brigham Young University-Hawaii, all private universities sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, participated in a study that investigated four questions regarding federated searching: (1) Does it save time? (2) Do undergraduates prefer it? (3) Are undergraduates satisfied with the results they get from it? (4) Does it yield higher-quality results than nonfederated searching? Federated searching was, on average, 11 percent faster than nonfederated searching. Undergraduates rated their satisfaction with the citations gathered by federated searching 17 percent higher than their satisfaction using nonfederated search methods. A majority of undergraduates, 70 percent, preferred federated searching to the alternative. This study could not ultimately determine which of the two search methods yielded higher citation quality. The study does shed light on assumptions about federated searching and will interest librarians in different types of academic institutions, given the diversity of the three institutions studied.

Emerging Adult Essay

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Lott
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
The Church ◽  
Caucasian Female

My name is Melanie. I am a 23-year-old Caucasian female, currently attending Brigham Young University. I grew up in Idaho in a very religious and conservative community. When I turned 20, I left school, friends, and family to serve an 18-month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden. I spent this time teaching others about Christ and providing service. Before this opportunity, I had never really traveled or experienced another culture. While there, this country stole my heart....

scholarly journals Ku wolności wyzwolił nas Chrystus (Ga 5,1). Teologiczne aspekty ludzkiej wolności

2018 ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Janusz Królikowski
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Saint Paul ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Human Freedom ◽  
The Other ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Church

The discovery of universal freedom is an achievement of Saint Paul, and an achievement of the Church is a consequent propagation of this fact throughout the centuries. The Christian character of this discovery was already noticed by Hegel. In today’s world, so strongly marked by the search of freedom it is necessary to reiterate the Christian vision of freedom which is a universal one. This vision is profoundly theological in character and deeply rooted in the mystery of redemption brought by Jesus Christ. This article touches upon this fact and points out its certain aspects, especially the soteriological one. Bearing in mind the theology of freedom we cannot ignore its abundant anthropological references. The article recalls the proposition of St. Thomas Aquinas, which has been largely accepted by Catholic theology and constitutes a benchmark of anthropological philosophy which has a special application in ethics. Christian tradition stresses the fact that for a human, freedom is above all “a vocation”. Therefore, on the one hand God’s definite design through Jesus Christ concerning man has to find its eschatological realization, on the other hand man’s freedom which is solidifying in this design has to revel and show itself to the full. Undoubtedly, the eschatological issue in Christian vision of freedom is worth mentioning as well.

scholarly journals Einstein the deist and Flew the theist viewed from a Christian perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Potgieter
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Influences ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
The One ◽  
Personal Philosophy ◽  
The Universe ◽  
The Church

Both Albert Einstein and Antony Flew had various religious influences during their adolescent years. But both turned away from Christianity due to rational inconsistencies that, in their views, made faith incompatible to science, on the one hand, and to reason, on the other. Einstein retained a deistic sense of appreciation of the universe while Flew retreated into atheism. The former expressed his deism in Spinozian terms and never actually seriously questioned the god of Spinoza. Flew, on the other hand, embarked on atheism based on rationality on the Socratic premise that he would follow where the evidence led. While Einstein remained a deist to the end, Flew followed the evidence converted to deism and then to theism. Insights into these two great rational thinkers will serve to remind the church and zealous evangelicals that a more deliberate account needs to be taken of a person’s background, their personal philosophy and reasons for commitment to alternate beliefs. Knowing what draws thinking persons to their commitments allow for a more insightful approach to be adopted by Christians wanting to state the case for Christian theism as fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

scholarly journals Eucaristia e experiência de Deus. A importância da Eucaristia no atual contexto de busca do Sagrado

2001 ◽  
Vol 61 (244) ◽  
pp. 803
Author(s):  
Maria Clara Luchetti Bingemer
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
New Words ◽  
Experience Of God ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Church

Na sociedade atual, onde convivem e se entrecruzam, por um lado, a secularização que parece minimizar e desvalorizar o sagrado e o religioso e, por outro lado, a explosão de novas formas de expressão religiosa, a celebração da Eucaristia pretende oferecer àqueles que dela participam uma experiência de Deus. Para isso, a Igreja vive hoje o desafio da fidelidade a toda a profundidade de significação contida no Sacramento da Eucaristia, mas ao mesmo tempo de comunicar o mistério que é seu conteúdo em novas palavras e por novas expressões, por meios que atraiam e seduzam os seres humanos modernos. Para isso, a Eucaristia conta com um elemento de novidade radical naquilo que concerne ao sentido do sagrado: o mistério da Encarnação de Jesus Cristo, Verbo feito carne, Mediador Único  da Nova Aliança. Abstract: In present-day society, where side by side and intersecting, secularization on the one hand seems to minimize and devalorize the sacred and the religious while on the other hand is the explosion of new ways to express religiousness, the celebration of the Eucharist intends to offer to those who participate in it an experience of God. For this, the Church today lives out the challenge of fidelity to all the depth ofmeaning contained in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, but at the same time to communicate the mystery which is its content through new words and by new expressions, by means which attract and allure modern human beings. For this the Eucharist counts upon an element of newness radical in that which has to do with the meaning of the sacred: the mystery of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ,Word made flesh, the only Mediator of the New Alliance.

scholarly journals The kingdom, Israel and the church. Paul's thoughts on the relevance of God’s promises to Israel (Romans 9-11)

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Mulder
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
The Other ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The One ◽  
The Church

In Paul’s eschatology the kingdom of God is concentrated in Jesus Christ. In and through Him the kingdom has come and will come. Does this, however, imply that the old covenantal tradition has come to an end? If being in Christ is decisive for belonging to the eschatological kingdom of God, what then is the enduring relevance of the promises of God to his covenantal people, Israel? Romans 9-11 deals with these questions. Many scholars explain Romans 9-11 as an attempt to combine these two conflicting religious concepts, namely, on the one hand, the old covenantal tradition and on the other, the new eschatological soteriology, in which belonging to Christ is decisive. According to this viewpoint, different soteriologies clash in these chapters. Romans 11 represents the old covenantal tradition. Romans 9 cannot be compromised with this as a predestinational soteriology. In Romans 10 faith in Christ is decisive – faith which implies personal responsibility. Is it true that Romans 9-11 clearly demonstrates, as many scholars assert, that in Paul’s conception there cannot be a unanimous answer to these questions about belonging to the kingdom of God? In this article it is attempted to indicate that there is in fact more unity in Romans 9-11 than is frequently assumed. This unity can be demonstrated by especially paying attention to the background of the citations that Paul quotes from the Old Testament.

Christus Virgo

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Sissel Undheim
Keyword(s):  
Moral Status ◽  
The Other ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Church Fathers ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
The One ◽  
The Church

The description of Christ as a virgin, 'Christus virgo', does occur at rare occasions in Early Christian and late antique texts. Considering that 'virgo' was a term that most commonly described the sexual and moral status of a member of the female sex, such representations of Christ as a virgin may exemplify some of the complex negotiations over gender, salvation, sanctity and Christology that we find in the writings of the Church fathers. The article provides some suggestions as to how we can understand the notion of the virgin Christ within the context of early Christian and late antique theological debates on the one hand, and in light of the growing interest in sacred virginity on the other.

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