Joseph Smith and the Prophetic Tradition
A Comparative Inquiry
Claremont Graduate University
20-21 October 2005
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Thursday, October 20 |
Seely G. Mudd Theatre
Claremont School of Theology
1325 N. College Ave, Claremont |
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Opening Address: |
7:30 pm |
“The Making of a Prophet” |
Richard Bushman, Columbia University |
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Friday, October 21* |
Edwards Humanities Building
Scripps College
981 N. Amherst Ave, Claremont |
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Morning Session
Karen Jo Torjesen, Moderator |
9:00 am - noon |
“The Making of a Prophet: |
Revelation and Scripture” |
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Welcome and Introduction |
9:00 am |
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Karen Jo Torjesen
Claremont Graduate University |
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Presenters: |
9:15am |
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Richard Bushman
Columbia University |
(Joseph Smith)
10 min |
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Carl Ernst
University of North Carolina |
(Mohammed)
30 min |
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Rennie Schoepflin
La Sierra University |
(Ellen G. White)
30 min |
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Break |
10:35 am |
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Discussion |
11:00 am |
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Slide Presentation:
“Seeing Joseph Smith: |
12-12:30 pm
Visual Images of the Prophet” |
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Robert Rees
Institute of HeartMath |
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Lunch |
12:30-2:00 pm |
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Afternoon Session
Ann Taves, Moderator |
2:00 – 5:30 pm |
“Prophecy, Canonization and |
Institutional Authority” |
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Presenters: |
2:00 pm |
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Jan Shipps
Indiana University-Purdue University |
(Mormonism) |
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Grant Wacker
Duke University Divinity School |
(Evangelicalism) |
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David Carpenter
St. Joseph’s University |
(Catholicism) |
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Break |
3:45 pm |
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Discussion |
4:00 pm |
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Conclusion: |
5:15 pm |
“The Prophetic Voice” |
Robert Millet
Brigham Young University |
* Please park on Foothill Blvd, between Dartmouth and Mills, and follow signs to the conference
fmi, contact 909.607.9592 or e-mail religionculture@cgu.edu
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