The official reaction of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to The Book of Mormon, the musical from Matt Stone and Trey Parker of South Park and Robert Lopez of Avenue Q, consists of a single sentence: “The production may attempt to entertain audiences for an evening, but…
Author: Holly
Sunstone 2012 Preview
Comments on Andrew’s recent Why are Ex-Mormons So Angry (and other questions)? Part II thread discuss a possible MSP presence at Sunstone 2012, and wonder when it will be. It’s scheduled for July 25-28 at the Olpin Student Union Building of the University of Utah campus. After quite a few…
Preview of Sunstone 2011 Utah Symposium
The Sunstone 2011 Utah Symposium convenes August 3-6 in the Shepherd Student Union of Weber State University in Ogden.*; the theme is “Mormon Artifacts and Material Culture.” (Yeah,that theme isa good one. I’ve liked it ever since I thought of it at last year’s symposium and suggested it to the…
BOM: The Most Correct of Any Musical?
Joseph Smith famously declared that “The Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth,” which was not to say that it was without error, but simply that “a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” The Book…