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The European Mormon Studies Association (EMSA) is an independent scholarly organisation that supports the academic study of Mormonism in Europe. If you would like to receive occasional updates or have announcements you would like to share, you can join EMSA by clicking here. For other enquiries, please send us an email. You can also find us on Facebook. EMSA sponsors an annual academic conference and the International Journal of Mormon Studies.

International Mormonism Bibliography

21/04/2012

A fantastic resource has been compiled by Kent Larsen in which he lists all of the works on international Mormonism published in 2011. Have a look!

No EMSA conference 2012

02/04/2012

There will be no EMSA conference in 2012. We will be announcing the 2013 conference shortly.

We recommend EMSA members consider the following conference:

http://nsrn.net/2012/02/01/cfp-for-international-conference-on-mormonism-in-collaboration-with-european-observatory-of-religions-and-secularism/

Registration

28/06/2011

You can register for the conference by sending an email to kim.ostman@abo.fi with your name and affiliation (if any).

Preliminary Programme

16/05/2011

We are pleased to announce the preliminary program for the EMSA conference to be held at Durham University, England, on 4-5 August 2011. Click here for information on travel, accommodation, and the papers to be given.

Please register by leaving your name and affiliation (if any) in the comments box below or send an email to kim.ostman@abo.fi.

Thursday, 4 August

10:00 – 11:00 Invited Session

Prof. Robert Hayward, Durham University, England
The Name “Israel” and the Prayer of Joseph

11:15 – 12:15 LDS History in Durham

Ronald E. Bartholomew, Brigham Young University, USA
Fred E. Woods, Brigham Young University, USA
Origins and Development of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in County Durham,
1843–1913

12:15 – 14:00 Lunch (included in meal package)

14:00 – 16:00 Historical Viewpoints

Steve Carter, Henderson State University, USA
Practicing an American Religion in the Third Reich: The Case of the Mormon Church

Michael W. Homer, Utah State Historical Society, USA
The LDS Thesis Concerning the Relationship between Mormon and Masonic Rituals

Dan Belnap, Brigham Young University, USA
“And Those Who Receive You Not”: Ritual (Dis)continuity in the Rite of the Dusting of Feet

Amanda Hendrix-Komoto, University of Michigan, USA
Strange Spiritual Operations and the Contest over Ritual in Early Mormonism

16:15 – 17:15 Keynote Session

Prof. Walter E.A. van Beek, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Awkward Symbols: Mormonism and its Rituals

Evening program Conference dinner (included in meal package)

Friday, 5 August

10:00 – 12:00 Doctrinal Viewpoints

Christian Euvrard, LDS Church Educational System, France
The Doctrine of Baptism for the Dead According to 1 Corinthians 15:29 and 1 Peter 3:18-22 and 1
Peter 4:6 in Contrast with the Interpretation of Mainstream Christian Theology

Adam Powell, Durham University, England
The Species Debate: God and Humanity in Irenaeus and the Latter-day Saints

Aaron Reeves, University of Essex, England
Embodied Authority: Priesthood Ordination and the Laws of the Mortal Body

James D. Holt, University of Chester, England
The Holy Ghost in LDS Ritual Experience: Preparation for Exaltation

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch (included in meal package)

14:00 – 15:30 From Ancient to Modern Times

Douglas J. Davies, Durham University, England
Emotions, Ritual Practice and Spirituality-Creation

Ingrid Sherlock-Taselaar, SOAS, University of London, England
Mormonism and Ritual: Examples of the Survival of a Doctrine and the Demise of the Attendant
Ritual

Ronan James Head, Brigham Young University, USA/England
Feasts and Feasting: From Ancient Egypt to the Ward Party

15:30 Closing of the Conference

EMSA Conference 2011

15/03/2011

The European Mormon Studies Association
Annual Conference

Durham University, England

4–5 August 2011

Keynote speaker: Prof. Walter E.A. van Beek
Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Invited plenary speaker: Prof. Robert Hayward
Durham University, England

Call for Papers
“Mormonism and Ritual”

Partial financial support provided by the Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding, Brigham Young University.

Mormonism is traditionally thought of as low church,” having informal church services and modes of prayer. On the other hand, Mormonism is replete with ritual when it comes to temple service and other priesthood functions. This duality and breadth provides rich opportunities for probing the relationship between Mormonism and ritual in multiple scholarly domains.

Papers are invited on topics including but not limited to: What significance does ritual play in Mormon life? How does Mormonism compare to other Christian and non-Christian faith traditions in terms of ritual? How is Mormon theology manifested in the faith’s ritual? How has the place of ritual in Mormonism varied historically?

Those wishing to present a paper at the conference are requested to send a 200-word abstract to kim.ostman@abo.fi by 1 May 2011. If accepted, a notification will be given by 15 May 2011. It is expected that final papers will be approximately 3,000–3,500 words, being delivered in a time of 20–25 minutes each. A question and answer period will be available following each paper.

Meals and a block of rooms for accommodation are available at St Chad’s College, Durham University. Please make a reservation directly to St. Chad’s by 15 July at the latest using the university’s form.

Please register for the conference directly by leaving your name and affiliation in the comments box below or send an email to kim.ostman@abo.fi. A conference fee of £10 will be charged at the venue.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Dr. Kim Östman
Conference Coordinator / 2011, European Mormon Studies Association
E-mail: kim.ostman@abo.fi
Web: http://www.euromormonstudies.com

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