New Issue of the Newsletter
In this issue, we welcome Patrick Mason as the new Hunter Chair and review recent Mormon Studies events.
- A Bright Future, by Patrick Mason
- Laying Up in Treasure: Mormons in the Marketplace, the CMSSA Biennial Conference
- With an Eye to the Future, by Elizabeth Mott and Bryan Cottle
- Terryl Givens Visits CGU, by Jacob Rennaker
- Recent and Upcoming Events
The newsletter is now available for download and print.
Call for Papers
CMSSA Biennial Conference, April 2012
The Claremont Mormon Studies Student Association invites papers on any aspect of Mormonism. We particularly encourage submissions regarding this year's conference theme:
"Laying Up Treasure: Mormons in the Marketplace"
Given the recent global economic recession, high unemployment rates, and strident political debates on issues such as deficits, taxation, and economic growth, concerns about money are high on public and personal agendas. From monasticism to communitarianism to prosperity theology, religion has been an important variable in cultural attitudes and ideologies toward participation in the marketplace. Brigham Young, for instance, instructed nineteenth-century Utah Mormons to produce their own food and goods, and not to trade with “gentiles,” and various towns experimented with the United Order. This separation did not last, however, and throughout the twentieth century, Mormons followed a path of economic integration. With such an example in mind, this conference seeks to explore how Mormons have theorized about and used the goods of this world personally, socially, and theologically across time and in various settings.
For more information, see our conference web page.
The Claremont Journal of Mormon Studies now Available
The inaugural issue of the Journal is now available for download. Check out the details and download a digital copy from the Journal's main site, or order a printed copy at Amazon.com.