USU Hosts Society of Mormon Philosophy & Theology's Annual Meeting

In conjunction with the 18th annual Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture, Utah State University’s Religious Studies Program will host the annual meeting of the Society of Mormon Philosophy and Theology Sept. 20–22.

Terryl Givens, the Bostwick chair of English, at the University of Richmond, will deliver this year’s Arrington lecture “The Prophecy of Enoch as Restoration Blueprint” at 7 p.m. in the Logan Tabernacle.

The meeting of the Society of Mormon Philosophy and Theology provides an opportunity to engage scholars reflecting on Mormon thought. The conference theme is “Theology of the Book of Mormon.” Philip Barlow, USU’s Arrington Professor of Mormon History and Culture, will deliver the plenary address at 1 p.m. Sept. 20. The event will conclude by 5 p.m. so participants have time to eat and attend professor Givens’s lecture.

The conference continues Friday and Saturday with talks from a range of accomplished scholars. Presentations include talks by Grant Hardy, professor of history and religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Ashville; Randall Paul, founder of the Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy; and Peter Huff, who will speak on a Catholic view of grace in the Book of Mormon.

The event is free and open to the public. Individuals are invited to attend all or any session at the conference.

The meeting will be held at the University Inn, Fifth Floor (provisionally, rooms 507, 510, and 511) on the USU Logan campus. For more information visit the conference webpage.

Related links:

USU’s Religious Studies Program

USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Source: College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact: Philip Barlow, (435) 797-3406, philip.barlow@usu.edu; Ben Huff: benjaminhuff@rmc.edu