Programme and Registration

June 8, 2009 Ronan

The European Mormon Studies Association
Annual Conference

Organized together with the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR)

“Mormonism and the European Establishment”

30-31 July 2009
Terrazza Solferino, Turin, Italy

www.terrazzasolferino.it

Keynote Address: Douglas Davies
Professor of Theology and Religion, Durham University, UK

Preliminary Programme

Thursday 30th July, 2009

10.00-10.30 Registration

1. 10.30-12.00

Welcome from EMSA
“Oriana Fallaci, the Mormons and Me: A Personal Recollection” - Michael Homer (Utah State Historical Association, USA)
“Utah and All These Cherries: Mormonism in Fallaci’s ‘Un cappello pieno di ciliege’” - Massimo Introvigne (CESNUR, Italy)

2. 14.00-16.00

“Poles Apart? A Look at Mormon Doctrine in Light of Historic Christianity” - Johnnie Glad (University of Stavanger, Norway)
“A Mormon Reading of Satan and the Tree of Life” - Ronan James Head (Johns Hopkins University, USA/UK) and Jeffrey Bradshaw (Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA)
“Father, Jesus and Lucifer in Pre-mortal Council” - Douglas Davies (University of Durham, England)

3. 16.30-18.30

“Mormonism and the Established Churches” - Mauro Properzi (University of Durham, England)
“Towards a Globalized Mormon Church: The Case of the Establishment of the LDS Church in France During the 20th century” - Christian Euvrard (LDS Church Educational System, France)
“The beginning of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Spain in the 20th Century” - Faustino López Requena (Madrid University, Spain)

4. 20.00-22.00

Dinner and talk with Douglas Davies.

Friday 31st July, 2009

5. 10.30-12.00

“Modular theory and Mormonism” - Wouter van Beek (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
“Religious Freedom in Belgium: A Limited Study of Challenges as Experienced by LDS Children and Youth in Flemish Classrooms from the 1970’s until Today” - Ingrid Sherlock-Taselaar

6. 14.00-16.00

“The Rise of the Nazi Dictatorship and the Reaction of the Mormon Church in Germany, 1933-1939″ - Steven Carter (Henderson State University, USA)
“A Demographic Analysis of the Staffordshire Mormons, 1840-1870″ - David Morris (University of Chichester, England)
“Lessing, Weil, and the LDS Faith in a European Context” - Alf Masing (AMIDST Study Center, Germany)

Registration

Cost is provisionally set at 40 EUR, with a reduction to 35 EUR for those who register in advance. This will include dinner on Thursday evening and will be reduced depending on numbers in attendance. Use the form below: