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Latter-day Saint Women and Scripture: A Maxwell Institute Student Symposium

Friday, March 06
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Education In Zion Theater - JFSB

“Latter-day Saint Women and Scripture: A Student Symposium” gathers Maxwell Institute student research assistants together to share insights from research focused on women and scripture. Each presentation is mentor-guided and student inspired—grounded in larger research assignments from Maxwell Institute faculty and researchers, but representing the students’ own inspiration and thought.

We invite interested university and community members to celebrate the achievements of these students, as well as the achievements of our foremothers in faith.

SCHEDULE

SESSION I—Women and the Early Christian Material World
9:30 am–10:30 am

Kris Kryscynski, “The Power of Prophecy: Images of Women Teaching in Early Christianity”

Allison Foster, “Done in Good Faith: Exploring the Acts and Legacy of Saint Thecla, A Disciple of Christ”

Meredith Hanna, “Household of Heresy: Early Christian Anxieties and the Faithful Noblewoman”

Josie Ableman, “Mater Ecclesiae: Exploring Mary, Archetype of the Church in Word and Image”

SESSION II—Women and Scriptural Exegesis
10:45 am–12:00 pm

Mallory Jones Oniki, “Doth Not Wisdom Cry?”

Sydney Baliff, “Reimagining Eve: The Early Judeo-Christian Tradition”

Emily Ostler, “Mother in Israel: What Deborah Teaches About Deliverance”

Kayla Bach, “Role Models for Feminine Identity: Women of the Scriptures in the Relief Society Magazine”

Britta Adams, “‘Build up the Kingdom’: How Latter-day Saint Women use Interpretation, Experience, and Authority to Create Community”

LUNCH BREAK
12:00 pm–1:00 pm

SESSION III—Nineteenth Century Women and Scripture in Relationship
1:00 pm–2:30 pm

Audrey Saxon, “Lucy Mack Smith: Claiming Spiritual Authority through the Book of Mormon”

Olivia Moskot, “Mary E. Lightner: Presumption, Desire, and the Pursuit of Gold”

Emma Croft, “A Record Kept Among You: Patty Sessions and the Enduring Power of Mundanity”

Elizabeth Broderick, “Jane Manning James: Scriptural Interpretation of Restoration and Race”

Garrett Maxwell, “In the Words of Nephi: The Composition of a Female Visionary Account”

Contact Information
Maxwell Institute
801-422-9229
mi@byu.edu