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The Book of Mormon as a Boundary Object in Cultural Encounters
4th November: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm GMT
The Book of Mormon is considered to be scripture by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, the use of The Book of Mormon in actual missionary work is contrasted with its dramatic representation in The Book of Mormon musical, attracting audiences in a form of encounter. There is however a more important encounter which is specifically enshrined in the Mormon religion. This works through in practice as inviting, sharing, teaching, and testifying about one’s faith, but then recognizing and accepting the right of the other to choose their own way ahead while continuing to extend unconditional love.
In this talk, Ian Finlay will confront the issue of a religion which is followed by many people in the United States and elsewhere with the way in which it has recently been represented on the theatrical stage.
This event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.
Online. Free and open to all. Registration is required.
Ian Finlay is a supernumerary fellow of Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. His bachelor’s degree is in social sciences, and he has graduate qualifications in education and theology. Finlay is also secretary of the Oxford Council of Faith and, with his wife, serves as a missionary in the Wembley Outreach Centre teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers.
Upcoming events in this series
Dr Clare Broome Saunders
4pm, Mon, 11 Nov: On Middlemarch
Dr Neil Garrod
4pm, Mon, 18 Nov: On A Month in the Country
Dr Anthony O’Mahony
4pm, Mon, 25 Nov: On The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Contact:
Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University
lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk