Comments on: BYU and Martin Luther King in 1969 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/byu-and-martin-luther-king-in-1969/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:48:52 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ardis S. http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/byu-and-martin-luther-king-in-1969/comment-page-1/#comment-61107 Ardis S. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:01:17 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=3778#comment-61107 Thank you all for your comments. Joel, from looking at these articles in the Daily Universe, it does seem that students interpreted their beliefs from a combination of religious and secular beliefs. I don't think they necessarily used Mormon doctrine as a way to justify how they were thinking in an explicit manner, but especially given the differences in opinion during this time in the Church and in its leadership on how to treat the priesthood ban, it does seem that students were trying to assimilate their religious beliefs and their secular beliefs. Essentially what I'm saying is that I agree with you - it seems like it was a little bit of both, but the idea of religious doctrine seems to have been fluid at the time in terms of what the priesthood ban really meant. Thank you all for your comments. Joel, from looking at these articles in the Daily Universe, it does seem that students interpreted their beliefs from a combination of religious and secular beliefs. I don’t think they necessarily used Mormon doctrine as a way to justify how they were thinking in an explicit manner, but especially given the differences in opinion during this time in the Church and in its leadership on how to treat the priesthood ban, it does seem that students were trying to assimilate their religious beliefs and their secular beliefs. Essentially what I’m saying is that I agree with you – it seems like it was a little bit of both, but the idea of religious doctrine seems to have been fluid at the time in terms of what the priesthood ban really meant.

]]> By: Jared T http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/byu-and-martin-luther-king-in-1969/comment-page-1/#comment-60999 Jared T Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:19:34 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=3778#comment-60999 Ardis, thank you again for this great post. Keep up the good work! Ardis, thank you again for this great post. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Ben http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/byu-and-martin-luther-king-in-1969/comment-page-1/#comment-60773 Ben Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:56:29 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=3778#comment-60773 Excellent, Ardis. It took me a day before finally reading it, but I'm glad I finally did. Bless all those Judy Geisslers in the world. Excellent, Ardis. It took me a day before finally reading it, but I’m glad I finally did. Bless all those Judy Geisslers in the world.

]]> By: Joel http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/byu-and-martin-luther-king-in-1969/comment-page-1/#comment-60644 Joel Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:16:50 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=3778#comment-60644 Ardis, Thank you for doing this work which I believe is a truly important endeavor. I just wanted to ask whether you think that it was individual interpretations of Mormon doctrine driving different interpretations of the Civil Rights Movement and MLK or whether these students were utilizing Mormon doctrine as a tool to justify their secular beliefs. I have been thinking about this question quite a bit lately--mostly because it requires a lot of interspection to try and determine whether individual interpretations of theology are internally produced, externally driven, or a little of both which is what I would argue. I think the difficulty comes because their is both a tradition of close readings and literalism in Mormonism as well as spiritual and individual interpretation. Ardis,

Thank you for doing this work which I believe is a truly important endeavor. I just wanted to ask whether you think that it was individual interpretations of Mormon doctrine driving different interpretations of the Civil Rights Movement and MLK or whether these students were utilizing Mormon doctrine as a tool to justify their secular beliefs. I have been thinking about this question quite a bit lately–mostly because it requires a lot of interspection to try and determine whether individual interpretations of theology are internally produced, externally driven, or a little of both which is what I would argue. I think the difficulty comes because their is both a tradition of close readings and literalism in Mormonism as well as spiritual and individual interpretation.

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