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Show The Daily Utah UrffiOMOJE University of Utah Weekend November 1990 16-1- 8, CONFERENCE: Information MoirnDon By Media, Culture and Vol. 100, No. 47 church created, speaker says Heather Johnson Chronicle Staff Writer Conference, Union Salt Air, 10 a.m.-noo- 4 p.m. LECTURE: Hinckley Institute: 2-- n, Coffee Politics: "Ethnic in the Soviet Union," & Struggles Rashid Muradovich Kaplanov, Academy of Sciences, USSR, 255 OSH, 11a.m. MEETING: Baha'i Club, 311 Union, noon. SPEAKER: "This Half Century," Karl Hess, 175 OSH, 1:10 p.m. SKI SWAP: Union Ballroom, 3 p.m.-midnig- WORKSHOP: Philosophy: "A Critical Look at 'Critical Thinking,'" Paul Haanstad and Clif Mcintosh, 336 OSH, 3 p.m. MOVIES: Union Movie Theater, House Party, 7 p.m., Marianne and Juliane, 9 p.m. SKI MOVIE: Return to the Snow Arts Fine Zone, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Saturday SKI SWAP: Union Ballroom, 10 FOOTBALL: Western Athletic Conference: Brigham Young at Utah, Rice Stadium, noon. a.m.-midnig- MOVIES: Union Movie Theater, Marianne and Juliane, 7 p.m., House Party, 9 p.m. Sunday SKI SWAP: Union Ballroom, 11 a.m.-- 8 p.m. MOVIE: House Party, Union Movie Theater, 7 p.m. Inside Seeking Attention to one local Palestinian, the current Kuwaiti crisis has drawn attention away from the Israeli government's oppression of the Palestinian people. According Joseph Smith was a genius whose ability to form religion using only his imagination is unsurpassed by any American before or since his time, an honored literary critic said in a University of Utah lecture Thursday. Harold Bloom, Yale University Sterling Professor of the Humanities, explained that Smith's ideas of religious doctrine were radically different from every other religion-makin- g effort of modern time. "The contours of Joseph Smith's imagination may well mark the limits of every Christian religion-makin- g ability in this, our America," he said. Smith's notion of God and humanity was in direct defiance of the doctrines preached by the Christian ministers of his time, which was the early 1800s, he said. These notions, including the doctrine that God once was human and that humans may become gods, were summarized in one ultimate desire to create a new kind of human being, he said. Smith wanted to create a group of people who wished to become gods. Bloom said Smith's desire to change humanity has been lost in modern Mormonism, since many of Smith's doctrines had to be abandoned because of the atrocity of the doctrines. Like the Japanese, the Mormons deferred the abstract dream of a greater humanity in favor of economic security. "Mormonism, born of the puritism of early American settlers, returned to Puritanism. In the process, Mormons had to forget that Smith's original vision was a total reform of humanity," he said. Perhaps one of the most unique ideals of Smith's doctrine was that the "secret key that unlocked the gate between humans and gods was patriarchal, plural marriage," Bloom said. Smith asserted that God has a body like humans, and that this body is essential to obtain godhood. Because the human body was held sacred, human sexuality also assumed a sacred place in Mormon doctrine, he said. Smith needed to place all aspects of human realism into a doctrine that could logically lead a person to godhood, and that realism included sexual needs. In Smith's tradition, God has a body and God needs to fill the needs of that body. Smith said men need more than one partner to fill the sexual needs of the body. Bloom said Smith justified the practice of polygamy by asserting that men cannot become a god without satisfying the needs of the physical body. Smith's perception of God was another unique aspect in his doctrine. His doctrine is a rejuvenation of the God of archaic Judaism, and doesn't bear a resemblance to the God of modern Christianity or Judaism, Bloom said. Smith's God earned godhood through a mortal experience similar to our own, and because of this characteristic, his God is unmistakably the God of the ancient Jews, he said. Another unique characteristic of Smith's God is that his God is "hedged in by finite limitations of a body, and also that he has a need to surround himself with intelligences," such as humans who become gods, Bloom said. Besides his perception of God, Smith's doctrine is similar in other CHRONICLE PHOTOEart Cline Joseph Smith's ability to create religious doctrine for the Mormon Church using only his imagination is unsurpassed in American history, according to Harold Bloom, Yale University Sterling Professor of the Humanities. Smith was highly conscious of ways to early Judaism. Mormonism is particularly the ancient centered around the Biblical mysteries associated with Enoch, such as baptism for the dead and prophet Enoch. a eternal marriage. But these "Only Mormons are in define of to the essence position concepts have declined in their religion, but to this outsider, importance among Mormons since the martyrdom of Smith. it seems the most central doctrine of Mormonism is its association Enoch also served as a model for Smith's finite God, Bloom added. with Enoch," he said. See Page 3 Arts & Entertainment Has A&E editor Steve Miller uncovered a conspiracy to defraud the American public? Read all about this and much more in the Chronicle's weekly what's happenin' section. See Pages Peterson returns from Europe conference 7 By Melissa Garber Chronicle Staff Writer On Nov. 16, 1944, the Chronicle reported:"With 'Japan Next' as their motto, the war council in charge of the Sixth War Loan drive today completed plans for a $10,000 bond drive to begin Monday and to continue for two weeks before and after are The University of Utah and the AFL-CIhosting a conference to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the death of a famous labor leader. Joe Hill, a union organizer, was executed in Salt Lake City in 1913 after being accused of two murders. Hill was considered a drifter who traveled around the nation writing labor songs and setting up unions. His songs were used as national O Thanksgiving holidays." organizing tools. He was accused of the murders which took place during a robbery in Salt Lake and his trial gained national recognition. The trial's fairness has been a topic of discussion Weather Mostly L Sunny U. Salt Lake City can expect mostly sunny skies Friday with increasing clouds by evening. High: 56, Low: 38. The weekend forecast is for mostly cloudy conditions with a slight chance of showers. Highs near 60. , remembered at U. Flashback Sunrise: 7:16 Labor unionizer Sunset: 5:10 Thursday's High Temperature: 53 CHRONICLE WEATHERTom Wlscomb President Chase Peterson and other university administrators from Eastern Europe and the United States met in Budapest, Hungary to sign a charter forming the Alliance of Universities for Democracy. " By Michael Seare Chronicle Staff Writer University of Utah president Chase Peterson and two members of the U. faculty recently visited Eastern Europe in an effort to further strengthen relations with international universities. "It was an incredible experience to see these people as their political systems are changing. It was interesting to see, in very dynamic, almost violent terms.. .change," Peterson said. In addition to Peterson, Thayne Robson, U. management professor, and John Seybolt, U. College of Business dean, met with professors see "Peterson" on page two throughout the years. After he was executed, President Woodrow Wilson even set up an inquiry to investigate Hill's death. Greg Thompson, library organizer, said, "This conference gives us an opportunity to look at whether or not Joe Hill was guilty or not guilty. There is a lot of interest within the local community concerning that question. "Actually, I don't think there will be any great findings about wether or not he is guilty or not guilty, but we will be discussing many other pertinent issues." see "conference" on page five Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
