February 6, 2010 – 6:28 pm
It is fascinating to me all the places that I hear or see or read glimpses of temple theology, the “scattered fragments” of ritual tradition. As Nibley found out, and taught extensively, these remnants are found all around us, everywhere. My wife was listening to the radio on the way to the grocery store last [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices
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September 28, 2009 – 6:36 pm
Because of the sacred nature of the ordinances that members of the Church perform in temples, it can be difficult sometimes for us to describe to others what the temple is and what we do inside. I thought the video embedded below gave a good introduction to the temple. You can watch it below (on [...]
September 24, 2009 – 1:36 pm
Val Brinkerhoff is an associate professor of photography in BYU’s Visual Arts Department, and over the last decade has focused his studies on sacred architecture, particularly of temples. He’s authored or co-authored a number of books, the three most recent being about finding the meaning of symbolism in sacred architecture. Yesterday he gave a lecture [...]
I’ve been taking notes this morning at the Sacred Space symposium at BYU, and was thinking of posting my scribbles. But instead of reinventing the wheel, you might want to check out the great notes at the Juvenile Instructor blog. Jared and Ben are doing a fantastic job over there of summarizing the presentations. I [...]
This Wednesday, June 3rd, the Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding at BYU will be sponsoring an academic symposium entitled “Sacred Space.” The symposium will commence at 9:15 a.m. at the Gordon B. Hinckley Center at Brigham Young University, with a welcome from President Cecil O. Samuelson. Presenters will include Terryl Givens, Richard A. [...]
