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Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 12:24 pm
by _Dwight Frye
Mike made the announcement at the MAD-house [
link], and I couldn't be happier for him! Congrats Mike! Great article! Makes me want to read your thesis even more!
Mormons and the cross - Historian learns early Mormons did not eschew the cross as a symbol.Here's a tease:
It's no accident that Mormon steeples, temples and necks are free of Christian crosses.
LDS leaders long have said the cross, so ubiquitous among traditional Christians, symbolizes Jesus' death, while Mormons worship the risen Christ. Some Latter-day Saints go even farther, condemning the cross as some kind of pagan or Satanic symbol.
Now a historian at California State University in Sacramento claims in a just-completed master's thesis that Mormon aversion to the cross is a relatively recent development in LDS history, prompted in part by anti-Catholic sentiments.
"It first started at the grass-roots level around the turn of the 20th century," Michael Reed argues in the thesis, "The Development of the LDS Church's Attitude Toward the Cross."
Read the article! Yay Mike!
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Re: Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 12:46 pm
by _truth dancer
Wow... great job!
Way to go Mike!!! 
Re: Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:56 am
by _Mike Reed
Just noticed this thread. Thanks, Dwight and TD.
Re: Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:27 am
by _Gazelam
Great ! Been looking forward to this.
Glad its out.
Re: Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:04 pm
by _Pokatator
The link doesn't work for me. It states "no longer"available". I searched the archives and got a comment section but no article. Damn the luck.
Anyone save a copy they could post?
Re: Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:07 pm
by _Mike Reed
Pokatator wrote:The link doesn't work for me. It states "no longer"available". I searched the archives and got a comment section but no article. Damn the luck.
Anyone save a copy they could post?
The story (without pictures) can be read here:
http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=30855&con=4&sec=16
Re: Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:05 pm
by _Pokatator
Thanks Mike and congratulations on a great article.
Re: Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:39 pm
by _Doctor Scratch
Way to go, Mike!
Re: Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:19 pm
by _Mike Reed
Thanks guys.
I will point out a needed clarification in the story:
Reed came to his thesis naturally. As a Mormon child in Sacramento, Reed was fascinated by the cross. He once stole a cross necklace and wore it to church on the following Sunday. His mother viewed the theft and jewelry as signs of his apostasy, Reed says. "She asked me to put it under my shirt."
This makes it sound like my Mother was more concerned about me hiding the cross, than returning it back to the store. Contrary to what the article implies, my mother never knew that I stole the necklace I was wearing.
Also... Some people (on other blogs and message boards) reading this article have confused Ree
d (Me) and Ree
s (Dr. Robert A. Rees) as the same person. I am not a former bishop. Dr Rees is.
Re: Congrats to Mike Reed! SLTrib's Write-up on Mike's Thesis
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:52 pm
by _KimberlyAnn
Congratulations!
You're also presenting on the topic at Sunstone, aren't you Mike?
Kimberly Ann