This podcast is the first in a series of recordings of Dr. Susan Easton Black lecturing on the life of founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Joseph Smith.
Dr. Susan Easton Black is a professor of Church history and
doctrine at Brigham Young University where she has taught since 1978. She
is a past Eliza R. Snow Fellow, Associate Dean of General Education and Honors,
and Director of Church History in the BYU Religious Studies Center. She is the
recipient of numerous academic awards including the Karl G. Maeser
Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award in 2000, the highest award given a
professor on the BYU Provo campus. Dr. Black has authored, edited, and compiled
more than 100 books and 250 articles.
Dr. Black Specializes in research on Joseph Smith and the
early Latter-day Saints, and in particular on the Missouri and Nauvoo periods.
Dr. Black is the widow of Harvey B. Black, the mother of eight children and
currently serves as a ward Young Women’s president.
For indexing and informational purposes
I will detail the contents, topics, stories, and
question discussed in the associated podcasts. In this
first instalment of Dr. Black podcasts
many contents, topics, stories, and question are discussed
which include:
How do you pierce the veil?
o The Story of Heber C.
Kimball and a new pair of shoes
o The Story of James E.
Talmage’s Marriage
o The Story of Willard
Richards' Marriage
Patriarchal and Patriarchal Blessings
o The story of Heber C.
Kimball's selection of
a patriarch without a hand
a patriarch without a hand
o The Purpose of
Patriarchal Blessings
o Tribes of Israel
§ The tribe of Ephraim,
their responsibilities and traits
· Joseph Smith as a pure Ephriamite and establisher of stakes
and temples
§ The tribe of Manasseh,
their responsibilities
o The format of patriarchal
blessings
o Gifts of the spirit
The difference between
“knowing”, “doing”, and “being”
o
Spencer W. Kimball’s
change of Naomi Randall’s song “I am a Child of God”
o
“I AM” as Jehovah and
our opportunities to say “I am” and its meaning
How do you pierce the
veil?
These
podcasts will be posted every Sunday and will deal with church history
chronologically focusing initially on the life of the Mormon founder and Prophet
Joseph Smith.
Click
here to listen to the podcast or click on the banner at the top of the post. Below is a list of the published podcasts so far. Click on the name to take you to the corresponding post. Enjoy!
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| Eldred G. Smith (Emeritus Presiding Patriarch) with Thomas S. Monson (President of the LDS church) on the occation of Smith's 105th birthday |
Church History Q&A: Podcasts by Susan Easton Black
