Alma 1-29: Book of Mormon Conversations with the Neal A. Maxwell Institute
Sun, Oct 11
|Online Event
Join Widtsoe Foundation Chair Larry Eastland and author Kylie Nielson Turley as they preview her latest volume, Alma 1-29: a brief theological introduction.
Time & Location
Oct 11, 2020, 5:00 PM PDT
Online Event
About the Event
Replay "Alma 1-29: Book of Mormon Conversations with the Neal A. Maxwell Institute"
In this week’s Book of Mormon Conversation, John A. Widtsoe Foundation Secretary Chris Eastland will be speaking with BYU professor Kylie Nielson about her brief theological introduction to the first 29 chapters of the book of Alma.
In this brief theological introduction to the first twenty-nine chapters of the book of Alma, literary scholar Kylie Nielson Turley considers how Alma’s profound transformation from anti-Christ to high priest of the church of God can deepen our understanding of Christ’s mercy. What if God forgives and forgets but humans do not? Does following God ensure a less painful life? Is it faithless to mourn, question, or cry out when beset by sin, violence, or death?
Turley foregrounds Alma as a man who sinned grievously and who was grievously sinned against, a man who found hope and healing in the…