Helaman: Book of Mormon Conversations with the Neal A. Maxwell Institute
Sun, Oct 25
|Online Event
Join Widtsoe Foundation Executive Director Jacob Rennaker and author Kimberly Berkey as they preview her latest volume, Helaman: a brief theological introduction.
Time & Location
Oct 25, 2020, 5:00 PM PDT
Online Event
About the Event
Replay "Helaman: Book of Mormon Conversations with the Neal A. Maxwell Institute"
In this week’s Book of Mormon Conversation, John A. Widtsoe Foundation Board Member will be speaking with Kimberly Berkey about her brief theological introduction to the book of Helaman.
The Book of Helaman marks a dramatic reversal. The spiritual tables turn. While the Lamanites righteously cast their eyes toward heaven, the Nephites take their first steps toward a surprising precipice where final destruction awaits.
In this brief theological introduction, Kimberly Matheson Berkey underscores an often unnoticed theme that plays throughout the book of Helaman—a book she calls “a masterclass in sight.” What does this history teach us about visibility? What is the spiritual threat behind secret combinations? What can the eyesight of the Lamanites show readers about their own religious journeys?
Berkey takes us chapter by chapter through the book of Helaman, identifying how much remains to be…