Readings

The readings below provided excellent preparation for discussions at the upcoming EuroSeminar. They were written from a perspective of faith, intelligence, and love for the children of God, by European and US members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who come from wide-ranging backgrounds. One of the key benefits of the readings was that it helped generate a common vocabulary — or better yet, an accessible shared perspective — to use in talking and thinking about things of serious spiritual and intellectual concern.

We ask each participant to read at least the following items:

• Unity in Diversity, Elder John K Carmack,

• The Silent Child (Youtube video)

• The Saints, vol. 2, chapter 43, A greater necessity for Union

• The Gospel and Cultures, Chieko N. Okazaki

If participants desire the following additional readings are suggested:

• One out of many, Francis M. Gibbons

• Understanding multicultural education, Osman Özturgut

• Racism and Other Challenges, President Dallin H. Oaks

• Racism in Europe, Michel Wieviorka, in Selected Studies in International Migration and Immigrant Incorporation

• Unity in diversity (Decentralization in Indonesia)

• Nelson Mandela's speech in Jakarta about "unity in diversity",

• Our hearts knit as one, President Henry B. Eyring,

• Why followers of Christ must seek unity in divisive times, Rachel Sterzer Gibson, The Church News