There is an upcoming conference, the “LDS Life Science Research Symposium,” which will be held at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 18-20, 2013. This symposium is held once every three years, and this is the third of its...
read moreThe Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology will hold its 2013 Annual Meeting at Utah Valley University, October 31st-November 2nd. The conference theme is “The Atonement.” We invite paper proposals on any aspect of Mormon belief, but particularly...
read moreProfessor William J. Hamblin, a member of the Executive Board of The Interpreter Foundation, will be presenting a stake fireside at the Daybreak South Jordan Stake Center on this coming Sunday, June 30, 2013, from 6:00-7:30pm. His topic is “The Mysteries of...
read moreA new Book of Mormon blog has been launched by Matthew Roper and John Gee called Ether’s Cave. We recommend it to our readers as a source of interesting Book of Mormon research by these two scholars.
For those in the vicinity of Independence, Missouri, there will be an event on June 15-16, 2013, with Professor Dr. Robert Millet and Dr. Lynn Ridenhour. Dr. Ridenhour will be speaking under the title of “What I Have Discovered about the Restoration Movement as a...
read moreThe paperback edition of volume 4 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is now available for ordering on Amazon.com. E-book formats of the volume are also now available....
read moreWe have received a request from a researcher outside of the state of Utah who is looking for some research assistance. The person is looking “to hire someone to d some basic archival research at the University of Utah and the Church Archives. A smart student...
read moreKirk Caudle has been producing the The Mormon Book Review Podcast for a while now, and has accepted the invitation to continue under the umbrella of the Maxwell Institute. It appears that it will become the Maxwell Institute Podcast. See the announcement...
read moreFAIR, the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research, will hold a conference in Provo, August 1-2. For more information on the conference, see here. As a non-profit organization, donations are always welcome and important. FAIR is eliciting sponsors for the...
read moreThe Mormon Theology Seminar is hosting a conference entitled “Opposition in All Things: Mormon Perspectives on the Fall” at Utah Valley University. Friday, June 7 (Library Auditorium, Utah Valley University) “Fleeing the Garden: Reading Genesis 2-3″ ...
read moreOn the Academy for Temple Studies website (templestudies.org), there is a tab for Reviews. In that section will be book reviews, abstracts of articles and abstracts of dissertation. The postings will all be on temple themes.
by Mike Ash. “Our approach to the scriptures should also find a balance between how literally we accept what was recorded by past generations and how modern scholarship understands those past generation in light of history and science. Without balance, our...
read morePosted: 15 May 2013 02:50 PM PDT What did it mean in the Book of Commandments to say that Oliver Cowdery had the gift of working with the “rod of nature.” What is the “gift of Aaron?” Are there other examples of physical objects being used to receive revelation? In...
read moreThe Mormon History Association (MHA) will gather the first weekend of June 2013, June 6-9, at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, Utah, for its 48th annual conference. For nearly fifty years MHA has provided the premier forum for distribution of the latest research...
read moreAs part of the BYU initiative to create a new translation and a commentary on the New Testament, BYU Studies, BYU Religious Studies Center, the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies have co-sponsored a conference. Open...
read moreBYU has officially announced a multi-year, multi-volume project to provide a new translation and commentary for the New Testament. The intent is to use the best of modern scholarship in the translation, and provide commentary from an LDS perspective. The project has...
read moreThe Maxwell Institute blog has announced that Salt Press will be folded in to the Maxwell Institute. Existing and new titles will be published through the Maxwell Institute and have access to their distribution channels. Congratulations to both Salt Press and the...
read moreUtah Valley University is pleased to host the upcoming conference entitled “Religious Liberty in an Age of Change” on April 9-10. The sessions feature an extraordinary lineup of participants including former Governor Michael O. Leavitt and Noah Feldman...
read moreOn next thursday and Friday, April 11 and 12, the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah S.J. Qunney School of Law is hosting a symposium on “Religion, Faith and the Environment”. Speakers will...
read moreUtah Valley University’s Religious Studies program will present the 13th annual Mormon Studies Conference, entitled “The Expanded Canon: Perspectives on Mormonism and Sacred Texts” April 4-5 in the Lakeview Room on the fourth floor of the UVU Library. This year’s...
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