Sponsored by BYU Studies—Robin Jensen is a co-editor for the latest volume of the Joseph Smith Papers, “Revelations and Translations, Vol. 4: Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts.” In this interview, he answers questions about the new publication and explains why it is a landmark volume. Continue reading “New Joseph Smith Papers volume offers unprecedented access to Book of Abraham materials”
‘Saints’ editor discusses new history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is publishing a new official history in four volumes. The first volume, “Saints: The Standard of Truth: 1815-1846” is being released today.
Matt Grow, Director of the Church’s Publications Division and volume editor for “Saints” joins FromtheDesk.org for an exclusive interview. Continue reading “‘Saints’ editor discusses new history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”
10 questions with Benjamin E. Park
Sponsored by BYU Studies—I recently had the privilege to interview Benjamin E. Park. He is an assistant professor of history at Sam Houston University and is working as a visiting fellow with the Maxwell Institute. Park is the author of “American Nationalisms: Imagining Union in the Age of Revolutions, 1783-1833,” and is researching the political culture of Navuoo, Illinois, in the 1840s.
10 questions with the editors of ‘Foundational Texts of Mormonism’
Sponsored by BYU Studies—I recently had the privilege to interview Mark Ashurst McGee, Robin Scott Jensen, and Sharalyn D. Howcroft. They are the editors of “Foundational Texts of Mormonism: Examining Major Early Sources.”
Continue reading “10 questions with the editors of ‘Foundational Texts of Mormonism’”
10 questions with Patrick Mason
Sponsored by BYU Studies—Patrick Mason is the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University and has an essay in “To Be Learned is Good: Essays on Faith and Scholarship in Honor of Richard Lyman Bushman.”
10 questions with Matt Godfrey
Sponsored by BYU Studies—Historian Matt Godfrey is the managing historian and general editor of the Joseph Smith Papers.
Continue reading “10 questions with Matt Godfrey”10 questions with Jonathan Stapley
Sponsored by BYU Studies—How was priesthood understood in the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Join independent historian Jonathan Stapley as he discusses his book, The Power of Godliness: Mormon Liturgy and Cosmology (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Continue reading “10 questions with Jonathan Stapley”