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Fall 2012 t Issue no. 7

The Expansion of Mormon in this issue

Studies A New Look at by Patrick Q. Mason page 2 Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies i k David Campbell on he Mormon moment may be because of the work he did here at American Religion over, but Mormon studies is CGU—and so the honor is well- T page 3 alive and well. With the election placed and well-earned. k past us, media and popular attention Beyond honoring a friend and about Latter-day Saints will wane mentor, however, I was also pleased New Students and considerably, but to hear of the Virginia Student Contributions page 4 there has never been “We are fortunate to have chair because it a more auspicious further legitimizes k time for the the largest-ever incoming the scholarly field of The Heart of Claremont’s scholarly study of class of graduate students Mormon studies. The Mormon Studies . at CGU who are either LDS University of Virginia page 7 The Mormon or otherwise interested in is one of the country’s Studies program premier public at Claremont the study of Mormonism.” universities, and its and on our soon-to-be-revamped Graduate University Religious Studies website, our incoming class is continues to be a leader in shaping department is the largest in the characterized not only by quantity the conversation. We are not alone nation. We may occasionally engage but also tremendous quality. The however. All of us were thrilled to in a bit of friendly competition for students come to CGU with a hear the formal announcement of the best students, but that will only range of personal and educational the Richard Lyman Bushman Chair further encourage each program backgrounds. Their academic of Mormon Studies at the University to strive to provide the best quality interests vary far and wide, from of Virginia. Those of us who have education, funding, and career early Christianity to Islam, from worked with Dr. Bushman over opportunities for our students. So twentieth-century Pentecostalism the years, whether at Claremont the more the merrier! to nineteenth-century Mormon or in other capacities, know how “The more the merrier” is also women. I regularly receive queries appropriate it is to name this an apt description of our own from potential applicants, so there chair after him, given his lifelong program here at CGU this year. We is every reason to believe that CGU dedication to his craft as a historian are fortunate to have the largest- will continue to attract top-notch of early America and as the most ever incoming class of graduate talent. prominent scholar of Mormonism students at CGU who are either I must say I am somewhat relieved in recent years. is LDS or otherwise interested in the that the Mormon moment is now the godfather of the contemporary study of Mormonism. As you will past. It’s not healthy for anyone to wave of Mormon studies—not least see elsewhere in this newsletter live under the glare of the 24-hour

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n October, Claremont Graduate shattered Brigham’s world. He territorial leaders to , Young IUniversity was privileged to found himself, as president of the made sure that if they didn’t submit host John Turner, author of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, to Mormon procedure they would newest Brigham Young biography, unexpectedly thrust into the find Utah a difficult place to live. Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet. leadership of the Church during the Young even railed against President In his lecture “Brigham Young: A Church’s succession crisis, and he Buchanan when he sent a third of New Look at Mormonism’s Second attempted to rally the Saints around the United States Army to Utah, Prophet,” Turner presented the the Apostles and the temple. Young believing the to be in human side of the Mormon leader, was also forced to lead the Mormon rebellion. Obviously, Brigham Young detailing not only his coarse edges people westward, with hundreds had changed since his mission days but also his genuine concern for dying on the way. in England. his co-religionists. For Turner, the Throughout the trauma of Turner noted that “the willingness complexity of Brigham Young’s these events, Young refused to let to do nearly anything to protect personality was critically shaped by the Church falter. If he had the his Church, himself, and those the trauma of a two-year period in inspiration, he pushed it. Strongly. loyal to him makes Brigham Young Nauvoo. For example, when he saw the need somewhat hard to understand, Before Nauvoo, Young was to streamline the Church leadership and sometimes hard to stomach widely respected. While in England in 1847, Young pushed to reorganize given our 21st century standards leading missionary work in 1840, the First Presidency with himself of morality and sensibilities, and Young spoke in tongues, healed as President. A few of the Apostles our expectations of how we think the sick and evangelized. Although felt that the Quorum of the Twelve a religious leader ought to act.” Young had horrible handwriting, should be more like a congress. In However, in a thorough evaluation little education, and was not as response Young declared, “I am the of Young’s life, Turner found pronounced a preacher as some head, you are the belly. Get in the that the complexity of the second of the junior apostles, Young still harness or get out of the way.” Mormon prophet stemmed from earned their affection. He was an Because Brigham Young was the Nauvoo trauma. Only through easy man to like. determined to take responsibility understanding this pivotal time in All of this changed several years to protect the Mormon people in Young’s life is it possible, as Turner later. The traumatic death of his any way possible, he continued told his audience, to “[understand] beloved prophet this rhetoric while establishing the Young’s evolution as a leader and Mormons in Utah. When President … a great deal about his actions in Fillmore sent non-Mormon Utah.” Turner’s reading strikes a contrast with others’ depictions of Young. Subscribe to this newsletter Brigham has often been portrayed k as a rough and tough oddity, far Get the Claremont Mormon Studies Newsletter in your email inbox by subscribing from the typical clergyman. Yet online. Visit there was more to Brigham Young claremontmormonstudies.org than just the rough side; he was a man both capable of love and and provide your name and email address on the home page to be entered into our news and events system. You will receive the newsletter as a PDF file each semester. sharpness and a man who nursed Please direct any questions to [email protected]. [see Young, 7]

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Expansion, continued from page 1 news cycle for an extended period the more remarkable. Of course, things Mormon have been refracted of time; we see plenty of evidence they sometimes make mistakes, but through Mitt Romney’s historic of that here in southern ! based on my experience these were candidacy, at least in the public eye. And religion of all things is stripped usually quite minor. I was never Scholarship is never at its best when of so much of its beauty, its mystery, misquoted—an “expert’s” greatest done in relation to the shifting tides and its complexity when reduced to fear—though I often chuckled at of partisan politics. Most things that soundbites. In general I was pleased some of the utterly unremarkable are worth researching have nothing with the quality and fairness of quotes they sometimes selected from to do with contemporary battles reporting on Mormonism that we our interviews. over the Electoral College. Rather saw from major media outlets, from The phone has stopped ringing than being held captive to storylines newspapers to radio to television. since Mitt Romney lost the and research topics that feel the (The internet is another story presidential election. I expected this obligation to always reference altogether.) to be the case, and am not sad—as the Mormon in the Oval Office, Having had the opportunity to my uber-supportive dean Tammi Mormon studies can continue work with various journalists over Schneider quipped, “Maybe now to move forward in creative, the past year and a half, I gained a you can get a spare minute to write!” innovative, methodologically and new appreciation for the profession It’s hard to say for sure, but I hope topically diverse directions. and its serious practitioners. that all the media coverage did some There has literally never been a Oftentimes there is nothing less good in terms of public education; better time for Mormon studies. appetizing than seeing how the that was certainly always my hope Scholarly output on Mormonism has sausage is made. In this case, when I agreed to do interviews even reached the point that it is virtually however, time after time I saw how a at inconvenient times. impossible to keep up with it all. journalist started from scratch, but Obviously, a Mormon in the With our frequent public lectures by finding the right people to talk to, White House would have provided and other events, and especially and then asking the right questions, rich research material for scholars the new research being conducted they were able to put together a … and would have made my by students, CGU is a big part of story that reported the facts with “Mormonism and Politics” course the field’s expanding horizons. The insight, clarity, and objectivity. even more popular than it already sun may be setting on the Mormon Most journalists are not experts is! But on the whole, I think the moment, but it is rising on a new on religion, let alone Mormonism, passing of the media spotlight will generation of Mormon studies and they are working on tight ultimately be good for Mormon scholarship, and the best is yet to deadlines, making their work all studies. In the past two years, all come. t

an exceptionally religious nation. Under God, Indivisible? About 40% of our population attends religious services weekly— David Campbell on American Religion just above Iran in international by Michael Haycock rankings. However, this perception Masters Student in Religion, CGU 13th lecture at CGU. Drawing in masks a rather stark religious part from American Grace: How divide: nearly half of the population ow can Americans be Religion Divides and Unites Us, his says grace daily, while nearly half Hsimultaneously religiously seminal study of American religion, never does. Campbell traces this devout, diverse, and tolerant? Campbell sought to elucidate how fracture to the events of the past Such was the question Notre religion both divides and unites fifty years and the fact that political Dame political scientist David Americans. Campbell posed in his September The United States is known as [see Campbell, 7]

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New Students Join the Program

Alan Clark Michael Haycock Alan has a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Arizona Michael is from Lima, Ohio. He recently graduated from State University, and a MA in Philosophy and Religious Studies Yale University with a degree in political science. Discovering, from , where he was a chaplain however, that he was interested in how religion influenced candidate. He is now studying History of Christianity and North politics - and the converse - he is now pursuing a Master’s in American Religions at Claremont as a PhD student, and is Religion at Claremont. He is interested in the development and interested in Pentecostalism, Mormonism, and religious pluralism intersections of religious, political, and gender norms through in the Mountain Western States. Alan served an LDS mission in text and practice. He served a mission in Resistencia, Argentina Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from 2003 to 2005. He and his wife, Megan, from 2007 to 2009. have four young children. k k Mason Isom Clayton Christiansen Mason is from Hau’ula, Hawaii. He has a BA in International Clayton graduated with a B.S. in Accounting from BYU and Cultural Studies: Cultural Anthropology Certificate in Intercultural passed the California CPA exam. In 2010 he was hired by the LDS Peacebuilding from BYU-Hawaii. He is studying Philosophy Seminaries and Institutes department as an institute director at of Religion and Theology, and is interested in theologies of the Mt. San Antonio College Institute. He just began his masters reconciliation and the potential for Mormon peacebuilding. in Religious Studies and has a particular interest in Mormon Mason served an LDS mission in Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, Spanish Studies. Clayton served a mission in Ecuador, following which he Speaking. He and his wife, Darlene, are expecting their first child. taught Spanish in the MTC for three years. He and his wife, Kami, have three boys. He is currently serving as bishop of the Yorba k Linda 5th ward. Chase Kirkham k Chase is a native of , UT. He recently graduated Jonathan England with an MA in history from : his thesis examined Brigham Young’s cosmology. He previously graduated Jonathan is from Bountiful, Utah. He has a BA in History, with with a BA in English and a minor in philosophy from the a minor in Religious Studies from the University of Utah. He is University of Utah in 2009. Chase is focusing on nineteenth- studying the history of American religions, with an emphasis in century American religions and early Christianity at Claremont, Mormon history, and the role of pioneers in settling the West. with a particular focus on how the concept of time shapes one’s Jonathan served an LDS mission in Bahia Blanca, Argentina from religious experience. He served in the Poland Warsaw Mission. 2005-2007. He and his wife, Alex, have two children. k k Andrew Smith Alexandria Griffin Andrew graduated from BYU with a BA in Middle East Alexandria is a first-year Women’s Studies in Religion MA Studies, and from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem with student. She is from Salt Lake City, Utah and received her BA in an MA in Israeli Studies. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in the Anthropology from the University of Utah. Her research interests Critical Comparative Scripture program of CGU. His official include Mormon feminism and how conceptions of Mormon research interests are Islamic scripture, Hebrew Bible and Temple womanhood change as the church expands worldwide. theology, while unofficially he enjoys Mormon studies. Andrew served an LDS mission in Slovenia. He and his wife, Analyn, have k one child, and one on the way.

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Student Contributions

We asked students to provide some details about their recent academic work. Included here are some of their contributions to the field.

Jacob Baker and Agency in the Mormon and Jehovah’s Mormon Philosophy and Theology Witness Traditions,” Society for the Conference, September 2012. • “Heidegger and Wittgenstein: Worldliness Scientific Study of Religion, Milwaukee, and Surveyable Representation in Oc tober 2011. the Architecture of the Ordinary,” Thomas Evans • Session Convener, “Americans’ Perceptions Intermountain Philosophy Conference, • “Between Nations, Kindreds, Tongues, and of Islam in the Post–9/11 Era,” Society for Brigham Young University, November 2011. People: Mormonism in the Borderlands, the Scientific Study of Religion, Phoenix Claremont Mormon Studies Conference, • Published, as Editor, Mormonism at the Arizona, November 2012. Crossroads of Philosophy and Theology: CGU, April 2012. Essays in Honor of David L. Paulsen, Greg Lisa Clayton • “The Mormon Jesus in Mexico: Cultural/ Kofford Books, 2012. Virtual Border Crossing in Latter-day • “’Madness in Vision’: Knowing As Seeing in • Director, CGU’s Mormon Women’s Oral Saint Art,” Mormon History Association, Mormonism and the Baroque,” Mormon History Project. University of Calgary, June–July 2012. Scholars in the Humanities Conference, • “Conversations with God: Personal Southern Virginia University, May 2012. Revelation and Agency in LDS Women’s Deidre Green • “Love in a Time of Atheism,” Southwest Oral Histories,” Mormon History Association, University of Calgary, June- • Summer Fellow, St. Olaf College Seminar in Continental Philosophy, Kierkegaard Library, June–July 2012. Brigham Young University, June 2012. July 2012. • “Works of Love in a World of Violence: • “Theologizing in the Presence of Burning Bryan Cottle Feminism, Kierkegaard and the Limits of Children: From Theodicy to Lament,” Self Sacrifice,” Dissertation, CGU, 2012. Sunstone Magazine, September 2012. • As CMSSA Vice-President helped organize “Mormons in the Marketplace,” Biennial • “Works of Love in a World of Violence: • “Consider the Theologian: A Poor Claremont Mormon Studies Conference, Feminism, Kierkegaard and the Limits Wayfaring Rube Golbergian Tribute,” CGU, April 2012. of Self Sacrifice,” Søren Kierkegaard Society for Mormon Philosophy Research Centre International Conference, and Theology, Utah State University, • “The Moroni Principle: The Mormon Quest Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2012. September 2012. for Metal Plates during the Cheesman Years,” Mormon Scholars Foundation • “Between Pluralism and Identity: Summer Symposium, Brigham Young Alonzo Huntsman Evangelical Sermons After 9/11,” Society University, 2012. for the Scientific Study of Religion • “Authority: The Apostle Paul and the and Religious Research Association Prophet Joseph Smith—A Critical Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, November Brandon Dabling Comparison of Texts and Power in the 2012. Generation of Religious Community,” • “Mo Money, Mo Problems: Hugh Nibley Dissertation, Claremont Graduate and the Politics of Divine Economy,” University, 2012. Shawn Bennion Mormon Studies Conference, CGU, April 2012. • California State University, Fullerton, Jacob Rennaker Department of Comparative Religions, Lecturer, January 2011–May 2012. Loyd Ericson • “Up, Up, or Away? Exploring Vertical and Horizontal Conceptualizations of Sacred • “Searching for a Categorical Common • “’What’s Ragged Should Be Left Ragged’: Space in Ezekiel’s Temple,” Society for Denominator: Conversion, Commitment God’s Problem of Evil,” The Society for Biblical Literature Conference, Fall 2011.

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• “Revisiting the Forgotten Voices of Discourse: The Ethics of Torture as a Test Taunalyn Rutherford Weeping in Moses 7: A Comparison with Case,” Dissertation, CGU, July 2012. Ancient Texts,” Interpreter: A Journal of • “Relief Society: Perspectives on Daughters Mormon Scripture 1:2 (2012). in My Kingdom,” Mormon History Elizabeth Mott Association, University of Calgary, June– • “Pedagogical Pop Culture: Using Comic • As CMSSA President helped organize July 2012. Books to Teach Religion,” Popular “Mormons in the Marketplace,” Biennial Culture Association / American Culture Claremont Mormon Studies Conference, Daniel Sharp Association National Conference, The CGU, April 2012. Boston Marriott Copley Place, April 2012. • “Fourth Century Coptic Scribal Habits in • “’From Mormon to Yankee’: Mormon the Gospel of John,” Dissertation, CGU, • “The Eve of Creation: How Interpreters Women in the Social Order, 1896-1946,” 2012. Viewed the Mother of All Living in Light of Claremont Mormon Studies Conference, the Temple,” Society for Biblical Literature CGU, April 2012. Pacific Coast Regional Conference, Santa Christopher Smith • “Becoming Mormon in America and Clara University, March 2012. • “Book of Mormon Archaeology and the Abroad: First-generation Female Converts’ Construction of the ‘Lunatic Fringe’: Jose • “Song 13 of the Songs of Sabbath Sacrifice: Adoption of a New Religious Identity in Davila, John Brewer, and the Ancient A Community of ‘Adams’ returning to the Twentieth Century,” Mormon History Records of Central Utah,” Sunstone West Eden,” Society for Biblical Literature Pacific Association, University of Calgary, June- Symposium, CGU, February 2012. Coast Regional Conference, Santa Clara July 2012. University, March 2012. • “B.H. Roberts 1909 General Conference • “Exemplification of Islam in the New York Address on Post-Second Manifesto • “Glorious Tights: Power in Clothing Times and the Washington Post after Polygamy,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake from Batman to Babylon…and Beyond,” 9/11: Anti-American Muslims Abroad and City, July 2012. Religions in Conversation Conference, Patriotic Muslim-Americans at Home,” The CGU, Spring 2012. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, • “Anti-Islamic Sentiment and Media Framing during the 9/11 Decade,” The • Hugh W. Nibley Fellowship, Neal A. Phonix, Arizona, November 2012. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, and Religious Research Association 2011–2013. Elisa Pulido Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, November • Advanced to PhD candidacy, CGU, 2012. 2012. Caroline Kline • “Rabbi Gershom’s Ban on Polygamy • Took a job editing at Kofford Books. • Teaching assistant for Patrick Mason’s for German Jews in the 11th Century,” “Gendering Mormonism” class, CGU, Religious Men of the Middle Ages Rachel Hunt Steenblik Spring 2012. Conference, The University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England, June • “Panel: Have We Come a Long Way? • “Panel: Challenges Feminist Face in 2012. Reviewing Women and Authority on its Different Religious Traditions,” Sunstone Twentieth Anniversary,” Sunstone West West Symposium CGU, February 2012. • “Missionary Involvement in the Resolution Symposium, CGU, February 2012. of the Third Convention in Mexico,” • Teaching assistant for a religion class Religion in the Borderlands Conference, El • “A Mormon Critique of Growing Income taught by Rosemary Radford Ruether, CGU, Paso, Texas, July 2012. Equality in the United States,” Claremont Fall 2012. Mormon Studies Conference, CGU, April Tamara Wallace Ramirez 2012. Paul Miller • Summer Fellow, St. Olaf College • “Labor, Beauty and Sustainable Kierkegaard Library, June–July 2012. • “Response to Francis Schussler Fiorenza’s Community: Needlecraft Among Latter- ‘Faith and Political Engagement in a Day Saint Women,” Claremont Mormon • “What’s Regine Got To Do With It?” Søren Pluralistic Environment: Beyond the Idols Studies Conference, CGU, April 2012. Kierkegaard Research Centre International of the Public Space,’” Issues and Trends in Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, • “Pipe Dreams: The Cultural Narratives Contemporary Theology Conference, CGU, August 2012. April 2012. Behind Keystone XL,” Natures Conference, La Sierra University, Riverside, California, • “Revelation Theology and Democratic February, 2012.

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secular are more likely to be liberal, faith, your personal relationship will Campbell, continued from page 3 with abortion and gay marriage trump prior reservations and your serving as the wedge issues between estimation of Aunt Sally’s faith in opinions typically have a greater the two sides. general will increase. effect on Americans’ faith than It would be erroneous, however, Unfortunately, Campbell vice versa. The social turmoil of to see this as an unbridgeable chasm pointed out that the Aunt Sally the 1960s caused the first major between our red and blue neighbors. Principle poses several problems for sorting between those comfortable Perhaps surprisingly, Americans Mormons. First, Mormons are much and uncomfortable with new sexual are much more tolerant religiously more socially isolated and smaller mores, the latter finding their ways than politically. 74% of Americans in number than, say, Catholics, into more conservative churches and think religious diversity has been decreasing the chance that others the former finding their way out. beneficial for the nation, and 80% will establish meaningful and The rise of conservative religious feel that basic truths can be found in positive relationships with them. activism since the 1980s has caused a many religions. Regarding politics, Second, a major factor in other second sifting. Over the past twenty if one ignores the aforementioned religions’ social acceptance has been years, the number of people who do wedge issues, the partisan division the prevalence of intermarriage; not openly identify with a religious between the most and least religious given the doctrinal impetus in tradition –sometimes known as the disappears. To account for this, Mormonism to marry within the “nones,” or those who answer “none” Campbell provides the mechanism faith, this road to social inclusion to a question about their religion– for growing religious tolerance, is mostly blocked. To truly become jumped from 11% to 26%. What is which he calls the “Aunt Sally accepted in American society, it is more, nowadays one’s religiosity is a Principle.” If your Aunt Sally (or any likely that Mormons will have to reliable indicator of one’s politics, as other friend, relative, or neighbor) is make a conscious effort to reach the highly religious are more likely generally known to be a good person out to others as friends first and to be conservative and the highly who also subscribes to an unpopular Mormons second. t

The Heart of Claremont’s Young , continued from page 2 his wounds as well as his grudges. Turner closed his remarks with Mormon Studies an interesting historical note that by Rachel Hunt Steenblik might resonate with Mormons Vice President, Claremont Mormon Studies Student Association today: beyond the colonizer and the governor, Brother Brigham was a temple builder. While Joseph Smith uring his own time at experience, and passion. Many of us built temples one at a time, Young DClaremont Graduate University, have classes together, ranging from foresaw thousands of temples and Richard Bushman located “the heart Mormonism and Politics, Women plotted several temple sites before of Mormon studies at Claremont” in American Religion, Oral History, his death. The impulse to bind his in “the students that come here, Augustine, and Zoroastrianism. people together as one reveals that for they are the ones that drive the Many more of us eat lunch together the more spiritual, tender elements interest and help to formulate and weekly. of Young’s English mission days still organize the events.” At this time, In those weekly lunches, we share remained, though transfigured by Claremont Mormon Studies has a any announcements pertaining to the traumatic crucibles of Nauvoo big heart. Claremont Mormon Studies Student and Utah. In speaking of the Those of us in coursework have Association, as well as papers we politician, we should not forget the been thrilled to be joined by so have written and presentations we prophet; within the priest we should many new students. They carry with are about to give. In a sense, we not overlook the man. t them a well spring of knowledge, [see Heart, 8]

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Claremont Mormon Heart, continued from page 7 Studies Newsletter become one another’s first readers Young at the Church History A joint publication of the and first audience, both offering Library, where he was given access Howard W. Hunter Chair of and receiving feedback. We also to approximately 98% of the archives brainstorm where presented papers he requested. Turner also answered Mormon Studies might be published, as we have a our questions about the research Latter-day Saint Council larger goal to help each student process in general. His biggest tip on Mormon Studies prepare at least one written work for was to write as you go, even if it is publication. no more than a very rough draft. Claremont Mormon Studies On occasion, these gatherings are Otherwise, “you end up doing the Student Association additionally punctuated by special research twice.” guests, including David Campbell, Mauss gave a remarkable lecture k John Turner, entitled, “Founder and Armand Biographies as a Form Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies Mauss. Each visit “In a sense, we become of Scripture: The Case was memorable, one another’s first readers of Joseph Smith, the Patrick Mason particularly Mormon Prophet,” in and first audience, k because the lunch both offering and conjunction with The setting opens up a Institute for Signifying receiving feedback.” LDS Council on Mormon Studies unique opportunity Scriptures’ Brown Bag President for students to Lunch Discussions. Steve Bradford interact with scholars in a more Next semester we will be joined personal and direct way. Campbell by equally fine guests, many of k told us precisely how he came to whom will be here specifically co-author his book, American to pay tribute to Armand Mauss Claremont Mormon Studies Grace, and how he had dreamed at Claremont Mormon Studies Student Association of researching the relationship spring conference, solidifying that President between religion and politics since Claremont is the place for graduate Bryan Cottle his undergraduate days at Brigham students and scholars to engage with Young University. each other, as they engage with the Vice-President Turner talked to us about his primary ideas and issues involving Rachel Hunt Steenblik experiences writing on Mormonism Mormonism. I am confident that k as an “outsider,” and the three and a “the heart of Mormon studies half summers he spent in Utah with at Claremont” will continue to his family, researching Brigham swell. t

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