One of the unique characteristics of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is its emphasis on education and scholarship. Studies have shown that among Latter-day Saints (Mormons), higher levels of education are strongly correlated with higher church attendance, and higher levels of devotion. (see footnote)

In LDS scripture, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are encouraged to study and learn. In the book Doctrine and Covenants, a book considered to be a collection of modern day revelation from God, it says:

D&C 109:7 And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning even by study and also by faith;

This website gives LDS scholars the opportunity to express their views and feelings about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There are some who may feel that people of education and learning can’t be religious. It is hoped that these testimonies will help dispel that myth, educate, and give insights into the thoughts and feelings of LDS scholars.

Each page will have the testimony of the scholar and at the bottom of the page you will be able to read the credentials of the scholar. We hope you enjoy reading these testimonies.

Number of testimonies: 356

Number of schools/organizations represented: 168

Testimonies also available in alphabetical order or by post date.

Arts

Carma Rose de Jong Anderson – Theater and Film, Brigham Young University

Gerald Argetsinger – Theater, Rochester Institute of Technology

Michael Ballam – Music, Utah State University

Robert Cundick – Tabernacle Organist Emeritus, Salt Lake City

Martha Peacock – Art History, Brigham Young University

Elizabeth Young Rennick – Music, Eastern Kentucky University

Eric Samuelsen – Theater, Brigham Young University

Larry V. Shumway – Ethnomusicology, Brigham Young University

Vern G. Swanson – Art History, Springville Museum of Art

Johann A. Wondra – Drama and Dramatic Literature, Vienna Burgtheater, Austria

Margaret Blair Young – Creative Writing, Brigham Young University

Business, Management, and Accounting

Wayne Brockbank – Organizational Theory, University of Michigan

Kim S. Cameron – Management and Organizational Theory, University of Michigan

David Jack Cherrington – Organizational Behavior and Strategy, Brigham Young University

Clayton M. Christensen – Business Administration, Harvard University

Clayton M. Christensen (Japanese) – Business Administration, Harvard University

Bill Glen – Accounting and Finance, Griffith University and Private Enterprise, Australia

Ned C. Hill – Finance, Brigham Young University

Thomas Hilton – Information Systems, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire

Gordon F. Holbein – Strategic Management, University of Kentucky

Stanley Earl Jenne – Accountancy, Utah Valley University

Marianne M. Jennings – Business, Arizona State University

Mark L. McConkie – Leadership and Organizational Culture, and Mormon History, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Allen J. Morrison – International Business Strategy, INSEAD

Bradley P. Owens – Organizational Behavior, State University of New York in Buffalo

J. Bonner Ritchie – Organizational Behavior, Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University

Scott D. Roberts – Marketing, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas

Dave Ulrich – Business, University of Michigan

Jonathan Westover – Organizational Leadership and Ethics, Utah Valley University

History, Religion, and Social Science

Jed A. Adams – Agricultural Economics, California State Government

Douglas D. Alder – European and Utah History, Dixie State College

Thomas G. Alexander – Utah, Western, and Mormon History, Brigham Young University

James B. Allen – Mormon and Western History, Brigham Young University

Walter L. Ames – Anthropology and Law, Academia and Business

Karl Ricks Anderson – Mormon History, Private Scholar

Leonard J. Arrington – Mormon History, Brigham Young University and Utah State University

Frederick W. Axelgard – Middle Eastern Politics, Government and Private Industry

Stephen J. Bahr – Sociology, Brigham Young University

LeGrand L. Baker – History, Brigham Young University

Terry B. Ball – Archaeobotany and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Brigham Young University

Ross Baron – Religion and Social Ethics, Brigham Young University-Idaho

Roger M. Barrus – Government and Foreign Affairs, Hampden-Sydney College

Richard E. Bennett – Mormon History, Brigham Young University

Michael T. Benson – Political Science and Higher Education Administration, Southern Utah University

Davis Bitton – Mormon and European History, University of Utah

Susan Easton Black – Mormon History, Brigham Young University

Dwight M. Blood – Economics, Brigham Young University

David Earl Bohn – Political Science, Brigham Young University

M. Gerald Bradford Religious Studies, Brigham Young University

Douglas E. Brinley – Family Studies and Religion, Brigham Young University

R. Lanier Britsch – History, Brigham Young University

Bruce L. Brown – Psychology, Brigham Young University

Richard Lyman Bushman – American History, Columbia University and Claremont Graduate University

Brian Q. Cannon – Western and Mormon History, Brigham Young University

Mark W. Cannon – Political Economy and Government, The Federal Government of the United States of America

John E. Clark – Mesoamerican Archaeology, Brigham Young University

Bradley J. Cook – Middle Eastern Studies, Southern Utah University

Rachel Cope – Women, Religion, and American History, Brigham Young University

Stephen Cranney – Education and Social Stratification Statistician, Multiple Affiliations

Richard D. Draper – Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

Thomas W. Draper – Human Development, Brigham Young University

Roger Robin Ekins – Composition and the History of Ideas, Butte College

Stephen Fleming – Religious Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara

Renata Forste – Sociology, Brigham Young University

Craig L. Foster – History and Genealogy, Family History Library, Salt Lake City

John L. Fowles – Religious Education, Church Education System

Russell Arben Fox – Politics and Political Philosophy, Friends University

Stephen S. Francis – History, Weber State University

Kristine Wardle Frederickson – History and Women’s Studies, Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University

Brant A. Gardner – Anthropology, Independent Scholar

John Gee – Egyptology, Brigham Young University

Kenneth W. Godfrey – Mormon History, Church Educational System, Logan, Utah

Daniel W. Graham – Philosophy, Brigham Young University

David Grandy – History and Philosophy of Science, Brigham Young University

Ralf Grünke – Political Science, Germany

Ralph C. Hancock – Political Philosophy, Brigham Young University

Grant Hardy – History and Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Sam Hardy – Psychology, Brigham Young University

Steven C. Harper – Early American and Mormon History, Brigham Young University

Brian M. Hauglid – Ancient Scripture and Islamic Studies, Brigham Young University

Paul Y. Hoskisson – Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Semitics, Brigham Young University

Valerie Hudson Cassler – Political Science, Brigham Young University

Eric D. Huntsman – Classics, Ancient History, and New Testament, Brigham Young University

Paul V. Hyer – Asian History, Brigham Young University

Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye – Chinese History, Hong Kong

Christine Isom-Verhaaren – History and Global Studies, Benedictine University

Kent P. Jackson – Ancient Near Eastern Studies, the Bible, and Mormon Scripture, Brigham Young University

Jeremiah John – Political Philosophy, Southern Virginia University

Wade Kotter – Anthropology, Archaeology, and Librarianship, Weber State University

T. Allen Lambert – Sociology, Private Business and Academia

Jennifer C. Lane – History of Christianity, Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson – Ethnomusicology, Brigham Young University

Jared Ludlow – Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

Ann N. Madsen – Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

Carol Cornwall Madsen – History, Brigham Young University

Truman G. Madsen – History and Philosophy of Religion, Brigham Young University

Giuseppe Martinengo (English) – Social Science and Family Studies, More Good Foundation

Giuseppe Martinengo (Italian) – Social Science and Family Studies, More Good Foundation

Giuseppe Martinengo (Portuguese) – Social Science and Family Studies, More Good Foundation

Marcus H. Martins – Sociology of Religion, Race, and Ethnic Relations, Brigham Young University-Hawaii

John Mark Mattox – Philosophy and Semiotic Studies, National Defense University

Armand L. Mauss – Sociology and Religious Studies, Washington State University

James B. Mayfield – Political Science, University of Utah

Richard J. McClendon – Sociology, Brigham Young University

Frank McIntyre – Economics, Rutgers University

James M. McLachlan – Philosophy and Religion, Western Carolina University

Louis Midgley – Political Philosophy, Brigham Young University

Robert L. Millet – Religious Studies, Brigham Young University

Edwin B. Morrell – Political Science, Brigham Young University

Kerry Muhlestein – Egyptology, Brigham Young University

Hugh Nibley – Ancient Studies, Brigham Young University

Johannus D. T. (Hans) Noot – Organizational Anthropology, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands

Janis Nuckolls – Anthropological Linguistics, Brigham Young University

D. Kelly Ogden – Biblical Studies, Brigham Young University

Camille Fronk Olsen – Sociology of the Middle East, Brigham Young University

Steven L. Olsen – Anthropology, Church History Department, Salt Lake City

Donald W. Parry – Hebrew Bible and Dead Sea Scrolls, Brigham Young University

C. Randall Paul – Social Psychology, Foundation for InterReligious Diplomacy, New York and Utah

David L. Paulsen – Philosophy, Brigham Young University

David D. Peck – History, Brigham Young University-Idaho

Keith W. Perkins – Latter-day Saint History, Brigham Young University

Boyd Petersen – Comparative Literature and Religious Studies, Utah Valley University

Jenny Hale Pulsipher – American History, Brigham Young University

W. Paul Reeve – Utah, Western, and Mormon History, University of Utah

Noel B. Reynolds – Political Science, Brigham Young University

Peter B. Robinson – Organizational Psychology, Utah Valley University

Lindon J. Robison – Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Daniel N. Rolph – American History and Folklore, Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Matthew Roper – LDS History, Brigham Young University

Susan Sessions Rugh – History, Brigham Young University

Gene A. Sessions – Utah and Western History, Weber State University

Mark Skousen – Economics and Economic History, Grantham University and Beyond

Phillip C. Smith – Sociology, Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Alma Don Sorensen – Political and Moral Philosophy, Brigham Young University

John L. Sorenson – Anthropology, Brigham Young University

Charlotte A. Stanford – Medieval Studies and Humanities, Brigham Young University

Ellwyn R. Stoddard – Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso

Gaye Strathearn – New Testament and Christian Origins, Brigham Young University

Shinji Takagi – Economics, Osaka University

Karen R. Trifiletti – Human and Organizational Development, More Good Foundation

James B. Tueller – History, Brigham Young University-Hawaii

John A. Tvedtnes – Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies, Brigham Young University

Walter E. A. van Beek – Anthropology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

David J. Whittaker – Mormon and Western History, Brigham Young University

Miranda Wilcox – Medieval Studies, Brigham Young University

Alan L. Wilkins – Organizational Theory, Brigham Young University

Lynne Hilton Wilson – Theology and American History, Palo Alto, California

Robert S. Wood – International Politics, United States Naval War College

Fred E. Woods – Mormon History, Brigham Young University

Warner P. Woodworth – Organizational Behavior, Brigham Young University

Language and Literature

Marilyn Arnold – English, Brigham Young University

Marilyn Arnold (Japanese) – English, Brigham Young University

R. Kirk Belnap – Arabic, Brigham Young University

George Bennion – English, Brigham Young University

John Bennion – English, Brigham Young University

Robert W. Blair – Linguistics, Brigham Young University

Joanna Brooks – American Literature, Religion, and Culture, San Diego State University

Gary L. Browning – Russian Literature, Brigham Young University

Steven D. Carter – Japanese Literature, Stanford University

Richard H. Cracroft – American, Western, and Mormon Literature, Brigham Young University

Julie Damron – Korean, Brigham Young University

D. Morgan Davis – Arabic and Islamic Studies, Brigham Young University

Garold N. Davis – German and Comparative Literature, Brigham Young University

Janet L. Eyring – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), California State University, Fullerton

Vanessa C. Fitzgibbon – Portuguese, Brigham Young University

Van C. Gessel – Japanese Literature, Brigham Young University

Van C. Gessel (Japanese) – Japanese Literature, Brigham Young University

Terryl L. Givens – Literature and Religion, University of Richmond

Sirpa T. Grierson – English Education, Brigham Young University

Cynthia L. Hallen – Linguistics and English Language, Brigham Young University

George Handley – Comparative Literature, Brigham Young University

Kristine Hansen – English, Brigham Young University

Jack Harrell -English, Brigham Young University-Idaho

Kristian Heal – Syriac Christian Literature, Brigham Young University

Karen Crookston Holt – English, Brigham Young University-Idaho

Charles Shirō Inouye – Japanese Literature and Visual Studies, Tufts University

Donald K. Jarvis – Russian, Brigham Young University

Marcel Kahne – Dutch, German, and English Languages, Belgium

Alan Frank Keele – German Literature, Brigham Young University

Hans-Wilhelm Kelling – German Literature and Intellectual History, Brigham Young University

Arthur Henry King – English Literature, Brigham Young University

Neal W. Kramer – English, Brigham Young University

Christopher Lund – Portuguese Literature, Brigham Young University

Melvin J. Luthy – Linguistics, Brigham Young University

James K. Lyon – German Literature, Brigham Young University

Thomas E. (“Ted”) Lyon – Latin American Literature and Culture, Brigham Young University

J. Scott Miller – Japanese Literature, Brigham Young University

Harold K. Moon – Spanish, Brigham Young University

Heidi Beus Naylor – Writing and Literature, Boise State University

Julie J. Nichols – English and Literature, Utah Valley University

Cinzia Donatelli Noble – Italian Language and Literature, Brigham Young University

Dallin D. Oaks – Linguistics, Brigham Young University

Daniel C. Peterson – Arabic and Islamic Studies, Brigham Young University

Mark Peterson – Korean Social History, Brigham Young University

Robert A. Rees – Literature, University of California at Los Angeles

Stephen D. Ricks – Hebrew and Cognate Learning, Brigham Young University

Mark A. Riddle – Japanese and ESL, Wasatch Academy

John S. Robertson – Linguistics, Brigham Young University

Thomas Rogers – Russian Literature, Brigham Young University

Richard Dilworth Rust – American Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Regina Schaunig – German Literature, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Cherry Bushman Silver – English Literature and Mormon History, Salt Lake City

Royal Skousen – Linguistics and English Language, Brigham Young University

Phillip C. Smith – Sociology, Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Steven J. Stewart – English and Spanish Poetry, Brigham Young University-Idaho

Brian D. Stubbs – Linguistics, College of Eastern Utah

John S. Tanner – English Literature, Brigham Young University

Sally Thorne Taylor – English, Brigham Young University

Jacqueline Thursby – English and Folklore, Brigham Young University

F. LaMond Tullis – Political Science, Brigham Young University

Steve Walker – British Literature and the Bible as Literature, Brigham Young University

Shu-Pei Wang – Chinese Language Pedagogy, Brigham Young University

Masakazu Watabe – Linguistics and Japanese, Brigham Young University

Elizabeth W. Watkins – Scholarly Editing, Brigham Young University and Elsewhere

Law

Daniel A. Austin – Law, Northeastern University

Kevin L. Barney – Law and Ancient Languages, Chicago, Illinois

Ashby D. Boyle II – Law, Ethics, and Religion, Yale University

Elizabeth A. Clark – Law, Brigham Young University

William C. Duncan – Law, Marriage Law Foundation

James D. Gordon III – Law, Brigham Young University

James A. Holtkamp – Environmental Law, University of Utah

Robert Joseph – Law, New Zealand

Edward L. Kimball – Law and History, Brigham Young University

Gordon A. Madsen – Law and Mormon Legal History, Private Practice

R. Collin Mangrum – Law and Mormon Legal History, Creighton University

Nathan B. Oman – Law, The College of William and Mary

Blake T. Ostler – Law and Analytic Philosophy, Salt Lake City, Utah

David Peterson – International Law, Washington DC and Brussels

Robert E. Riggs – Law, Brigham Young University

Rodney K. Smith – Law, Southern Virginia University

Keith Thompson – Law, New Zealand and Australia and Africa

Jeffrey N. Walker – Law and Mormon History, Private Practice/Business and Academia

John W. Welch – Law and Ancient Studies, Brigham Young University

R. McKay White – Law and Economics, University of Alberta, Canada

Robert B. White – Law, Alberta, Canada

Camille Stilson Williams – Law, Government Service

Medicine and Psychology

Allen E. Bergin – Psychology, Brigham Young University

Duane Boyce – Psychology and Philosophy, Salt Lake City

Brian Shirts – Medicine and Genetics, University of Washington

Samuel Brown – Medicine, University of Utah

A. Dean Byrd – Clinical Psychology/Family and Preventive Medicine/Pediatric Research, Thrasher Research Fund/University of Utah School of Medicine

Beth Vaughan Cole – Nursing, Brigham Young University

Robb Cundick – Medical Software Development, University of Utah School of Medicine

Michael W. Draper – Medicine, Indiana University

Steven F. Faux – Experimental Psychology, Drake University

M. Gary Hadfield – Neuropathology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health Sciences School of Medicine/Medical College of Virginia

Brian C. Hales – Physician and Historian, Utah

Barbara A. Heise – Nursing, Brigham Young University

Michael D. Jibson – Psychiatry, University of Michigan

Emmanuel Abu Kissi – Medicine, Ghana

James O. Mason – Medicine and Public Health, Government and Public Service

Harry Merl – Psychiatry and Family Therapy, Austria

James W. Ogilvie – Medicine, University of Minnesota

Koji Okumura – Psychology, Private Business and Academia

Janet S. Scharman – Counseling Psychology, Brigham Young University

Gregory L. Smith – Medicine and Mormon Studies, Alberta, Canada

Joseph B. Stanford – Medicine, University of Utah

Emily Thomas – Psychology, Private Practice

Wendy Ulrich – Psychology, Utah

Marilyn S. Wright – Psychology, Pepperdine University and Private Practice

Philosophy

Stephen Duffin – Philosophy, Massey University, New Zealand

James E. Faulconer – Philosophy, Brigham Young University

Holly Hamilton-Bleakley – Philosophy, University of San Diego

Benjamin I. Huff – Philosophy, Randolph-Macon College

Adam S. Miller – Philosophy, Collin College

Ted Vaggalis – Philosophy, Drury University

Dan Wotherspoon – Philosophy of Religion and Theology, Utah

Science, Mathematics, and Engineering

Jonathan Adjimani – Biochemistry, University of Ghana

Alan C. Ashton – Computer Science, Private Industry

David H. Bailey – Mathematics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Emily Bates – Genetics, Brigham Young University

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw – Cognitive Science, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Florida

Laura Clarke Bridgewater – Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University

Barry Brocas – Mathematics Education, Massey University, New Zealand

John M. Butler – Forensic DNA, U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology

James W. Cannon – Mathematics, Brigham Young University

Douglas M. Chabries – Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University

David L. Clark – Geology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

James Joshua Claus – Applied Research, Park City, Utah

Carol Anne Clayson – Meteorology, Florida State University

Mark Clayson – Astronomy and Engineering, Private Industry

Paul Alan Cox – Ethnobotany, Institute for Ethnomedicine

R. Kent Crookston – Plant Physiology and Agronomy, Brigham Young University

Banyan Acquaye Dadson – Organic Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Bruce E. Dale – Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University

James Dunlop – Plant Physiology, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand

Henry Eyring – Chemistry, University of Utah

Bruce K. Gale – Bioengineering, University of Utah

Bruce K. Gale (Japanese) – Bioengineering, University of Utah

Richard D. Gardner – Molecular and Cellular Biology, Southern Virginia University

B. Kent Harrison – Mathematical Physics, Brigham Young University

Michael “Larkin” Hastriter – Electrical and Computer Engineering, United States Air Force

Ron Hellings – Theoretical Physics, Montana State University

Douglas J. Henderson – Chemistry and Physics, Academia and Private Industry

A. Scott Howe – Systems Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology and NASA)

John Howell – Physics, University of Rochester

Levente Hufnagel – Ecology, Environmental Science, and Biometrics, Szent István University

Levente Hufnagel (Hungarian) – Ecology, Environmental Science, and Biometrics, Szent István University

Todd E. Humphreys – Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

M. Lynn James – Chemistry, University of Northern Colorado

Hollis R. Johnson – Astronomy, Indiana University

Benjamin R. Jordan – Geology, Brigham Young University-Idaho

Bart J. Kowallis – Geology, Brigham Young University

Philip D. LaFleur – Chemistry, Government and Industry and Academia

Milton L. Lee – Chemistry, Brigham Young University

John S. Lewis – Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Don L. Lind – Nuclear Physics and Astronautics, NASA and Utah State University

Jeff Lindsay – Chemical Engineering, Private Industry

Philip S. Low – Chemistry, Purdue University

Joseph Lynn Lyon – Epidemiology, University of Utah

Tony Martinez – Computer Science, Brigham Young University

James Matis – Statistics, Texas A&M University

Michael Matthews – Mathematics Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Matthew Memmott – Nuclear Science and Engineering, Private Industry

Wade E. Miller – Geology and Paleontology, Brigham Young University

J. Ward Moody – Astronomy and Astrophysics, Brigham Young University

J. Ward Moody (Japanese) – Astronomy and Astrophysics, Brigham Young University

Todd K. Moon – Electrical and Computer Engineering, Utah State University

Alexander B. Morrison – Nutrition and Pharmacology, University of Guelph (Ontario) and Public Service

C. Riley Nelson – Biology, Brigham Young University

T. Heath Ogden – Biology, Utah Valley University

Noel L. Owen – Chemistry, Brigham Young University

Dula Parkinson – Chemistry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Ryan L. Parr – Human Genetics, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Ugo A. Perego – Population Genetics, Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation

Lawrence L. Poulsen – Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin

Darin Ragozzine – Astrophysics, University of Florida

Thorsten Ritz – Biophysics, University of California, Irvine

Thorsten Ritz (Japanese) – Biophysics, University of California, Irvine

Angela M. Berg Robertson – Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Houston Center for Neuromotor and Biomechanics Research

Charles W. Rogers – Physics, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Frank B. Salisbury – Plant Physiology, Utah State University

Lynn H. Slaugh – Chemistry, Private Industry

L. Douglas Smoot – Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University

Larry St. Clair – Biology, Brigham Young University

Trent D. Stephens – Anatomy and Embryology, Idaho State University

Peter Stopher – Transport Planning and Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia

Joseph William Stucki – Soil and Clay Chemistry, University of Illinois

Douglass F. Taber – Organic Chemistry, University of Delaware

James E. Talmage – Geology, University of Utah

Jason A. Tullis – Geosciences, University of Arkansas

Dan Vassilaros – Chemistry, Private Industry

Matt Walters – Structural Engineering, Private Industry

Barry M. Willardson – Biochemistry, Brigham Young University

Amy Williams – Harvard University, Computer Science and Genetics

Peter Wöllauer – Chemistry, Bavaria, Germany

Jeffrey C. (“Jeff”) Wynn – Geophysics, U.S. Geological Survey

Lei Yang – Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Craig M. Young – Marine Biology, University of Oregon and Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

Tom Yuill – Biology, University of Wisconsin

Other

R. Jerome Anderson – Land Policy and Development, Newcastle University and Worldwide

Rick Anderson – Librarianship, University of Utah

A. Jane Birch – Instructional Science and Faculty Development, Brigham Young University

A. Jane Birch (Japanese) – Instructional Science and Faculty Development, Brigham Young University

Gary Gillum – Librarian, Brigham Young University

David Charles Gore – Communication, University of Minnesota Duluth

Gary C. Lawrence – Communications, California

Grant Pitman – Public Policy, Queensland, Australia

Martin Raish – Librarian, Brigham Young University-Idaho

Shirley Smith Ricks – Editor, Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University

W. F. Lionel Walters – Church Educational System, Sydney, Australia

Stephen C. Yanchar – Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University

This website is the work of Daniel C. Peterson, Scott Gordon, and Tanya Spackman. It was inspired by a request made by Elder M. Russell Ballard, and reiterated by other authors in the October 2009 Ensign, that we use the internet as a way of sharing our testimonies of the gospel.

For some additional information, see:

Deseret News Faith

Patheos

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Stan L. Albrecht, Tim B. Heaton, “Secularization, Higher Education, and Religiosity,” Review of Religious Research 26/1, Special Issue Co-Sponsored by the Society for the Sociological Study of Mormon Life and the Family and Demographic Institute of Brigham Young University (September 1984): 437-58. [Link to off-site article]

James T. Duke, ed., Latter-day Saint Social Life (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, 1998), 287

Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life, “A Portrait of Mormons in the U.S.,” 24 July 2009. [Link to off-site article]