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Green Week Devotional

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, April 03
Join BYU Sustainability, the Maxwell Institute, and the Kennedy Center for a Green Week devotional.
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2024 Book of Mormon Art Contest is Open

Thursday, February 01 - Saturday, June 01
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Approaching the Tree Artwork Gallery

Friday, January 12 - Sunday, May 12
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News & Blog

2 Nephi 31-33: Knowledge of the Lord Comes Only Through Discipleship

2nd Nephi 30 offers us a key to help us understand what Nephi is teaching in chapters 31-33. In chapter 30, we see the end; in chapters 31-33 we see the means.

2024 Book of Mormon Resources from the Maxwell Institute

As saints from across the world gather together to study the Book of Mormon for Come, Follow Me in 2024, there are many resources available to assist individuals in their studies.

Announcing the 2024 Book of Mormon Art Contest

The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship is seeking original art created by BYU students for the 2nd Annual Book of Mormon Art Contest. Artwork will be featured in the new Book of Mormon Art Catalog, in an art display on BYU campus, and winners will receive prize money.

Featured Scholars

Jennifer C. Lane

September 12, 2022 12:01 PM
Jennifer C. Lane is Neal A. Maxwell Research Associate at the Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship and professor emerita at Brigham Young University–Hawaii. She received her Ph.D. in religion with an emphasis in history of Christianity from Claremont Graduate University.

Philip Barlow

September 12, 2022 11:13 AM
Philip Barlow is a Neal A. Maxwell Research Associate. Having previously served as the Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History & Culture at Utah State University, his teaching engages religion and human suffering, religion and the concept of “time,” American religious history, and Restoration movements.

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