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2021 Annual Report Now Available!
The Maxwell Institute’s 2021 Annual Report is now available to read online. You can also request a free print copy HERE. IN THIS ISSUE: —Jennifer Reeder’s 2021 Annual Maxwell Lecture, “A Hair Wreath, A Bald Head, and a Usable Past: The Stuff of Discipleship” —Janiece Johnson’s Biennial Laura F. Willes Book of Mormon Lecture, “Documenting […]
Maxwell Institute Podcast #149: Healing Our Racial Divide, with Derwin and Vicki Gray
Listen to Pastor Derwin Gray and Vicki Gray speak on Derwin’s new book, Healing Our Racial Divide: What the Bible Says, and the First Christians Knew, About Racial Reconciliation!Link to book: Amazon
Abide: Isaiah 40-49
Jesus promises in the Gospel of John that he will not leave us comfortless, but that He will come to us. He promises in Matthew that he will give us rest when we are weary and heavy-laden. In my experience, though, that isn’t at the first instance of pain, whether it’s physical, mental, spiritual, or […]
Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar: “Enos came to life”
This post was written by Rebekah Call, a participant in the 2022 Latter-day Saint theology seminar. Over a decade ago, I learned about favorite cafés of great thinkers in recent centuries. These thinkers, along with groups of intellectual friends, would gather and discuss in these cafés, often daily, for hours on end. This small-group discussion […]
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Spencer Fluhman
Executive Director
Spencer Fluhman is the executive director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. He is also associate professor of history at Brigham Young University, where he teaches American religious history. He graduated summa cum laude from BYU and received masters and doctoral degrees in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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