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02.09.2023 | The Maxwell Institute

Book of Mormon Art Contest

Submit up to three entries (1 per category) to the Book of Mormon Art Contest. Winners will be showcased in the Book of Mormon Art Catalog and receive prize money. Fill out an individual form for each submission.

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02.09.2023 | The Maxwell Institute

Book of Mormon Art Contest

Submit up to three entries (1 per category) to the Book of Mormon Art Contest. Winners will be showcased in the Book of Mormon Art Catalog and receive prize money. Fill out an individual form for each submission.

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03.28.2023 | The Maxwell Institute

Maxwell Institute Podcast #159: Why Do We Pray? Featuring Kimberly Matheson

Welcome to The Questions We Should Be Asking, a new season of the podcast from the Maxwell Institute that explores faith-building questions. In this episode, Rosalynde interviews Kimberly Matheson, a scholar at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religion. She asks the question: why do we pray? And what does prayer look like in our lives?

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03.27.2023 | The Maxwell Institute

Join us for a Sustainability FHE tonight!

Join us for a Sustainability Family Home Evening tonight at 7PM. Listen to two disciple-scholars talk about sustainability and ask questions about how to live a sustainable life.

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03.23.2023 | The Maxwell Institute

Maxwell Institute Podcast #158: Introduction to The Questions We Should Be Asking with Rosalynde Welch

In this episode, Rosalynde introduces The Questions We Should Be Asking, a new season that explores questions that help build faith. The first full-length episode of the podcast will be posted on March 28, 2023.

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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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Jeffrey G. Cannon

Research Associate

Email: jeffrey_cannon@byu.edu Jeffrey G. Cannon is a Laura F. Willes Research Associate at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, where his current project explores African readings of scripture through their use of the Book of Mormon. More broadly, his research focuses on local manifestations of Christianity and their relationship to the worldwide church. He has a PhD in…
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Kimberly Matheson

Research Fellow

Kimberly Matheson is a Research Fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, with current projects focusing on gender in the Book of Mormon, a materialist theology of prayer, and Moroni 7 as a theological response to modernity. Her research centers more broadly on the Book of Mormon, Christian contemplative practice, and the continental philosophy of religion. Kimberly…
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