In case you missed it, the Maxwell Institute recently announced a new partnership with the University of Illinois Press to publish our two flagship periodicals, the Mormon Studies Review and Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. We’re pleased to announce subscriptions are now open. Digital subscriptions to each periodical are $20 annually. Print subscriptions, which include digital […]
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Adam Miller on more “Letters to a Young Mormon” [ 50:00 | 68.92 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadAdam Miller wrote Letters to a Young Mormon for thoughtful people yearning for a more thoughtful faith. It’s a little book, but it packs a powerful punch. In this episode, Miller is talks about the new second expanded edition, which the Maxwell Institute recently published in partnership with Deseret Book. We also talk about the perils of Mormon quasi-celebrity, bad book reviews, apologetics, his future projects, and other things.
Read MoreThe Maxwell Institute has been a remarkably busy and dynamic place since Spencer Fluhman was named executive director in 2016. By the numbers: We’ve gathered 14 Institute scholars and 23 student assistants; hosted 15 special guest lectures; organized 3 academic conferences, 2 workshops, and dozens of Brown Bag lunch discussions; published 13 books and 5 periodical volumes […]
Read MoreFebruary is Black History Month, a perfect time to revisit these episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast.
Read MoreWhen Spencer Fluhman became editor-in-chief of the Mormon Studies Review in 2013 he envisioned a periodical that would “track what is now a vibrant, varied, and international academic engagement with Mormon institutions, lives, ideas, texts, and stories.” As promised, its review essays, book reviews, and roundtable discussions have chronicled and assessed the developing field of Mormon studies, offering readers a […]
Read MoreSteven L. Peck has been selected to give the Eugene England Lecture at the 2018 Mormon Studies Conference at Utah Valley University. The conference theme is “Mormonism and the Challenges of Science, Revelation and Faith.” Peck is author of the Maxwell Institute’s Living Faith book Evolving Faith and an associate professor of biology at BYU. Peck […]
Read MoreLast year was the busiest year in the Maxwell Institute’s history. Keep an eye out for our annual report, coming very soon. Under the direction of our new executive director, Spencer Fluhman, the Institute strives to become a place that gathers and nurtures disciple-scholars. The Institute’s mission is reflected in our books and periodicals, but more […]
Read More “To be learned is good,” with Richard Bushman [ 48:03 | 66.2 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadOur 75th Episode! The Book of Mormon warns against mistaking intelligence for wisdom, but adds a crucial caveat: “to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God” (2 Nephi 9:29). Where LDS founding prophet Joseph Smith declared that a person is saved no faster than they get knowledge, historian Richard Bushman adds a corollary: A person gains knowledge no faster than they […]
Read MoreNOTE: This post contains spoilers about the Netflix series Godless. Since the nineteenth century, a public battle has been waged about the citizenship of Mormons in “Christian America.” Entire books have been written about ways Mormons have been otherized while fighting for perceived respectability. This battle resurfaced recently in the new “must-see” Netflix series Godless. The world […]
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