Rosalynde Frandsen Welch is a senior research fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Her research focuses on Latter-day Saint scripture, theology, and literature. She holds a PhD in early modern English literature from the University of California, San Diego, and a BA in English from Brigham Young University. She is the author of Ether: a brief theological introduction, published by the Maxwell Institute, as well as numerous articles, book chapters and reviews on Latter-day Saint thought.
Dr. Welch serves as associate director of the Institute, where she coordinates faculty engagement and co-leads a special research initiative.
Education
2004 PhD, Literature, University of California, San Diego
Given Thee by My Spirit: Reading Doctrine & Covenants 25. Co-edited with Joseph Spencer. Proceedings of the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar. Salt Press. Forthcoming
Are We Not All Beggars?: Reading Mosiah 4:4-25. Co-edited with Diana Brown. Proceedings of the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar. Salt Press. Forthcoming
“Epilogue.” Every Needful Thing: The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Lives of Latter-day Saint Scholars. Eds. Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye and Kate Holbrook. Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2022. Forthcoming
“Lehi’s Parable of the Fruitful Tree.” Approaching the Tree: Interpreting 1 Nephi 8. Eds. Benjamin Keogh, Joseph Spencer, and Jennifer Champoux. Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2022. Forthcoming
“Emma as Church, Emma as Christ: Kingdom and Salvation in Section 25.” Given Thee by My Spirit: Reading Doctrine & Covenants 25. Eds. Joseph Spencer and Rosalynde Welch. Proceedings of the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar. Salt Press. Forthcoming
“Three Awakenings: Encounter, Exchange, and Salvation in Mosiah 2-4.” Are We Not All Beggars?: Reading Mosiah 4:4-25. Eds. Rosalynde Welch and Diana Brown. Proceedings of the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar. Salt Press. Forthcoming
2020 “Local Zion: Nibley in Place and Space.” Reapproaching Zion. Eds. Nathan B. Oman and Samuel D. Brunson. By Common Consent Press, 2020.
2020“Theology of the Family.” The Routledge Handbook of Mormonism and Gender. Eds. Taylor G. Petrey and Amy Hoyt. Routledge, 2020.
2019 “In Story, the Branch Buds.” A Place to Belong: Reflections from Modern Latter-day Saint Women. Eds. Hollie Rhees Fluhman and Camille Fronk Olson. Deseret Book, 2019.
The views expressed here and in Maxwell Institute publications are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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