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Christmas message from the Maxwell Institute
A short Christmas message from J.B. Haws, the Executive Director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Merry Christmas!
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Kate Holbrook's double chocolate bundt cake
Kate Holbrook (1972-2022) worked as a historian for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and spent her career highlighting women's stories. In her book, Both Things Are True, Kate says "I've written some books in Latter-day Saint women's history that I feel have been good contributions. I think I'll be remembered generally through favorite recipes that have come from me. I've decided that's maybe in some ways a richer and more lasting visceral experience that people will have of my having been on this earth."
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Seeking Applicants for the Annual Summer Seminar on Latter-day Saint Theology, “A Compound in One: Reading 2 Nephi 2”
In the summer of 2024, the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar, with support from the Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies and the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University, will sponsor a summer seminar for graduate students and faculty devoted to reading 2 Nephi 2.
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“Meet the Early-day Saints” Podcast Series
Wayfare Magazine, in conjunction with Faith Matters and Blair Hodges produced a series of podcast episodes each highlighting a different chapter of the Maxwell Institute’s award-winning book, Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints. Listen now on Wayfare Magazine's website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.
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Ancient Art History: The Temptation in the Wilderness
February 14, 2024 is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent for much of Western Christianity. Lent is the roughly 40-day period of Christian observance leading up to Easter, when Christians all over the world engage in fasting, reflection, introspection, and penitential practices in remembrance of Christ and in renewal of relationship with Him. Lent also follows the pattern of Jesus’s 40 days of fasting in the wilderness to draw near to God before beginning his public ministry.
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New book from Kate Holbrook available for pre-order
Kate Holbrook (1972-2022) was a leading voice in the study of Latter-day Saint women and Latter-day Saint foodways, a Specialist in Women's History, Managing Historian of Women's History, and Academic Outreach Director at the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Throughout her career, Kate preserved and showcased women's voices. Now, in a special book written before her passing, readers can hear Kate's own personal voice.
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Janai Wright selected as Woolf Intern
Janai, a senior studying Philosophy and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Brigham Young University, is the 2023 Woolf-BYU joint intern. She has been a research assistant at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship for the last three years as well as a teaching and research assistant for the Survey of World Religions course at her university for the last two years. She is a Wheatley Scholar and has enjoyed collaborating in conferences for the Wheatley Institute in research-supported work that fortifies the core institutions of the family, religion, and constitutional government.
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BYU announces interim executive director of Maxwell Institute
Acting academic vice president Brad Neiger has announced the appointment of Kristian Heal as interim executive director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, effective May 1. Dr. Heal begins his interim service following the tenure of Spencer Fluhman, who served as executive director of the Maxwell Institute from 2016 to 2023. Dr. Heal will serve until the appointment of a permanent executive director.
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