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Nibley Teams Up With Brigham Young To Look At Politics, Education, Leadership, And The Environment
Nibley Teams Up With Brigham Young To Look At Politics, Education, Leadership, And The Environment
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
As those who have read much Brigham Young know, the combination of this pioneer prophet's insight, articulateness, and candor is little short of stunning. Nibley calls him a "monumental figure," perhaps (after Joseph Smith), the most prominent mind of his century.
New Documentary To Premier At Education Week
New Documentary To Premier At Education Week
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Journey of Faith: The New World, a new Maxwell Institute documentary, is set to premier at BYU Campus Education Week in August. The Maxwell Institute has again teamed with award-winning Latter-day Saint filmmaker Peter Johnson to produce a documentary that will explore the Book of Mormon in the New World.
Meti Volume Highlights Education, D. Morgan Davis
Meti Volume Highlights Education, D. Morgan Davis
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Consider this picture: A sandy courtyard some- where on the outskirts of a desert village. A group of boys—ages perhaps 8 to 16—are gathered outside the entrance to a simple, well-worn little building. They are seated or kneeling in the sand, huddled in the last vestiges of the late morning shade. Each holds a text or a tablet. Some are reading, some are looking out to where the pale sky meets a broken line of housetops and trees, reciting, in a quiet murmur to themselves, the words of the book they are holding. Some gently rock back and forth as …
Work Of Maxwell Institute To Be Presented At Education Week
Work Of Maxwell Institute To Be Presented At Education Week
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Brigham Young University Campus Education Week, slated for August 16–20, 2010, will feature a series of presentations that represent a range of the work done by the Maxwell Institute.
Nibley Lecture Series Presentations Available Online
Nibley Lecture Series Presentations Available Online
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The lecture series “The Work of Hugh W. Nibley: On the 100th Anniversary of His Birth” concluded in April. The videos of each lecture are currently being prepared for availability on our Web site. Presently, video of four of the lectures can be accessed through the Upcoming Events section of the Maxwell Institute home page (maxwellinstitute .byu.edu).
Kristian Heal Appointed Director Of Advancement
Kristian Heal Appointed Director Of Advancement
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Dr. Kristian Heal has been appointed to serve as the Maxwell Institute’s new director of advancement (fundraising). He succeeds in this position Professor Daniel C. Peterson, who has elected to step down and return to full-time teaching as professor of Arabic and Islamic studies in BYU’s Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages. Professor Peterson will continue to serve as editor-in-chief of the Institute’s Middle Eastern Texts Initiative series.