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New Directors Appointed For Ispart And Farms

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

In June Brigham Young University announced the appointment of Andrew C. Skinner as the new executive director of the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts. Skinner, a professor of ancient scripture at BYU who has served as dean of Religious Education since 2000, replaces Noel B. Reynolds, who was called to pre-side over the Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Library Of Congress Hosts Academic Conference On Joseph Smith, Part 2

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

This report covers the proceedings of the second day of “The Worlds of Joseph Smith,” an academic conference held on 6–7 May 2005 at the Library of Congress, in Washington DC, in recognition of the bicentennial of the Prophet Joseph Smith’s birth. For a report of the first day of proceedings, see the article in Insights 25/3 (2005).

Imri Graduate To Bishop, Gloria Falcão Dodd

Marian Library Blog Archive

Msgr. Frank Leo, a graduate and former faculty of the International Marian Research Institute, was recently ordained an auxiliary bishop of Montreal.

Critique Beyond Judgment: Exploring Testimony And Truth In The Classroom, Sean Sidky

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

This essay offers a set of strategies for utilizing the words of survivors and of witnesses to genocide in the classroom. Including the voices of survivors and victims in our classroom conversations about genocide, its impact, representation, and the possibilities for its prevention is crucial to an ethical and wholistic pedagogy of genocide. Discussion of these events in the classroom often finds us confronting questions from students about truth, historical accuracy, authenticity, and authority. Addressing such questions requires careful framing that takes into account student assumptions and cultural discourses about memory and witnessing, as we work with students to develop …

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Hugh Nibley And The Book Of Mormon, John W. Welch

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

At first light on 6 June 1944, the first of many Allied landing craft began hitting the beaches of Normandy. At Utah Beach, 12 men dangling from one of the emerging jeeps cheered their driver on as they surged up from beneath the surface of the chilly English Channel waters. That driver, an army intelligence officer with a PhD in ancient history from the University of California at Berkeley, was none other than Hugh W. Nibley, age 34.

Hugh Nibley Dies At 94, John Gee

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Hugh Winder Nibley (27 March 1910–24 February 2005) was a gifted writer, a prolific author, a first-class scholar, and, above all, a committed member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Deans, Chairs And Program Directors List 2022-2023 (Fall), Saint Mary's College Of California

Chairs and Program Directors lists

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New Book Compiles Scholarship On Oliver Cowdery

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

In conjunction with the recent BYU symposium “Oliver Cowdery: Restoration Witness, Second Elder,” the Maxwell Institute has published Oliver Cowdery: Scribe, Elder, Witness, edited by John W. Welch and Larry E. Morris. This book includes 17 important articles previously published by BYU Studies or FARMS and covers virtually all periods of Oliver Cowdery’s life.

Maxwell Institute Supports Byu Symposium On Oliver Cowdery With Speakers, New Book

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Oliver Cowdery’s birth on 3 October 1806, more than a dozen scholars treated crowds in the BYU Conference Center to fresh perspectives on Cowdery as a central figure in the Restoration. Entitled “Oliver Cowdery: Restoration Witness, Second Elder,” the symposium featured cultural historian Richard L. Bushman as keynote speaker and several other distinguished speakers spread throughout four sessions of three or four concurrent presentations each. Cosponsors of the five-hour event, held on 10 November, were the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation and BYU’s Religious Studies Center.

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Nibley Fellowship

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Each year at this time we remind graduate students about the Nibley Fellowship Program and its application deadline. Named in honor of the late eminent Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley, this program provides financial aid to students enrolled in accredited PhD programs in areas of study directly related to the work and mission of the Maxwell Institute, particularly work done under the name of FARMS—studies of the Book of Mormon, the Book of Abraham, the Old and New Testaments, early Christianity, ancient temples, and related subjects. Applicants cannot be employed at the Institute or be related to an Institute employee.

“Look To God And Live”, Kristian S. Heal

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Near the end of the children of Israel’s journey to the promised land following their miraculous escape from Egypt, they once again began to complain against the Lord and against Moses. As a result of this sin, the Lord sent “fiery serpents” among them (Numbers 21:6). Faced with physical death, the people went to Moses, confessed their sins, and entreated him to pray to the Lord to take the serpents away. However, the serpents were not taken away as requested. Instead, in what may have seemed an expression of deep irony—but was in reality a sacred symbol—Moses was instructed to …

Messages From The Provost, Georgia Southern University

Messages from the Provost

• A Message from the Provost
• Achieving Academic Excellence
• Promotions, Tenures, and Reviews Success Celebration

Wildfire & Sacred Flame: Enthusiasm In American Revivalism 1734-1944, Randy Lee Darnell

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The First and Second Great Awakenings were momentous events in American history. The developments that occurred from these movements forever influenced religion in the United States. Many participants in these revivals either witnessed or took part in an emotional religious experience often dubbed “enthusiasm,” which critics dismissed as fanaticism or the work of the devil. Advocates averred that these behaviors were genuine experiences brought about by the Holy Spirit. What can be demonstrated by the historical sources left behind from America’s great revivals is a continuity of this religious behavior from the First Great Awakening to revivals in the early …

Minutes, October 2022, University Of Dayton. College Of Arts And Sciences

Documents of the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Minutes from organizational meeting for Academic Affairs Committee

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine 2022, Fall (Volume 57), Noel T. Manning

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine, previously titled The Webb Magazine, focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University. This issue includes articles on the launch of the new Bulldog brand, new provost Dr Aubrey, new VP for Athletics Dr. Goodrich, and record setting golfer Zach Byers.

2022-2023 Catalog, Governors State University

Catalogs

The 2022-2023 Governors State University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog is a comprehensive listing of current information regarding:
Degree Requirements
Course Offerings
Undergraduate and Graduate Rules and Regulations

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Fall 2022, Volume 15, Issue 2

The Fall Of The Angels In Western Patristic Thought, Christopher T.M. West

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

This dissertation reconstructs patristic narratives of the angelic fall while historically contextualizing these literary projects and evaluating their theological ramifications. The project shows that patristic authors rehearsed diverse versions of events for the fall of the angels in response to exigencies of their own unique historical settings. Adapting Jewish narratives, some authors (e.g. Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian) recounted that the primal sin of the angels was “lust” prompted by a desire for human women. Others (e.g. Irenaeus and Tertullian) focused on the specific character of the Devil by relating that Satan’s fall occurred when he tempted Adam and …

Novel Erudition: Experience And Expertise In Contemporary French-Language Fictions, Sophia Helverson

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Erudition, as a rich intellectual dialogue with literature and ideas, is what allows the individual “d’exercer sa liberté,” according to French author Céline Minard. In this dissertation, I examine what it means to consider erudition as fundamental not just to intellectual freedom, but to experience itself. Here, I argue that erudition, far from a retreat from reality, is a means of engaging more deeply with the world. As a union of experience and expertise, erudition is a means to understand and to grapple with the constraints upon us, and, as it manifests in fiction, it is also a means to …

Religious Studies 2022 Apr Self-Study & Documents, Unm

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Religious Studies APR self-study report, review team report, response to review report, and initial action plan for Fall 2022, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Languages, Cultures, & Literatures 2022 Apr Self-Study & Documents, Unm

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Languages, Cultures, & Literatures APR self-study report, review team report, response to review report, and initial action plan for Fall 2022, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Reconsidering “Romanesque” Art Through The Pilgrim’S Body: The Migrating Art Historians Project Five Years Later, Ivan Foletti, Martin F. Lešák

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Southeastern Law Librarian Fall 2022, Seaall

Newsletters

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Wooster Magazine: The President's Annual Report 2021-22, Caitlin Paynich Stanowick

Wooster Magazine: 2021-2030

The President’s Annual Report 2021-22 fall edition of Wooster magazine features stunning imagery of Lowry Center as this heart of campus reopened to the community in fall 2022. This issue highlights the many ways Wooster is working to build equity and inclusiveness into its curricular and co-curricular programming, and how reflective experiential learning is enhancing career exploration. The annual financial report details College operating revenues and expenses and the year’s giving and fundraising activity. The issue also highlights the incoming Class of 2026, 15 years of Posse Scholars at Wooster, the growth of the Pathways Programs and other real-world experiences, …

2022-October-01-Civil War Scholar Speaking At Etsu, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – The Bible played a crucial role in the Civil War. 

That’s the argument put forward by Dr. James P. Byrd, a Vanderbilt University professor who is coming to East Tennessee State University to speak about his book “A Holy Baptism of Fire: The Bible and the American Civil War” published by Oxford University Press.  “A Holy Baptism of Fire: The Bible and the American Civil War”
Dr. James Byrd

The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, on the second floor of the D.P. Culp Student Center. 

His talk is free and open …

The Freedom Collection 2017–2021: Part 1, The Composition Of The Freedom Collection And Uncl’S Downloads By Member And Subject, David C. Tyler

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: White Papers

With data provided by a colleague, the author looked at the University of Nebraska Consortium of Libraries (UNCL) downloading activity of Elsevier's Freedom Collection for the 2017-2021 interval. Members include the University of Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and University of Nebraska Omaha.

The author looked at activity by member and by subject at the level of journals' Library of Congress Classifications.

This report was submitted in the fall of 2022 to the UNL Libraries Collections Strategies Committee (CSC) and to the members of the Collections Strategies and Open Scholarship (CSOS) department.