Gooooooo David Dark's Storied Universe ! That’s my coeval right there, snagging a teaching award and being awesome. Lucky students.

New data about LDS growth:

religionnews.com/2024/04/12/mor… RNS

Trump’s opinions on abortion won’t cost him one single endorsement from his most prominent evangelical supporters (even the self-described abolitionists) or any discernible loss in evangelical support.

Their support was never, ever, ever primarily about abortion. Ever.

Thanks Shaun Blanchard, Stephen Bullivant, Ulrich L. Lehner 🟦, & all for a great discussion yesterday. More this a.m. with Ruth Braunstein & D. Campbell, along with a book sale featuring many authors in this weekend’s audience, incl. D G Hart, John McGreevy, Jana Riess, @PeterjThuesen.

PAUL JUDA 🫡

A gentle reminder that THE LAST HOPE is available for a special preorder bonus! You'll receive a commemorative series letter from me, an exclusive Maggie Hope bookmark, and a signed bookplate. Here’s the link: sites.prh.com/the-last-hope-…

Wonderful news that “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” is going to be on the new LDS hymnal.

Please reassure me this isn’t just an April Fool’s prank …

A new song by David Archuleta is steeped in LDS beliefs about heaven, even though Archuleta has left Mormonism, says RNS guest columnist Jaxon Washburn.

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🧵 Ever notice folks on the political left & right both claim their views represent those of Jesus? In our new study, we ask adults to rate Jesus on the left-right spectrum & find ratings are almost all about politics & almost nothing to do w/being religious or even Christian. 1/

Great insights into what tours are going to look like when these sacred sites reopen on Monday.

Starting Monday, the tours at the Kirtland Temple & other Mormon history sites will be done by the LDS Church, which now owns those buildings. Here's what that will look like. RNS

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About 20 years ago, Adelle Banks interviewed me by phone about my Buffy book. I was so impressed w/ her prep work & great questions.

For years now at RNS I've gotten to call her my colleague--kinda amazing. Now she's winning RNA's most prestigious award. No one deserves it more.

To pique your interest before this Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute event, be sure to read this The Salt Lake Tribune op-ed Jana Riess wrote sltrib.com/religion/2024/…

I’m telling you guys, Elder Kearon is the real deal. This is such a classy and kind thing to do.

Submissions closing soon! #MormonStudies scholars - send us your proposals by March 19 for our One-Day Conference at Utah Tech University in St. George, Utah, happening on Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Nancy Ross Jana Riess Cristina Rosetti Mormon History Association
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OPINION: In the survey, only 4% of current members identified as LGBTQ, compared with 18% of former members.
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