Appointments

S. Kent Brown replaces Ray L. Huntington as academic coordinator of the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. Andrew C. Skinner and Keith J. Wilson are currently serving as faculty members there.

Jeffrey R. Chadwick has been appointed to the board of trustees of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) for a three-year term, 2008–10. He has also been reappointed as senior fellow at the William F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem.

Brian M. Hauglid was appointed editor for the new annual periodical Studies in the Bible and Antiquity.

Andrew H. Hedges, Steven C. Harper, and Kerry M. Muhlestein were appointed editor and associate editors, respectively, of the Journal of Book of Mormon and Restoration Scriptures.

Paul Y. Hoskisson replaced S. Kent Brown as director of the Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies and the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies in the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.

Awards

Susan Easton Black and Andrew C. Skinner received a faculty scholarship from the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for their work on the phrase “this land” in the Book of Mormon

Richard B. Crookston was awarded a plaque for his five years of service to the university.

Robert C. Freeman and Dennis A. Wright received the George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedom Foundation in October 2008 for gathering oral histories for the Saints at War project, publishing several books on the subject, creating documentary films, and establishing a historical archive.

Charles Swift was named outstanding faculty member for 2008 in the BYU chapter of Phi Eta Sigma.

Publications (2008)

Baugh, Alexander L. “An Educator with a Moral Compass: Paul H. Peterson, 1941–2007,” BYU Religious Education Review, Winter 2008, 8–11.

———. “‘That They Might Rest Where the Ashes of the Latter-day Saints Reposed’: The Far West, Missouri, Burial Ground,” Mormon Historical Studies 9, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 135–42, coauthored with Michael S. Riggs.

———. “The Final Episode of Mormonism in Missouri in the 1830s: The Incarceration of the Mormon Prisoners in Richmond and Columbia Jails, 1838–1839,” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 28 (2008): 1–34.

Boone, David F. “George Albert Smith.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Brooks, Kent R. “Heber J. Grant.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Flake, Lawrence R. “Wilford Woodruff.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Freeman, Robert C. (with Jon Felt). German Saints at War. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Garr, Arnold K. Joseph Smith: Presidential Candidate.Orem, UT: Millennial Press, 2008.

———. “Lorenzo Snow.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Gaskill, Alonzo. Odds Are, You’re Going to Be Exalted: Evidence That the Plan of Salvation Works. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008.

———. Know Your Religions, Vol. 1: A Comparative Look at Mormonism and Catholicism. Salt Lake City: Millennial Press, 2008.

Goodman, Michael A. “Thomas S. Monson.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Harper, Steven C. Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008.

Hedges, Andrew H. “The Narrow Neck of Land.” Religious Educator 9, no. 3 (2008): 151–60.

Huntington, Ray L. “Jeremiah and the New Paradigm of the Gathering.” Religious Educator 9, no. 1 (2008): 83–90.

Lafferty, C. L., Kenneth L. Alford, M. Davis, and R. O. Connor. “Combat Veteran Workplace and Classroom Reintegration.” SAM Advanced Management Journal 73, no. 4 (Autumn 2008).

Lambert, Paul W., and Thomas A. Wayment, “Pen and Pencil Markings in Joseph Smith’s New Testament Translation,” BYU Studies 47, no. 2 (2008): 87–106.

Livingstone, John P. “Ezra Taft Benson.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

———, W. Jeffrey Marsh, Lloyd D. Newell, Craig James Ostler, John P. Starrs, and David M. Whitchurch. Hallowed Ground, Sacred Journeys: Salt Lake City, Ensign to the Nation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University. 2008.

———, W. Jeffrey Marsh, Lloyd D. Newell, Craig James Ostler, John P. Starrs, and David M. Whitchurch. Hallowed Ground, Sacred Journeys: Salt Lake City, Ensign to the Nation – Walking Tours. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.

———, W. Jeffrey Marsh, Lloyd D. Newell, Craig James Ostler, John P. Starrs, and David M. Whitchurch. Hallowed Ground Sacred Journeys: Salt Lake City, Ensign to the Nation DVD. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.

———. “Profiles of the Prophets: Ezra Taft Benson.” Religious Educator 9, no. 1 (2008): 125–38.

Ludlow, Jared W. “The Powers of the Atonement: Insights from the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator 9, no. 2 (2008): 125–38.

Manscill, Craig K. “Joseph F. Smith.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

———, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright, editors. Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Millet, Robert L. Holding Fast: Dealing with Doubt in the Latter Days. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008.

Muhlestein, Kerry. “Royal Executions: Evidence Bearing on the Subject of Sanctioned Killing in the Middle Kingdom.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 51, no. 2 (2008): 181–208.

———. “Execration Ritual.” In UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, edited by Willeke Wendrich and Jacco Dieleman (2008).

Neilson, Reid L., editor. Global Mormonism in the Twenty-First Century. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.

———, editor (with Terryl L. Givens). Joseph Smith: Reappraisals after Two Centuries. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

———, editor (with Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp). Proclamation to the Pacific: Nineteenth-Century Mormonism and the Pacific Basin Frontier. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2008.

———, editor (with Steven C. Harper, Mary Jane Woodger, and Craig K. Manscill). Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.

Newell, Lloyd D. “Gordon B. Hinckley.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

———. Let Him Ask of God: Wisdom from the Life and Teachings of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008).

———. “Love, Limits and Latitude,” Ensign, August 2008, 60–66.

Ostler, Craig James. “Joseph Smith.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Richardson, Matthew O. “The Prophet-Leader.” Religious Educator 9, no. 1 (2008): 69–81.

———. The Relationship Seasons: Navigating the Five Stages of Relationships. Salt Lake City: Leatherwood Press, 2008.

———, and Timothy Merrill. “Spencer W. Kimball.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Swift, Charles. “Brigham Young.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Top, Brent L. When You Can’t Do It Alone (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008).

Williams, Clyde W. “Harold B. Lee.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

———, editor. Mine Errand from the Lord: Selections from the Discourses and Writings of Boyd K. Packer. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008.

Williams, Marlene S., W. Dean Belnap, and John P. Livingstone, editors. Matters of the Mind: Latter-day Saint Helps for Mental Health. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008.

Woodger, Mary Jane. “David O. McKay.” In Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, edited by Craig K. Manscill, Robert C. Freeman, and Dennis A. Wright. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2008.

Wayment, Thomas A. “A New Transcription of P.Oxy. 2383 (P69),” Novum Testamentum 50 (2008): 531–35.

Fred E. Woods, “Gathering to Zion: Preserving the Sacred Memory of the 19^th-Century Mormon Pioneers.” ICTOPIЯ PEHIҐIŇ B Y YKPAÏHI (Spring 2008): 665–62.

———. “Principles for Effective Interreligious Dialogue/Religious Freedom.” Religion in Postmodern Society: Social-political, legal, and denominational aspects. Scientific Annuary 13 (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2008): 128–31.

———. “The Crew and Voyage of the Ship MII,” Crossroads (September 2008): 183–89.

———. “Kalaupapa: Uncommon Service on Common Ground,” Interreligious Insight: A Journal of Dialogue and Engagement 6, no. 1 (January 2008): 66–74.

———. “The Tide of Mormon Migration Flowing Through the Port of Liverpool, England,” British Journal of Mormon Studies 1, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 64–91.

———. “The Most Influential Mormon Islander: Jonathan Hawaii Napela.” Hawaiian Journal of History (Fall 2008).