Appointments

Leigh Ann Copas was hired as publications coordinator for the Religious Studies Center.

Awards

Don L. Brugger received the LDSPMA Lifetime Achievement Award in Editing and Design.

Jeffrey R. Chadwick was recognized in Israel with a festschrift volume published in his honor:

To Explore the Land of Canaan: Studies in Biblical Archaeology in Honor of Jeffrey R. Chadwick, ed. Aren M. Maeir and George A. Pierce (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2022).

Jason R. Combs received a David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies Faculty Research Fellowship for the theme “The Global Religious Experience.”

Krystal V. L. Pierce received a University Accessibility Center Special Recognition for “going above and beyond with regard to understanding and advocating for students with disabilities.”

Jordan T. Watkins received the Society for US Intellectual History's Annual Book Prize for Slavery and Sacred Texts: The Bible, the Constitution, and Historical Consciousness in Antebellum America and the Mormon History Association’s Best Documentary Edition (along with his coeditors) for volume 10 of the Documents series of The Joseph Smith Papers.

Fred E. Woods received the Historic Preservation Annual Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation by the City of Las Vegas for the preservation of Latter-day Saint history in Las Vegas. He also received the John Topham and Susan Redd Butler BYU Faculty Research Award for research on his “Saints by State” website.

Selected Full-Time Faculty Publications

Alford, Kenneth L. “Review of John Sillito, B. H. Roberts: A Life in the Public Arena.” Journal of Mormon History 48, no. 3 (Fall 2022): 150–52.

———. “Utah’s Role in Protecting the Mormon Trail During the Civil War.” Overland Journal39, no. 4 (Winter 2022): 29–34.

Allal-Chérif, Oihab, Anne Gombault, and Carter Charles. “American Latter-Day Saint Business Leaders: A Meta-Ethical, Prosocial, and Transformational Leadership.” Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion 19, no. 4 (August 2022): 422–50.

Adcock, Malcolm, and Fred E. Woods. The Latter-day Saint Image in the British Mind. Sandy, UT: Greg Kofford Books, 2022.

Bassett, William W., W. Cole Durham Jr., Mark A. Goldfeder, and Robert T. Smith. Religious Organizations and the Law. 2nd ed. Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2022.

Becerra, Daniel. “Becoming Like God: Incarnation, Moral Formation, and Eternal Progression.” In Combs et al., Ancient Christians, 369–93.

———. “The Canonization of the New Testament.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 37–54.

———. “Following the Savior’s Example of Empathy and Love.” Liahona, August 2022, 26–29.

Becerra, Daniel, Amy Easton-Flake, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Joseph M. Spencer. Book of Mormon Studies: An Introduction and Guide. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022.

Belnap, Daniel L., “‘They Did Fell the Tree’: The Hanging of Zemnarihah as a Ritual Resolution for Nephite Trauma.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 143–77.

Bingham, Jean B., and Barbara Morgan Gardner. “Empowering Young Adult Women through Female Role Models in the Old Testament.” Religious Educator 23, no. 1 (2022): 131–47.

Blumell, Lincoln H., and Frank F. Judd Jr. “Additional Resources for Gospel Teachers.” In Blumell et al., Household of God, 265–79.

Blumell, Lincoln H., Jason R. Combs, Mark D. Ellison, Frank F. Judd Jr., and Cecilia M. Peek, eds., Household of God. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022.

See copublication with Kerry Hull.

Bolton, Andrew, and Casey Paul Griffiths, eds. Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue from Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; and Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022.

Bolton, Andrew, and Alonzo L. Gaskill. “Jesus Christ.” In Bolton and Griffiths, Restorations: Bolton and Griffiths, Restorations, 15–32.

Bytheway, John, Al Carraway, J. Moore, J., Hank Smith, Anthony Sweat, and K. Timothy. Look unto Him: Finding the Love of Christ in Our Lives. American Fork: UT: Covenant Communications, 2022.

Calabro, David. “The Hebrew Verbal System in an Oyster Shell: Egypto-Semitic Notes.” In “Like ʾIlu Are You Wise”: Studies in Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures in Honor of Dennis G. Pardee, edited by H. H. Hardy II, Joseph Lam, and Eric D. Reymond, 453–77. Chicago: Oriental Institute Press, 2022.

———. “Langue du geste over the longue durée: On the Diachrony of Ritual Gestures in the Near East.” In Tracing Gestures: The Art and Archaeology of Bodily Communication, ed. Amy J. Maitland Gardner and Carl Walsh, 120–36. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Chadwick, Jeffrey R. “Khirbet Beit Lei and the Lehi of Samson: Old Testament and Book of Mormon Considerations, and a Newly Identified Site for Biblical Lehi and En-hakkore.” Religious Educator 23, no. 3 (2022): 65–85.

———. “When Gath of the Philistines Became Gath of Judah: Dramatic Glimpses of Biblical Archaeology.” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 10, nos. 3–4 (2022): 317–42.

See copublication with Seymour Gitin.

Charles, Carter. See copublication with Oiha Allal-Chérif.

Colvin, Gina, and Jordan D. Watkins. “Apostasy and Restoration.” In Bolton and Griffiths, Restorations, 153–74.

Combs, Jason R. “Introduction: Understanding Ancient Christians, Apostasy, and Restoration.” In Combs et al., Ancient Christians, 1–23.

Combs, Jason R. “The Nature of God: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” In Comb et al., Ancient Christians, 290–326.

Combs, Jason R. “Shepherd of Hermas and the Christian Experience of Non-Christian Epiphany.” In Experiencing the Shepherd of Hermas, ed. Angela Kim Harkins and Harry O. Maier, Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022), 153–69.

Combs, Jason R., Mark D. Ellison, Catherine Gines Taylor, and Kristian S. Heal, editors. Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2022.

See copublication with Lincoln H. Blumell.

Dyer, W. Justin. “Refining Research on the Intersection between Sexual Orientation, Suicide, and Religiosity.” Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 14, no. 2 (2022): 179–88.

Dyer, Justin W., and Michael A. Goodman. “Religious Affiliation’s Association with Suicidality across Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities.” Religions 13, no. 10 (2022): 932.

Dyer, W. Justin, Michael A. Goodman, and S. A. Hardy. “Adolescent Suicide Ideation in Utah: The Role of Religion and Family.” Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 14, no. 1 (2022): 86–96.

Dyer, W. Justin, Michael A. Goodman, and David S. Wood. “Religion and Sexual Orientation as Predictors of Utah Youth Suicidality.” BYU Studies Quarterly 61, no. 2 (2022): 51–103.

Dyer, W. Justin, S. A. Hardy, and Michael A. Goodman. “Religiosity from Age 12 to 20: Stability, Change, and Bidirectional Effects of Attendance, Prayer, and Salience.” International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 32, no. 3 (2022): 177–95.

Easton-Flake, Amy. “Marcan Christology: Narrating Christ.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 89–106.

See copublication with Daniel Becerra.

Ellison, Mark D. “Connecting with Christ: Rituals and Worship.” In Combs et al., Ancient Christians, 195–247.

———. “The Inclusion of Sexual Minorities in the Family of God.” In Blumell et al., Household of God, 173–200.

———. “Reuniting after Death, Defining Familial Piety in Life: A Case of Rhetoric in Word and Image.” In Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity, edited by Lee Jefferson, 217–46. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2022.

See copublications with Lincoln H. Blumell and Jason R. Combs.

Erickson, Eva M., and Casey Paul Griffiths. “Ordinances and Sacraments.” In Bolton and Griffiths, Restorations, 71–86.

Esplin, Scott C., and Katherine Hill. “Shared Sacred Space.” In Bolton and Griffiths, Restorations, 175–91.

Frederick, Nicholas J. “Appendix: The Bible and the Book of Mormon: A Review of Literature.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 445–76.

Frederick, Nicholas J. “Facing the End: The Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the Millennium.” In Combs et al., Ancient Christians, 471–502.

———. “‘It is Not an Easy Task, But It Cannot Be Avoided’: On the Contribution of Royal Skousen.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 31, no. 1 (2022): 152–175.

———. “Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the New Testament World.” In Blumell et al., Household of God, 119–46.

———. “The Language of Paul in the Book of Mormon.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 205–34.

———. “The Life of the Apostle Paul: An Overview.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 287–320.

———. “The Paradoxical Lamb and the Christology of John’s Apocalypse.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 423–39.

See copublications with Daniel Becerra, John Hilton III, and Charles Swift.

Gale, M., and W. Justin Dyer. Reducing Hostility, Increasing Warmth: Varying Ways Religion Relates to Parenting.” Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (2022).

Gitin, Seymour, and Jeffrey R. Chadwick, “A Revised Top Plan of Tel Miqne-Ekron.” Chapter 1 in Miqne-Ekron 10/1—Tel Miqne-Ekron Excavations 1994–1996—Field IV Upper and Field V, The Elite Zone Part 1: Iron Age IIC Temple Complex 650, ed. Seymour Gitin, 1–3. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2022.

Gardner, Barbara Morgan, and Christie Skoorsmith. “Personhood.” In Bolton and Griffiths, Restorations, 111–32.

Gaskill, Alonzo L. See copublication with Jan J. Martin.

Gohee, Kat, and Joshua M. Sears. “Scripture.” In Bolton and Griffiths, Restorations, 33–49.

Goodman, Michael A. See copublications with W. Justin Dyer.

Grey, Matthew J. “Sacred Spaces and Places of Worship: From House Churches to Monumental Basilicas.” In Combs et al., Ancient Scripture, 141–92.

Grey, Matthew J., and Mark D. Ellison. “Imagery in Jewish and Christian Ritual Settings.” In The Oxford Handbook of Roman Imagery and Iconography, edited by Lea K. Cline and Nathan T. Elkins, 534–62. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Griffin, Tyler J. “I Know That My Redeemer Lived.” In Martin and Gaskill, The Power of Christ’s Deliverance, 45–66.

Griffiths, Casey Paul, and Mary Jane Woodger.50 More Relics of the Restoration. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort Press, 2022.

See copublication with Eva M. Erickson.

Hardy, S. A., J. M. Nelson, S. B. Frandsen, A. R. Cazzell, and Michael A. Goodman. “Adolescent Religious Motivation: A Self-Determination Theory Approach.” International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 32, no. 1 (2022): 16–30.

Harper, Steven C. Let’s Talk about the Law of Consecration. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022.

Hilton, John, III. “The Loving Christ.” In Martin and Gaskill, The Power of Christ’s Deliverance, 67–90.

———. “The Book of Mormon on the Bible.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 235–47.

———. “The Loving Christ.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 161–76.

Hilton, John, III, and Nicholas J. Frederick, eds. Learn of Me: History and Teachings of the New Testament. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022.

Hilton, John, III. “Quick Tip: Aligning Learning Outcomes, Teaching, and Assessments in an Online Course.” In Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates, edited by Jocelyn McWhirter and Sylvie T. Raquel, 265–85. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2022.

Hilton, John, III, and Lani Hilton. “The Women Who Followed Jesus from Galilee.” Liahona, March 2022, 15–17.

Hilton, John, III, Emily K. Hyde, Megan Cutler, “An Atoning Priority in the Hymns of Calvary and Gethsemane.” Journal of Mormon History 48, no. 3 (2022): 110–33.

Hull, Kerry. “‘O God of Israel, Give a True Decision’: Lot Divination in Biblical Tradition and the Book of Mormon.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 49–80.

Hull, Kerry, and Lincoln H. Blumell, “Discovering Ancient Near Eastern Texts in Japan.” BYU Religious Education Review, Winter 2022, 24–33.

See copublication with Mark Wright.

Huntsman, Eric D. “The Family of God in the Gospel of John.” In Blumell et al., Household of God, 95–117.

———. “The Occasional Nature, Composition, and Structure of Paul’s Letters.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 343–59.

Judd, Frank F., Jr., “The Good Shepherd and His Other Sheep in John 10 and 3 Nephi 15–16.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 179–204.

———. “Jesus Christ: The Savior Who Knows.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 161–76.

See copublication with Lincoln H. Blumell.

Korth, Byran B., and Andrew C. Reed. “Become as Little Children: Participating in the Household of God.” In Blumell et al., Household of God, 73–93.

Ludlow, Jared W. “Families as Discipleship: New Testament Teachings about Family.” In Blumell et al., The Household of God, 33–49.

———. “The Influence of the Figure of Moses in the Book of Mormon.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 1–27.

MacKinnon, William P., and Kenneth L. Alford. Fact, Fiction and Polygamy—A Tale of Utah War Intrigue: A. G. Browne’s ‘Ward of the Three Guardians.’ Salt Lake City: Tanner Trust Fund and J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah Press, 2022.

Martin, Jan J., “The Resurrection and Recovering from Disillusionment.” In Martin and Gaskill, The Power of Christ’s Deliverance, 91–114.

———. “The Prophet Nephi and the Covenantal Nature of Cut Off, Cursed, Skin of Blackness, and Loathsome.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 107–41.

Martin, Jan J., and Alonzo L. Gaskill, eds. The Power of Christ’s Deliverance. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022.

Miller, R. B., W. Justin Dyer, and R. D. Day. “Development and Initial Validation of the Perceived Power Imbalance Scale.” Contemporary Family Therapy 44 (2022): 210–21.

Morrison, T. G., Brad Wilcox, R. S. Sudweeks, L. Bird, E. Murdoch, H. Bursey, and M. Helvey, “Assessment of Inference Types (AIT): A New Test for Measuring How Well Students Make Inferences.” Reading Psychology 43 (2022): 293–316.

Muhlestein, Kerry.“Review of Understanding Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Bible by Kent P. Jackson.” BYU Studies Quarterly 61, no. 3 (2022): 222–34.

See copublication with Stephen O. Smoot.

Nordgren, Brent R., and Brad Wilcox. “Four Things Everyone Should Know about the Children and Youth Program.” BYU Religious Education Review, Winter 2022, 6–9.

Ogletree, Mark D. So You’re In Love, Now What? Springville, UT: Cedar Fort Publishing, 2022.

Ogletree, Mark D. (with Ted Asay). Finding Peace in Difficult Times. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort Publishing, 2022.

Pierce, George A., and Krystal V. L. Pierce. “The Tower of Babel, the Jaredites, and the Nature of God.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 81–105.

Pierce, Krystal V. L. “Egypt and the Levant in the Third Intermediate Period (Iron IB–IIC): Fragmentation, Foreignness, and Fungibility.” In K. Keimer and G. Pierce, eds., The Ancient Israelite World. New York: Routledge, 2022. 658–674.

Pike, Dana M. “Passages from the Book of Micah in the Book of Mormon.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 393–443.

Sears, Joshua M. “Deutero-Isaiah in the Book of Mormon: Latter-day Saint Approaches.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 365–91.

———. “Josephus’s Retelling of the Patriarchs’ Polygyny in a Greco-Roman Context.” Journal of Ancient Judaism 14 (2023): 1–26.

Sears, Joshua M., and Avram R. Shannon. “‘Let Me Take Another Wife’: Israelite, Jewish, and Latter-day Saint Polygamy in Historical and Literary Perspective.” In Blumell et al., Household of God, 147–72.

See copublications with Kat Gohee and Gaye Strathearn.

Seely, David Rolph, “The Rhetoric of Self-Reference in Deuteronomy and the Book of Mormon.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 29–47.

Shannon, Avram R., “The Documentary Hypothesis and the Book of Mormon.” In Swift and Frederick, eds. They Shall Grow Together, 249–75.

See copublication with Joshua M. Sears.

Sharp, Ryan. “Authenticity, Religiosity, and Organizational Opportunity: Exploring the Synergies Between Religion, Spirituality, and Organizational Behavior.” in Religion and Its Impact on Organizational Behavior, ed. Ebithak Al-Aali (IGI, Hershey, PA, 2022), 65–95.

———. “‘Except Some Man Should Guide Me’: Studying Isaiah with Nephi and Jacob.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 327–63.

Smith, Hank R., “Mourning with Hope.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 195–215.

Smith, Robert T. See copublication with William W. Bassett.

Smoot, Stephen O., and Kerry Muhlestein. “Prophets, Pagans, and Papyri: the Jews of Greco-Roman Egypt and the Transmission of the Book of Abraham.” BYU Studies Quarterly61, no. 2 (2022): 105–34.

Spencer, Joseph M. “Books of Mormon: Latter-day Saints, Latter Day Saints, and the Book of Mormon.” In Open Canon: Scriptures of the Latter Day Saint Tradition, edited by Christine Elyse Blythe, Christopher James Blythe, and Jay Burton, 65–96. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2022.

———. “The Sticks of Judah and Joseph: Reflections on Defending the Kingdom.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 303–26.

———. “On Signifiers and Signifieds: Terryl Givens and Twenty-First-Century Book of Mormon Studies.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies31 (2022): 56–74.

See copublication with Daniel Becerra.

Strathearn, Gaye. “Communal Settings for Meals in the New Testament.” In Blumell et al., Household of God, 51–71.

———. “Human Nature: Creation and the Fall.” In Combs et al., Ancient Christians, 249–89.

———. “Teaching the Four Gospels: Five Considerations.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 57–87.

———. “Peter and Paul in Antioch.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 321–42.

Strathearn, Gaye, and Joshua M. Sears. “The Church in the First Century.” In Hilton and Frederick, Learn of Me, 219–42.

Sweat, Anthony. The Holy Covenants: Living our Sacred Temple Promises. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022.

———. “The Three Sisters: Faith, Hope, and Charity.” In To Cheer and to Bless: Celebrating Twenty Years of Time Out For Women, 165–75. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022.

Swift, Charles. “‘I Beheld a Tree’: Lehi’s Dream and Revelation.” In Swift and Frederick, They Shall Grow Together, 277–302.

Swift, Charles, and Nicholas J. Frederick, eds. They Shall Grow Together: The Bible in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; and Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022.

Wilcox, Brad. “The Good Shepherd.” In To Cheer and to Bless: Celebrating 20 Years of Time Out for Women, 191–200. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book 2022.

———. “How Do We Help Young People Make Good Choices Based on Principles?”Church News, October 13, 2022.

See copublications with T. G. Morrison and Brent R. Nordgren.

Woodger, Mary Jane. “Greek Tragedy or Gestation Period: Future of the Modern Church in Greece.” Journal of Mormon History 48, no. 1 (2022): 123–43.

Woodger, Mary Jane, and Sarah Romney. “Time and Intensity: Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Greece.” Religious Educator 23, no. 2 (2022): 109–39.

See copublication with Casey Paul Griffiths.

Woods, Fred E. “The Ascension of Abraham: A Mortal Model for the Climb to Exaltation.” Religious Educator 23, no. 2 (2022): 47–63.

———. “Introduction: The Latter-day Saint Gathering.” In Liverpool to Great Salt Lake, ed. George D. Watt, by Ronald G. Watt and LaJean Carruth, xv–xxvi. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2022.

———. “St. Johns Saints and Their Friendly Neighbors: Early Conflict to Community Cohesion.” Latter-Day Saint Historical Studies 23, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 183–204.

———. “‘Our Mormon Neighbors Gave’: Mancos Colorado Saints Intertwined with Community.” Latter-day Saint Historical Studies 23, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 205–23.

See copublication with Malcolm Adcock.

Wright, Mark, and Kerry Hull. “‘Building Blood’: An Ethnographic Look at Plants in Medicine and Myth among the Mopan Maya of San José, Belize.” The Mayanist 3, no. 2 (2022): 1–16.

Retiring

Joany O. Pinegar retired on January 1.

Marshall Morrise retired on January 1.

In Memorium

Lawrence R. Flake (Church history and doctrine) died on October 28, 2022.

Ann M. Madsen (ancient scripture) died on October 25, 2022.