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Richard Olsen Cowan (born 1934) is a historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a former professor in the Church History Department of Brigham Young University (BYU). [1] He was one of the longest-serving BYU faculty and the longest-serving member of the Church History Department ever.
From 1979 to 1992 he was a Seminary and Institute of Religion teacher and administrator for the Church Educational System in Fort Thomas, Arizona, Mountain Home, Idaho, and at BYU. [6] In the LDS Church, Ball has served in numerous callings, including as a bishop twice. [6] In 2009 he became president of the BYU 20th Stake. [1]
[4] [5] [6] Currently BYU does not allow students who enrolled as Mormons to change their religious affiliation, [7] [8] [9] and FreeBYU is advocating for university policy to apply the same standards for formerly LDS students as it does for non-LDS students, including charging a higher tuition rate.
Robert J. Matthews. Robert James Matthews (12 September 1926 – 30 August 2009) was a Latter-day Saint religious educator and scholar, teaching in the departments of Ancient Scripture and Religious Education at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah.
BYU Press has also produced electronic resources from the LDS Church's historical records including Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and BYU Family History Digital Archive. For publication information, contact the BYU Press or Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center (RSC).
Richard Lloyd Anderson (9 May 1926 – 12 August 2018) was an American lawyer and theologist of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was a professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU). His book Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses is widely considered the definitive work on this subject. [1]
He then served a mission for the LDS Church in the West German Mission from 1960 to 1963. [3] Among Hafen's mission companions was Marlin K. Jensen, who would later serve as a general authority at the same time as Hafen. [4] Hafen went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University (BYU), and a J.D. from the University of Utah. [5]
Joseph Fielding McConkie (3 April 1941–10 October 2013) [1] was a professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University (BYU) and an author or co-author of over 25 books. McConkie was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and the son of Bruce R. McConkie and Amelia Smith McConkie (daughter of Joseph ...