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#MormonStudies folks! This is always a fun time.
Reminder: The Third Annual Juanita Brooks Conference will take place at Utah State University in April 2025! Be sure to send in your paper to @hendrixkomoto.bsky.social and me by December 15!

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December 13, 2024 at 7:54 PM
I don't want to make y'all jealous, but I just finished reading Jonathan Stapley's new book on Latter-day Saint temple worship. It's a gift to Latter-day Saints and will be of tremendous interest to folks in religious studies:

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April 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After all this I now finally have a working title for my thesis:

"The Personal is Feminine: Gendered Quotations in LDS Sunday School Manuals" #mormonstudies
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"The personal is feminine" feels like a statement I've heard multiple times before so why does it only bring up a single blog post in google search results
September 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Came across a fun satire today in which Ina Coolbrith describes her fellow poets as rare birds.

I wonder what @benjaminepark.bsky.social, @jstuart.bsky.social, and my other #MormonStudies would be like as birds?

Please imagine for me.
December 13, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Can you think of any Mormon-specific ways of reading a sacred text? Many times when we're told to study the scriptures, it's just vague and general, without a specific description of a practice.

#MormonStudies
February 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Exciting news! "Mormon Garments: Sacred and Secret," co-authored by me, Jessica Finnigan, and Larissa Kanno Kindred, will be published by the University of Illinois Press! Release date TBA#MormonGarments #MormonStudies #LivedReligion #ReligiousStudies #SociologyofReligion #HistoryofReligion
January 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Weird fact from a graduate student paper: In 1945, the Bishop of the German-speaking Logan 10th Ward enrolled in the Boy Scouts to prove his Americanness. There was no technical age limit. He then earned his Scout Badge.

I imagine it looked something like this. #mormonstudies
December 5, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Writing my thesis and again strongly feeling the lack of a history of the Sunday School organization. Would really love to cite a single book but nooooo I have to cite eight different news articles and five different interviews I've done. #mormonstudies
August 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Projects are brewing during spring break. (A phrase which should be considered an oxymoron at this point.)

#RELresearch #MormonStudies #1844 #JosephSmith
March 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I wrote an 8,000-word scholarly essay explaining why #JohnnyLingo is 💩💩💩. I found out at some point that it was taught in #MormonStudies graduate courses. #8CowWoman
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February 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Honestly just a #mormonstudies tag would probably be best. I can't think of a good, relatively exclusive emoji combo that would be useful
December 3, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Ambrose Bierce was a 19th C humorist & skeptic. He briefly courted Ina Peterson, the granddaughter of Don Carlos Smith. Her aunt, concerned the older man had confessed to "using up" girls, put an end to it. It's unclear if the famous atheist knew of Peterson's ancestry.

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December 4, 2024 at 10:35 PM
why does harold b lee look like jimmy fallon #mormonstudies
August 3, 2023 at 1:27 AM
In 1973, BYU published a bio of Ina Coolbrith, an important early California poet & Joseph Smith's niece. It ends with a strong statement of her faith in God. Spoiler: she flirted w/ theosophy, Buddhism, & agnosticism. Why do we make ppl in the past more faithful than they were? #mormonstudies
December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Happy Pub Date to MORAL VISIONS: Ethics and the Book of Mormon edited by Courtney S. Campbell and Kelly Sorensen!
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#Ethics #MormonStudies #Religion #Philosophy #AcadmicPublishing #UniversityPress #Nonfiction
September 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy Pub Date to THE THREE NEPHITES: Saints, Service, & Supernatural Legend by Julie Swallow, Christopher James Blythe, Eric A. Eliason, & Jill Terry Rudy!
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#Folklore #MormonStudies #Religion
October 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Happy Pub Date to MORMON GARMENTS: Sacred and Secret by @@nancyross.bsky.social, Jessica Finnigan, and Larissa Kanno Kindred!
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#MormonStudies #Religion #WomensStudies
February 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Hey #MormonStudies folks! There's now a Discord server! The goal was to have a place outside conventional social media where anyone under the Mormon Studies umbrella could network and collaborate. We also share job postings, calls for papers, and other opportunities. Can't wait to see you there!
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Check out the Mormon Studies community on Discord - hang out with 26 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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March 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Here's my 2017 #MormonStudies interview with Dr Brian Hales on his 3 volume set on Joseph Smith's Polygamy: www.patreon.com/posts/video-...
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March 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Do you remember Sonia Johnson as a national figure following her excommunication from LDS Church in 1979? If not, here's your chance to learn about her. #mormonstudies www.patreon.com/posts/video-...
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January 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Happy Pub Date to RICHARD LYMAN BUSHMAN: A Mormon Ambassador by J.B. Haws!
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#Biography #AmericanHistory #MormonStudies #Religion
June 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I tend to decorate my bedroom with things related to what I study. Mary Hallock Foote just joined Emma and Mattie Hughes Cannon. Now I just need an image from Annie Pike Greenwood and Minerva Teichert. What items from your research are in your house?

#mormonstudies #academicmom
December 7, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Happy Pub Date to C. C. A. CHRISTENSEN: A Mormon Visionary by Jennifer Champoux!
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#Art #AmericanHistory #MormonStudies #Religion
July 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I’ve had such a lovely #MHA2024! You can snag our 50% conference discount on #MormonStudies titles through June 23, or stop by the booth for a free display copy!
June 15, 2024 at 2:20 PM