Introductions to Mormon Thought offers short reassessments of leading figures in the development of Latter-day Saint thought and culture, synthesizing and systematizing their contributions and influence. It is a project that grows out of the blossoming of Mormon academic studies in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century that attempts to draw together work done on Mormonism as well as to forge new scholarly directions. Therefore, the series editors are interested not only in work on recognized figures, but also in projects that press at the boundaries of who has traditionally been considered a Mormon intellectual and what has traditionally been considered “Mormon thought,” including ex- and
schismatic Mormons, Mormons in underrepresented groups, and others not often included in the magisterial tradition of Mormon theology. The series thus offers an expansive definition of what might be considered “Mormon thought” and seeks to demonstrate how that form of Mormonism has interacted both with the world and itself.
Matthew Bowman is Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University, with a joint appointment as associate professor of history and religion. He is author or editor of four
books, including The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith (Random House, 2012), Women and Mormonism in Historic and Contemporary Perspective (University of Utah, 2015) and Christian: the Politics of a Word in America (Harvard,2018).
Joseph M. Spencer is assistant professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. He is the author of three books, most recently, The Vision of All: Twenty-five Lectures on Isaiah in Nephi’s Record (Greg Kofford Books, 2016). He serves as the editor of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies and as the associate director of the Mormon Theology Seminar.
5:14 Is this one book or multiple books?
15:06 How will the series be structured
17:19 Who is Matthew Bowman
23:41 May I introduce you to Joseph Spencer
31:52 Was there a spiritual motivation to this series?
36:43 The same cast of characters or new actors on the stage
45:56 Available and Affordable
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