Scholars & Saints Podcast

Hosted by doctoral student Stephen Betts, Scholars & Saints explores some of the most pressing issues and cutting-edge methods in Mormon Studies, and puts them in conversation with scholarship from the discipline of Religious Studies.



Latter-day Saint Theology (feat. James Faulconer) Season 4, Episode 9

February 18, 2023

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

Dr. James Faulconer, a Latter-day Saint philosopher and theologian now emeritus of Brigham Young University joins me to discuss “performative” or…

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Latter-day Saint Ecotheology (feat. George Handley) Season 4, Episode 10

February 18, 2023

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

Dr. George Handley, Latter-day Saint ecocritic, activist, and professor of interdisciplinary humanities at Brigham Young University joins me to chat about…

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Latter-day Saint Bioethics (feat. Courtney Campbell) Season 4, Episode 8

February 9, 2023

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

Courtney Campbell, Hundere Professor in Religion and Culture at Oregon State University joins me in this episode to discuss his recent…

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Mormon Visual Culture & The American West (feat. Nathan Rees) Season 4, Episode 7

December 14, 2022

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

Professor Nathan Rees (University of West Georgia) joins me to discuss his book Mormon Visual Culture and the American West. We chat…

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The Last Mormon Liberal (feat. Kristine Haglund) Season 4, Episode 6

December 10, 2022

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

Partly as the church has changed, partly as the world around us has fragmented in evermore specialized and siloed categories, I…

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Vardis Fisher and the Literature of Mormon Unbelief (feat. Michael Austin) Season 4, Episode 5

December 5, 2022

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

“What I say in the book is he was a religious unbeliever, but Mormonism was the religion that he didn’t believe…

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2021 Joseph Smith Lecture on Religious Liberty – Going Forward With Religious Freedom & Nondiscrimination (feat. Dallin H. Oaks) Season 4, Episode 4

November 7, 2022

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered the…

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The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon (feat. Robin Jensen) Season 4, Episode 3

November 5, 2022

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

I’m joined today by Robin Jensen—historian and documentary editor at the Joseph Smith Papers project. Dr. Jensen has edited multiple volumes…

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The Uncanny Mormon Smile (feat. Kathryn Lofton) Season 4, Episode 2

November 3, 2022

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

I’m joined today by Kathryn Lofton, Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies and American studies, Professor of History and Divinity,…

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2022 Joseph Smith Lecture on Religious Liberty – LGBTQ+ Equality & Religious Liberty (feat. William Eskridge) Season 4, Episode 1

November 2, 2022

Hosted by Stephen Betts. 

Professor William N. Eskridge of Yale Law School, a renowned expert on the judicial interpretation of statutory law, delivered the eighth…

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