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Bonus Episode of the Scholars & Saints Podcast Now Available

Nicholas Shrum discusses the UVA Mormon Studies Program with Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp.

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Season 3 Episode 6 of the Scholars & Saints Podcast Now Available

Nicholas Shrum discusses Latter-day Saint temples with historian Jonathan Stapley.

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UVA Mormon Studies to Host Panel on Religious Belief and Belonging in the 21st Century

On October 25th, UVA Mormon Studies and the Forum on Religion and Democracy will host three scholars of American religious identity to…

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Season 3 Episode 5 of the Scholars & Saints Podcast Now Available

Nicholas Shrum examines the impact of mass digital media on Mormon identity with communications professor Rosemary Avance.

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Laurie Maffly-Kipp Discusses the Program’s Past, Present, and Future in New Video Interviews

During her first semester as Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies, Laurie Maffly-Kipp conducted several video interviews now available on the UVA Mormon…

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Announcing the Community of Christ Publications: Coming to UVA Libraries

These publications will begin circulating through UVA libraries this fall

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Season 3 Episode 4 of the Scholars & Saints Podcast Now Available

Nicholas Shrum talks about the latest Joseph Smith biography with author John G. Turner

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Save the Date: 11th Joseph Smith Lecture with Jana Reiss, Oct. 24

Jana Riess will discuss changing feelings of belief, practice, and belonging among Latter-day Saints.

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Registration Open for the 2025 Church History Conference

On September 5-6, 2025, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s Church History Department will hold a conference in Salt Lake…

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UVA Mormon Studies Summer 2025 Newsletter Now Available

The University of Virginia Mormon Studies Program’s Summer 2025 newsletter is now available to read. Catch up with all of Director Laurie…

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