Historian at the Church History Library, Salt Lake City.
Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University.
I’m a historian of missions, Mormonism, and American religion, focusing on the interactions between institutions and individual belief.
I graduated with a Ph.D. in the history of Christianity and religions of North America at Claremont Graduate University.
I specialize in transdisciplinary research methods, drawing extensively from the field of religious studies to frame historical narratives.
I have taught courses on world religions and Mormon history at Brigham Young University, emphasizing primary source engagement.
Co-edited with Christopher Cannon Jones
American missionaries, both Mormon and Protestant, embarked on intrepid campaigns to evangelize the world. This series of essays offers an often overlooked juxtaposition between these efforts.
King James Reader's Edition
A reader-friendly column layout of the Four Gospels in a familiar translation.
Routledge Handbook of Mormonism and Gender
Chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Mormonism and Gender.
Joseph Smith's Pure Language Project
Chapter in Producing Ancient Scripture.
From Apocalyptic Gathering to Teaching Salvation
Chapter in World Religions and Their Missions.
Mormon Women Have Their Say
Chapter in Mormon Women Have Their Say.
Tracing the ways missionaries abroad defined the “foreign” for home audiences, and in turn, shaped early ideas of American exceptionalism through the circulation of missionary periodicals.
DownloadJournal of Mormon History
Journal of Mormon History
Anglican and Episcopal History
Journal of American History
Anglican and Episcopal History
Barring the discovery of a stronger direct source indicating an alternative, historians should not need a signal pronunciation to serve as a shibboleth for technical versus amateur understanding of her life or of early Mormon history.
A new narrative telling of the attack that killed Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, based on recent archaeological surveys and all primary source documents of the event.
Considers the claim by Eusebius that Jesus wrote a letter to Abgar of Edessa and assesses the probability of whether the historical Jesus did write this purported letter.
Another purported daguerreotype of Joseph Smith has surfaced. Should we accept this as authentic? Not yet. We’re not nearly
If we treat the Doctrine and Covenants as a broader literary phenomenon within American religious history, corresponding literature expands well
The new documentary “Murder among the Mormons” launched today on Netflix to quite a lot of promotional muscle and the
In the United States, perhaps the most recognizable image of the Latter-day Saint movement is that of the clean-cut, young,
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