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LDS Academic Publishing
  • Gideon O. Burton
    Associate Editor, BYU Studies
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LDS Academic Publishing
  • Mormon Studies
    (scholarship about Mormonism)
  • Mormon Scholarship
    (not about Mormonism)



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Mormon Studies
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Mormon Studies
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Academic Institutions / Organizations
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Academic Institutions / Organizations
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Online Resources
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Online Resources
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Mormon Studies Conferences
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Publishing
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Genres of Academic Publications
  • Scholarly Articles
  • Primary Texts / Documents
  • Interviews
  • Book Reviews
  • Digital Publishing
    • Databases
    • Academic websites

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Digital Academic Publishing
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Print Publications
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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Mormon Studies beyond BYU
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BYU Studies
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Mormon History
  • Periods & Places
    • Palmyra
    • Kirtland
    • Missouri
    • Illinois
    • Iowa
    • Utah



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Mormon History
  • Individuals (Biographical Studies)
    • Joseph Smith
    • Brigham Young
    • Heber C. Kimball
    • Spencer W. Kimball
    • Heber J. Grant
    • Orrin Porter Rockwell



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Mormon History
  • Key Events
    • First Vision
    • Mountain Meadows Massacre
    • Haun’s Mill
    • Martyrdom
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Mormon History
  • Persecution Studies
  • War Studies
    • Scriptural
    • Nuclear war threat
    • Civil war
    • Terrorism?
  • Prison Studies (Polygamy, POW)



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Mormon History
  • Contextual History (Much non-LDS History)
    • 19th Century America or Britain
    • Western U.S. History
    • Protestant History



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Mormon History
  • Cultural Studies
    • Folklore
    • Material culture and conditions
    • LDS Arts, Letters, Folklore
    • Ecclesiastical Institutions & Auxiliaries (YM/YW?)
    • Social Studies
      • Interactions with other communities, cultures
      • Within Mormon culture
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Mormon History
  • Anthropology?
  • Ethnography?
  • Studies of Popular Culture?
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Mormon History
  • Studies of the Gathering
    • Emigration and Immigration
  • Studies of the Diaspora
    • Mission and missionary histories
    • Colonies
    • Regional histories

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Mormon History
  • Travel Studies?
    • Exploration?
    • Study Abroad?
    • Tourism?
    • Pilgrimage?



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Mormon History
  • Studies of Persecution
  • Studies Polygamy
    • Polyandry?
    • Comparative Polygamy in other cultures?
    • Historical / Cultural survey of Marriage & Family?

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Mormon History
  • Documents and Texts
    • Letters
    • Journals and Diaries
    • Sermons and speeches
    • Interviews
    • Eyewitness accounts



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Mormon History
  • Critical Apparatus for Mormon History
    • Documents
    • Reference Works
      • Bibliographies
      • Indexes
      • Encyclopedias
    • Archives (Mormon Americana) & Libraries
    • Book Reviews



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Mormon History
  • Polemics & Apologetics
  • Historiography
  • Family History?
    • Genealogy?
    • Memoirs?
    • Theory and Practice of Journal Writing?
    • Scrapbooking?
  • Stake and Ward histories?




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Mormon History
  • Administrative Histories?
    • BYU?
    • Church Presidencies?
    • Auxiliary Presidencies?



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Mormon History
  • Church Programs, Institutions, Departments
    • Welfare Program
    • Genealogical Department
    • Presiding Bishop’s Office? CES?
    • Church Audio/Visual Department?
    • Correlation Dept.?
    • Church History Library / Archives?



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Theology & Doctrine
  • Mormon Belief
    • Origins and developments of specific doctrines
    • Apologetics
    • Philosophical exploration of doctrines
    • Scriptural studies & hermeneutics
    • Pragmatic applications of LDS beliefs
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Theology & Doctrine
  • Comparative Theology
    • Christian denominations
    • Jewish, Islamic, etc.
  • Popular Theology
    • C.S. Lewis
    • G.K. Chesterton? Louis Berkhof?
      Reinhold Niebuhr?

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Theology & Doctrine
  • Comparative Religion
    • Catholic Saints? Jesuit missionaries?
    • Protestant preaching?
    • Devotional Practices?
    • Comparative Rites & Rituals?
    • Visions / Revelation in other cultures (Islam, mystics, etc.)?

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Theology & Doctrine
  • Folk Doctrine?
  • Use of Doctrinal References & Commentaries?


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Philosophy
  • Theology
  • Political Philosophy
  • Continental Philosophy?
  • Ancient Philosophy?
  • Etiology? Ontology? Epistemology? Transcendence? Being? Death?
  • Heidegger? Peirce? Merleau-Ponty?
  • Postmodernism? Semiotics?
  • Eastern philosophies?
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Scriptural Studies
  • Mormon History
  • Theology and Doctrine
  • Standard Works
    • Bible
    • Book of Mormon
    • D&C
    • Pearl of Great Price

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Scriptural Studies
  • Antiquities, Ancient Studies
    • Record keeping and documents
    • Material conditions
    • Geography
    • Anthropology


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Scriptural Studies
  • Cultural Studies
    • Jewish & Hebrew
    • Egyptian
    • Islamic
  • Linguistic & Literary Studies
    • Translation Studies?
    • Onomastics?
    • Deseret Alphabet?

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Literature & Literary Studies
  • Adjunct to History
    • Letters
    • Diaries
    • Sermons
    • Biographies of literary figures
    • Periodicals

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Literature & Literary Studies
  • Adjunct to Scriptural Studies
    • Establishing and authenticating scripture via literary means (chiasmus, wordprints, Hebrew forms)
    • Accurate doctrinal interpretations (symbolism, etc.)

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Literature & Literary Studies
  • Publication of Creative Works
    • Poetry
    • Short Stories
    • Personal Essays

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Literature & Literary Studies
  • Literary Criticism
    • Literary periods (General, not LDS)
    • Individual works (LDS/Non-LDS)
    • Individual authors (LDS/Non-LDS)
    • Literary theory
    • LDS Literary History
    • Literary ethics
    • Phenomenology?

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Literature & Literary Studies
  • Genre Studies?
    • Historical Fiction?
    • LDS Romance Fiction?
    • Speculative Fiction?
  • Fiction in LDS Periodicals?


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Rhetoric, Oratory & Sermons
  • Sermon Texts
  • Rhetorical Analysis
  • Preaching Studies / Missionary Impact
  • Rhetoric of Proselyting? History of Uniform System for Teaching Families?
  • Discourse Studies?
  • Devotionals/Forums? CES Firesides? Radio Broadcasts?



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Art & Aesthetics
  • Reproductions
    • Engravings & Etchings, Lithographs
    • Watercolors
    • Photographs
    • Oil Paintings
    • Sculpture & Carvings
  • Architecture




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Art & Aesthetics
  • Adjunct to History
  • Adjunct to Cultural Studies
    • Imagery, symbolism, design



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Art & Aesthetics
  • Prominent Artists’ Lives & Works
  • Visual Arts & Temples
    • Illustrations of temples
    • Artwork within temples



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Art & Aesthetics
  • Criticism of Individual Artworks
  • Aesthetic Theory
    • Art & Religion / Ethics
    • Modernity
  • Art History (General)?




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Music
  • Hymns / Musical Settings to Poetry
  • Music Criticism
  • Music Education
  • History of Music in the Church
  • Folk Song



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Music
  • Musicians? Composers?
  • Composition history, theory, practice?
  • Music in LDS Social Life?
  • Popular LDS music and music artists?
  • Music in Church Film?
  • Choirs?
    • Tabernacle Choir?
    • BYU Choirs? Missionary Choirs?



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Theater & Drama
  • Reviews
  • Criticism
  • History of LDS Theater
  • Dramatists? Actors?
  • Musical Theater?
  • Experimental / Children’s Theater?
  • Community Theater? Roadshows?




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Dance
  • Pioneer Dancing
  • Church Dances (dating/mating ritual)?
  • Dancing and International Culture?
  • Dance festivals / performing companies?
  • LDS Dancers on Broadway, in local theaters?
  • Theory of Dance as expressive medium?
  • “Sacred Dance Guild”?




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Psychology
  • Agency
  • Clinical Psychology / Psychotherapy
  • Depression? Mental Health?
  • Addiction?
  • Parenting and psychology?



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Women Studies
  • Documents: Letters, Diaries
  • Prominent Women
    • Eliza R. Snow
  • Social Studies
  • Relief Society Studies?
  • Women’s Conferences?
  • Women’s Periodicals?



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Economics
  • Adjunct to Mormon History
  • Adjunct to critiques of socialism, defenses of capitalism
  • Microeconomics
  • Economic history? Theory? Models? Policy?
  • International economics?





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Science
  • General: Science & Religion
  • Theoretical or applied sciences
    • Astronomy
    • Biology
    • Health science
  • Geology—adjunct to scriptural studies




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Science
  • Sciences
    • Chemistry?
    • Biology?
    • Physics?
    • Climatology?
    • Cognitive Science? Artificial Intelligence?
    • Animal Science? Animal Husbandry? Ethics of animal use in science?


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Science
  • Engineering (Electrical/Mechanical/Civil)?
  • City Planning / Urban studies? / Zoning?




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Politics & Government
  • American Government
  • Communism & Socialism
  • Utopian Studies?
  • Comparative theocracies?
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Law
  • Adjunct to Mormon History, Theology, Government & Scriptural Studies
  • Legal Ethics?
  • Histories of Mormon Lawyers?
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Education
  • Studies of BYU
    • Sacred / Secular
    • Institutions within
    • Social Culture?
    • Demographics?
    • History?

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Education
  • LDS Education
    • Doctrine and exhortation
    • Education within auxiliaries?
      Via Church periodicals?
    • LDS school systems?
    • Home schooling?
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Education
  • National / International Education and Educators?
  • Teacher Education? Pedagogy?
  • Computers and Education?
  • Physical Education?
    • Athletic Teams / History, ethics?
    • LDS involvement in local, national sports?
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Where We Have Yet to Go...
  • Pragmatic Problems of the Expanding Church
    • International Politics?
    • Humanitarian & Welfare issues?
      • Literacy / health / poverty
    • Leadership training?
    • Transportation & Communication?

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Where We Have Yet to Go...
  • Sociological Studies?
    • Family Relationships?
    • Convert Studies? LDS acculturation?
    • Fraternal & Women’s organizations (non-LDS)?
    • Sexuality / Intimacy?
    • Friendship?
    • Homosexuality?
    • Infertility?
    • Adoption?

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Where We Have Yet to Go...
  • Racial & Minority Studies



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Where We Have Yet to Go...
  • Medicine?
    • Nutrition? Homeopathy?
    • Physical Therapy? Chiropractic Medicine?
    • Medical Ethics? Medical insurance? Medical law?



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Where We Have Yet to Go...
  • Media Studies?
    • Printing
    • Television?  / Computer / Internet?
    • Film?
      • Institutional / Depictions of Mormons / Mormon Cinema?
  • Technology Studies?
    • Ergonomics? Ethics? Communications?
    • Social consequences?
    • Economic / academic / business impact?

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Where We Have Yet to Go...
  • Statistics?
  • Business Studies?
    • Leadership/Management? Organizational behavior?
    • Ethics?
    • Historical LDS Businessmen/women?
  • Advertising? Public Relations?
  • Mass Communications? Broadcasting?


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Where We Have Yet to Go...
  • International Studies?
    • Political Science?
    • Diplomacy?
    • Multiculturalism?
    • English as a world language?
    • Cultural imperialism?
  • Financial Management / Accounting? / Debt?
  • Journalism?
  • Youth Studies – EFY?
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Where We Have Yet to Go...
  • Library Science?
  • Museology? Curatorship?
  • Recreation?
  • Mathematics?
  • Zoology?
  • Anatomy?
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