BYU Religious Education
March 23, 2021
The BYU Religious Studies Center is hiring a 3/4-time senior editor to replace the esteemed Shirley Ricks, who is retiring in April. Please consider applying and sharing the news with qualified candidates. Applications are accepted through Friday, March 26, 2021.
The senior editor is expected to maintain professional editing standards in preparing books and articles for publication. The editor will take a leading role in editing and shepherding assigned books or journals through the production process, from initial copyediting to author review and proofreading.
Minimum education/experience required:
Master’s degree in English, editing and publishing, or related field and 4+ years of editing experience (preferably full time in a publishing house) OR Bachelor’s degree in English, editing and publishing, or related field and 6+ years of editing experience.
Below is the link for the job description. The link is available to those who have a myBYU account.
Link to Job Opening: https://hrms.byu.edu/psp/ps/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_EMP.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Employee&SiteId=60&JobOpeningId=95960&PostingSeq=1
BYU Religious Education
March 23, 2021
Read “You Shall Have My Word: The Personal Ministry of Jesus Christ in the Restoration,” by Elder Gary J. Coleman, to supplement your “Come, Follow Me” reading this week!
https://rsc.byu.edu/you-shall-have-my-word/you-shall-have-my-word-personal-ministry-jesus-christ-restoration
BYU Religious Education
March 22, 2021
Go follow "@byu.rsc" on Instagram and check out their latest post for a chance to win a free book in their giveaway, "Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC: History, People, and Places." This giveaway ends this Friday, March 26!
BYU Religious Education
March 20, 2021
What is the “Primitive Church?” Read “The ’Same’ Organization That Existed in the Primitive Church,” by Grant Underwood, to find out!
It can be found by going to https://rsc.byu.edu/go-ye-all-world/same-organization-existed-primitive-church
BYU Religious Education
March 18, 2021
The BYU Religious Education YouTube channel uploaded its brand-new addition to the Doctrine and Covenants and Church History videos. These videos are supplementary material for “Come, Follow Me.” Watch it now by going to https://youtu.be/xvOr8-mo04g
BYU Religious Education
March 17, 2021
Be on the lookout for the Winter 2021 BYU Religious Education Review, coming later this month! The Review magazine provides readers with information about BYU’s Religious Education, featuring faculty members who are making news and achieving extraordinary accomplishments. Each issue also includes interviews, commentaries, articles, advancements, awards, summaries, and information about the RSC and its recent publications.
BYU Religious Education
March 16, 2021
“How and What You Worship: Christology and Praxis in the Revelations of Joseph Smith,” edited by Rachel Cope, Carter Charles, and Jordan T. Watkins, presents outstanding essays on Church history from the 49th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium.
Buy a copy of the book by going to https://rsc.byu.edu/book/how-what-you-worship
BYU Religious Education
March 15, 2021
Learn more about Doctrine and Covenants section 27 by going to the RSC website and reading one of our featured articles of the week, “Sacramental Connections: Deliverance, Redemption, and Safety (D&C 27),” by Matthew O. Richardson.
https://rsc.byu.edu/you-shall-have-my-word/sacramental-connections-deliverance-redemption-safety-dc-27
BYU Religious Education
March 11, 2021
Each year, BYU Religious Education and the Religious Studies Center sponsor the annual BYU Easter Conference. Marie K. Hafen will be the keynote speaker this year, with BYU professor Tyler J. Griffin and historian Jennifer Reeder giving additional presentations. All speakers talk about the Savior, his life, his mission, his Atonement, and his influence in our lives today.
BYU Religious Education
March 10, 2021
Y Religion’s newest episode, “Teaching Children to Believe in Christ,” by BYU Religious Education’s Byran Korth, is out now! Listen to it by going to https://rsc.byu.edu/media/y-religion/27
BYU Religious Education
March 09, 2021
In honor of Women’s History Month, this week in “Come, Follow Me” we read in Doctrine and Covenants section 25 about how the Lord refers to Emma Smith as "an elect lady.” Check out the RSC’s supplementary readings and other material by going to https://rsc.byu.edu/my-gospel-study/come-follow-me
Painting: "Emma’s Hymns," by Liz Lemon Swindle
BYU Religious Education
March 08, 2021
We’re excited about the new book trailer for “Raising the Standard of Truth: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Early Restoration.” Check it out by going to https://rsc.byu.edu/book/raising-standard-truth, where you can also find more details about the book!