"Business and Religion: The Intersection of Faith and Finance,” edited by Matthew C. Godfrey and Michael Hubbard MacKay, examines how economics and business have influenced religion and religious practices. This collection, published in 2019, highlights the research of fifteen presenters at a BYU Church History Symposium, including keynote addresses by Bishop Gérald Caussé and Professor Sharon Ann Murphy.

Our “Come, Follow Me” supplementary readings spotlight four women of the early Restoration—Mary Musselman Whitmer, Lucy Mack Smith, Lucy Harris, and Emma Hale Smith. “A Multiplicity of Witnesses: Women and the Translation Process,” by Amy Easton-Flake and Rachel Cope, discusses the previously overlooked contributions of each of these important women and the impact they had on the Restoration. Painting: Emma Hale Smith, by Lee Richards

The RSC website is filled with hundreds of online resources for students of the gospel to use for daily scripture study. Check out our collection of online books by going to https://rsc.byu.edu/books/online to read books by numerous gospel scholars! Most older books are free.

The “Review” magazine, published every fall and winter semester, provides readers with information about BYU’s Religious Education, featuring its faculty members who are making news and achieving extraordinary accomplishments. Each issue also includes interviews, commentaries, articles, advancements, awards, summaries, and information about the Religious Studies Center (RSC) and its recent publications. You can view them online or subscribe to the printed version to have issues mailed to you free of charge: https://rsc.byu.edu/review-magazine

This week, “Come, Follow Me” focuses on Doctrine and Covenants sections 18 and 19, both of which teach timeless doctrinal principles. Doctrine and Covenants 18:10 reads, “Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God.” Our Father in Heaven loves every one of his children. Let us love as he does. Illustration by Emma Taylor

This week in “Come, Follow Me” we read about the witnesses of the Book of Mormon. "Witnesses—Those Who Assist to Bring Forth This Work,” by A. Bryan Weston, discusses the Three Witnesses in depth and encourages us to be faithful witnesses of the Restoration of the gospel. It’s a five-minute read: https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-11-no-2-2010/witnesses-those-who-assist-bring-forth-work Painting: "The Angel Moroni Showing the Gold Plates to Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and David Whitmer," by Gary B. Smith.

The 23rd annual BYU Religious Education Student Symposium will be held virtually on YouTube on Friday, February 19, 2021. The purpose of the event is to provide a forum for students to research, write, and present papers about religious subjects from a faithful perspective. Streaming for the event will begin at 9:00 a.m. MST and can be found by visiting https://www.youtube.com/user/BYURelEd

Today we spotlight one of the RSC books published in 2019. "Inspiring Service: Interfaith Remarks with Elder Jeffrey R. Holland at Oxford,” by Andrew Teal, contains a compilation of speakers from the Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant traditions to celebrate the marvelous start of deeper commitment, dialogue, and friendship among a variety of Christian sects.

The 23rd annual BYU Religious Education Student Symposium can now be found on YouTube. Each year, BYU students are invited to submit original papers about religious subjects from a faithful perspective. The student presentations for this event are now accessible for viewing by going to https://www.youtube.com/user/BYURelEd/videos

In honor of Presidents’ Day this week, we spotlight the book “Storming the Nation: The Unknown Contributions of Joseph Smith’s Political Missionaries,” by Derek R. Sainsbury. This volume uncovers the significant but previously unknown contributions of the electioneers who advocated for Joseph Smith’s 1844 presidential campaign.

Today we spotlight another RSC book published in 2019. "Life Beyond the Grave: Christian Interfaith Perspectives,” edited by Alonzo L. Gaskill and Robert L. Millet, draws upon the distinctive religious traditions of representatives of different Christian sects to address the topics of death and what lies beyond the grave.

Oliver Cowdery was with Joseph Smith when the Aaronic Priesthood was conferred upon them both by John the Baptist on May 15, 1829. Featured in this week’s RSC recommended readings is "Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration,” by Steven C. Harper. Using many of Oliver Cowdery’s own words, this reading celebrates Oliver Cowdery’s testimony of his ordination to the Aaronic Priesthood that day. Read it at: https://rsc.byu.edu/days-never-be-forgotten-oliver-cowdery/oliver-cowdery-second-witness-priesthood-restoration Painting: "Upon You My Fellow Servants," by Linda Curley Christensen and Michael T. Malm