BYU Religious Studies Center
August 09, 2023
This year's Education Week at BYU is coming up!
Enjoy a variety of classes, dynamic presenters, evening entertainment, and the Spirit you’ll feel on campus with friends and family.
Come find the Religious Studies Center in the Wilkinson Center all week long to win a prize!
BYU Religious Studies Center
August 02, 2023
NEW BOOK!!
Scrupulosity is a dangerous disorder. It is seen in all religious traditions, and even in people of no religious affiliation who struggle with high anxiety over moral content. This book has been written for anyone wanting to learn more about scrupulosity!
"Freedom from Scrupulosity" by Debra Theobald McClendon, PhD
https://rsc.byu.edu/book/freedom-scrupulosity
BYU Religious Studies Center
July 24, 2023
Happy Pioneer Day! Check out some of our stories of pioneer legacies on rsc.byu.edu!
BYU Religious Studies Center
July 17, 2023
The central redeeming act of Christ’s mortal ministry and of man’s immortality and eternal life was, in every way, a fulfillment of the plan of salvation as laid out before this world was created.
"'It Is Finished': The Divine Accomplishments of the Crucifixion" by Richard E. Bennett
https://rsc.byu.edu/celebrating-easter/it-finished-divine-accomplishment-crucifixion
BYU Religious Studies Center
August 07, 2023
Regardless of the adversity we suffer, it would be to no avail if it did not drive us to our knees and draw us closer to our Heavenly Father.
"Enduring It Well" by Jack Rushton
https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-3-no-2-2002/enduring-it-well-dc-1218
BYU Religious Studies Center
July 31, 2023
We can find joy as we look outside of ourselves and serve others!
"Filled with Joy" by Grant C. Anderson
https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-19-no-3-2018/filled-joy
BYU Religious Studies Center
July 21, 2023
This week's Q&A with the RSC features Tad R. Callister's article on suffering! If God loves us so much, why is there so much suffering in the world? Does he cause these things to happen to us? Keep reading to learn more!
https://rsc.byu.edu/give-ear-my-words/what-purpose-suffering
BYU Religious Studies Center
July 12, 2023
Check out the beautiful images in this book! The stories of the miracles behind these temples show the hand of God in the lives of the Saints and the faith and efforts that have built so many temples in the tops of the mountains in Utah.
"Temples in the Tops of the Mountains" by Richard O. Cowan and Clinton D. Christensen
https://rsc.byu.edu/book/temples-tops-mountains
Book images courtesy of Alan Fullmer
BYU Religious Studies Center
August 04, 2023
This week's Q&A with the RSC features Terry B. Ball's article on judgment! How can we make judgments about our world when we are commanded not to judge? Keep reading to learn more!
https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-12-no-1-2011/judge-not-ye-be-not-judged-approach-teaching-matthew-7
BYU Religious Studies Center
July 26, 2023
Read about the Church’s beginnings in 19th-century Wales, its growth, and its progress amid the constant opposition to the doctrine and proselytizing of Latter-day Saint missionaries!
https://rsc.byu.edu/book/trial-welsh-press
BYU Religious Studies Center
July 19, 2023
BIG NEWS! The Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, which takes place in October each year, has been CHANGED to the "Come, Follow Me Symposium in Honor of Sidney B. Sperry," which will be held each year starting in January 2024! So mark your calendars for January 19–20, and we'll see you there!
BYU Religious Studies Center
July 10, 2023
Through Christ's Atonement, man can be perfected and return to the presence of God.
"Gethsemane and Golgotha: Why and What the Savior Suffered" by Bruce K. Satterfield
https://rsc.byu.edu/book-mormon-message-four-gospels/gethsemane-golgotha-why-what-savior-suffered