From the Legacy Roundtable Discussions on the Old Testament, BYU religion professor Eric Huntsman and emeritus professors Paul Hoskisson, Kelly Ogden, and Michael Rhodes discuss major themes found in 2 Samuel 6-12. Watch the entire video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TEUU5mRt3Jk

This quote is from Richard O. Cowan, emeritus professor of church history and doctrine at BYU. It comes from an article titled “What Old Testament Temples Can Teach Us about Our Own Temple Activity.” Read it here: rsc.byu.edu/ascending-mountain-lord/what-old-testament-temples-can-teach-us-about-our-own-temple-activity

From the Legacy Roundtable Discussions on the Old Testament, emeritus BYU religion professors Andrew Skinner, Terry Ball, Keith Wilson, and Ray Huntington discuss major themes found in 1 Samuel 18–2 Samuel 5. Watch the entire video: https://youtu.be/oJ8iJLVQNvE

The John A. Widtsoe Foundation is hosting another installment of their Interfaith Conversation Series this Sunday, June 19, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. PDT. Special guest Dr. Kristine Garroway will be featured. The topic is Elijah. Register for the event here: https://www.widtsoefoundation.org/events-1/elijah-1-kgs-18-2-kgs-2-come-follow-me-interfaith-conversations

From the Legacy Roundtable Discussions: Old Testament, emeritus BYU religion professors Andrew Skinner, Terry Ball, Keith Wilson, and Ray Huntington discuss major themes found in 1 Samuel 1–15. Watch the entire video: https://youtu.be/PRaZmz7qLT0

Heeding BYU president Kevin J Worthen’s counsel for students and faculty to be involved in “inspiring learning,” BYU Religious Education displayed outstanding student artwork to recognize students in various religion classes in 2019. This student exhibit is called Visualizing Learning: Student Artwork from BYU Religion Course Projects. A video spotlighting the exhibit is available to watch on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/W9mQ00yipXk

Recently, Jordan T. Watkins, assistant professor of church history and doctrine at BYU, received the Harvey B. and Susan Easton Black Outstanding Scholarship Award. Professor Watkins received a PhD in American history from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He also has a BA in history from BYU and an MA in history from Claremont Graduate University. To learn more about Professor Watkins, visit the link in our story.

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Today’s quote comes from Ross David Baron, religion professor at BYU–Idaho. To learn more about Brother Baron, visit https://emp.byui.edu/baronr/aboutme.htm

REL ED FACEBOOK & TWITTER Gerrit Dirkmaat, associate professor of church history and doctrine at BYU, was interviewed in several episodes of bonus content for “UNDAUNTED: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon,” produced by the Interpreter Foundation. “UNDAUNTED: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon” is a companion docudrama to the theatrical feature film “WITNESSES.” UNDAUNTED provides a deep dive into the lives of those who claimed to have seen and handled the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated. To watch these interviews, visit witnessesundaunted.com

Learn more about Islam by watching the Islam Today Documentary found on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/0ilAD99BUQ8 This video was produced by the Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding at Brigham Young University.

Carter Charles, assistant professor of church history and doctrine, was recently awarded with the Outstanding Mentoring Award from BYU Religious Education. Dr. Charles is a proud natifnatal (native child) of Haiti, the first Black republic. He completed primary education in Haiti (in Haitian Creole and French), secondary education in French Guyana (in French, with English and Spanish as second and third languages) and higher education in Bordeaux, France. To learn more about Dr. Charles, visit https://religion.byu.edu/directory/carter-charles