The BYU Religious Education Student Symposium may not be until February, but submissions are due at the end of the month on the 29th! This symposium provides a forum for students to research, write, and present papers about religious subjects from a faithful perspective. Don’t miss this great opportunity. More information on how to enter here: https://religion.byu.edu/event/student-symposium.

In honor of Veterans Day, we highlight the most recent book published by the Religious Studies Center entitled “Saints at War in the Philippines: Latter-day Saints in WWII Prison Camps.” This book tells the story of twenty-nine Latter-day Saints and their experiences in Japanese prisoner of war camps. Learn more here: https://rsc.byu.edu/book/saints-war-philippines.

Alonzo Gaskill, professor of Religious Education, has taught at Brigham Young University since 2003. He focuses on scriptural and temple symbolism and has taught six different religion courses including The Gospel and World Religions and Christian History.

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Our weekly “Come, Follow Me” supplemental readings focus on eternal families and the redemption of the dead through proxy ordinances. Articles: (1) “‘Line upon Line’: Joseph Smith’s Growing Understanding of the Eternal Family,” by R. Devan Jensen, Michael A. Goodman, and Barbara Morgan Gardner (2) “‘For Their Salvation Is Necessary and Essential to Our Salvation’: Joseph Smith and the Practice of Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead,” by Alexander L. Baugh Second image: Painting of Nauvoo, Illinois, with boats on the Mississippi River and the walls of the Nauvoo Temple. (Painting by Johan Schroder.)

Two thousand years after the mortal life of Jesus and the expansive global spread of Christianity, we must be careful to not overlook the fundamental nature of Judaism in Christianity, and that Jesus himself was Jewish. In the latest episode of Y Religion, BYU religion professor Avram Shannon helps us understand how Jewish Rabbinic literature—which are the texts written by early Jewish sages—can help better enlighten certain aspects of the New Testament, Jesus’s mortal ministry, and Christianity. https://rsc.byu.edu/media/y-religion.

Happy November! We’re grateful for our beautiful campus and for our wonderful religion professors! What are you grateful for? Photo: @baileestonesphotography

In the Fall 2019 edition of the “BYU Religious Education Review” magazine, Andrew H. Hedges said, “Perceived conflicts between religion and other fields of study are causing many to either abandon their faith or, in an effort to keep their faith, to throw away inspired methodologies and conclusions that have brought about so much good in the world. Never has there been such a need for an honest, faithful, and humble reappraisal of these questions in light of each discipline’s best, most careful methodologies and the light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.” Subscribe to the magazine here: https://rsc.byu.edu/subscribe.

Today we spotlight Carter Charles, assistant professor of Church history and doctrine at BYU. Dr. Charles is the author of several articles and book chapters and teaches Foundations of the Restoration, Doctrine and Covenants, and Introduction to Haitian Creole Literature at BYU.

In one of this week’s “Come, Follow Me” resources, “The Nauvoo Temple, 1841,” Richard Neitzel Holzapfel highlights revelations regarding the Nauvoo temple and priesthood ordinances. Read the article here: https://rsc.byu.edu/joseph-smith-prophet-seer/nauvoo-temple-1841. Photo: Michael Provard

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The revelation in Doctrine and Covenants section 124 was given in Nauvoo, Illinois following Governor Lilburn W. Boggs’s extermination order directed toward the Saints. This time period is rich with history, and the RSC’s “Come, Follow Me” resources are too! Visit https://rsc.byu.edu/my-gospel-study/come-follow-me to view these supplementary materials!