Mauro Properzi

Mauro Properzi holds a PhD in Mormon Studies from Durham University in the U.K., a Master’s of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, an M.Phil in Psychology and Religion from Cambridge University, and a BS in Social Work from Brigham Young University. He also received a postdoctoral certificate in interfaith dialogue from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. A native of Gorizia, Italy, Properzi is Assistant Professor of Religion at Brigham Young University, where he teaches classes on world religions and Christianity. His research interests focus on the theological and historical interface of Mormonism and Catholicism, the theology of religions, and religion and emotions. He has published in the Journal of Ecumenical Studies, the Religious Educator, the Journal of Mormon History, Brigham Young University Studies, the International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society, and in Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy. His first monograph, Mormonism and the Emotions: An Analysis of LDS Scriptural Texts, was published in May 2015 by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.