Max H Parkin

Max H Parkin is currently working on the Joseph Smith Papers Project for Ohio and Missouri. He received his PhD from Brigham Young University in Church History and Doctrine and earned a master’s degree in History and Philosophy of Religion. He taught for twenty-eight years at the Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah, where after retirement he continues teaching as a volunteer. Dr. Parkin’s publications include Sacred Places—Missouri with LaMar Berrett and Conflict at Kirtland, a CES reprint of his ­master’s thesis.