Richard E. Bennett
Richard E. Bennett received his PhD in American intellectual history at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Recently retired, he served as associate dean of Religious Education and chair of the department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University. He has published several books and over seventy articles in Church History. He and his wife, Patricia, recently served as mission president/directors of the Mormon Trail Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
BYU Studies Publications
- “He Is Our Friend”: Thomas L. Kane and the Mormons in Exodus, 1846–1850
- “Line upon Line, Precept upon Precept”: Reflections on the 1877 Commencement of the Performance of Endowments and Sealings of the Dead
- “Which Is the Wisest Course?”: The Transformation in Mormon Temple Consciousness, 1870–1898
- Adventures of a Church Historian
- Finalizing Plans for the Trek West: Deliberations at Winter Quarters 1846–1847
- Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 14
- Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volumes 7–9
- Not the First but the Second: Changing Latter-day Saint Emphases on Joseph Smith’s First Vision
- The First Vision of Joseph Smith Jr.: 200 Years On
- The Mormons