Richard E. Bennett
Richard E. Bennett earned his PhD from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He currently is Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, director of research for the Department of Church History and Doctrine, and chair of the Church History Board for BYU Studies. Prior to coming to BYU in 1997, he served as the department chair of the archives and special collections at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.
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