David Holland

Mitt Romney Goes to Washington After All

Mitt Romney Goes to Washington After All

November 7, 2018
"For many people, the role of religion in politics is less about a set of prescriptions to which decisions can be confidently ascribed and more about a set of resources that individuals can choose to bring to bear on their decision-making process," writes Professor David Holland.
Thomas Monson

After Monson Passing, What’s Next for Mormon Church

January 5, 2018

The president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson, died on January 2.

Monson led the church for nearly 10 years, enabling a rise in the ranks of female Mormon missionaries and displaying an openness to scholars of Mormonism, allowing them remarkable access to church records. However, he was also charged with contradiction by observers both inside and outside the church. Monson rebuffed demands to ordain women as priests and refused to alter...

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Professor Holland on Trump's Utah Problem

Professor Holland on Trump's Utah Problem

August 19, 2016

Donald Trump's "inwardly looking nativism clashes with the international instincts of the state's predominate faith," writes Professor David Holland.