Scholars & Saints
Scholars & Saints is the official podcast of the University of Virginia’s Mormon Studies program, housed in the Department of Religious Studies. Scholars & Saints is a venue of public scholarship that promotes respectful dialogue about Latter Day Saint traditions among laypersons and academics.
Podcasting since 2022 • 62 episodes
Scholars & Saints
Latest Episodes
Belief and Belonging in the 21st Century | Panel Discussion (feat. Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Matthew Hedstrom, Rosemary Avance, and Jana Riess)
Religious identities have shifted dramatically in the last quarter century. But how, and it what ways? Is religion as we once knew it dying in the U.S.? Or are people finding other ways of expressing the same kinds of needs for affiliation and ...
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Season 3
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JSL 2025 | Not All In, But Not Out: Exploring the Borderlands Between Mormon Orthodoxy and Disaffiliation (feat. Jana Riess)
This bonus episode of Scholars & Saints is taken from the Eleventh Annual Joseph Smith Lecture, delivered by author and journalist Jana Riess at Newcomb Hall in Charlottesville, Va on October 24, 2025. Click
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Inside UVA Mormon Studies (feat. Laurie Maffly-Kipp)
On today's bonus episode of Scholars & Saints, host Nicholas Shrum sits down with UVA's Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies Laurie Maffly-Kipp. The two discuss Professor Maffly-Kipp's academic background and entrance...
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Season 3
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Latter-day Saint Temples: Past and Present (feat. Jonathan Stapley)
Latter-day Saint temples and their rituals have been an oft discussed and frequently misunderstood element of Mormon practice. But how can scholars hope to understand Mormon temples when their rituals are exclusive to members, and their liturgi...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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Mediated Mormons (feat. Rosemary Avance)
Our 21st century digital age provides countless and unprecedented opportunities for identity development and cultural engagement. But how might these new means of social interaction impact religious institutions and their public image?On...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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