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 • 61 episodes
Scholars & Saints
Latest Episodes
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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A Biographical Look at Joseph Smith (feat. John G. Turner)
200 years later, Joseph Smith, Jr. continues to draw popular and scholarly interest within the American imagination. But how can modern historians navigate diverse and controversial religious perspectives to offer a fair record of such a man's ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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