Miranda Wilcox and John Young recently published one of the most arresting books in Mormon studies ever compiled. It’s called Standing Apart. In the book, a group of Latter-day Saint scholars examine Mormonism’s “Great Apostasy” narrative.
Wilcox and Young join me on this episode of the MIPodcast to discuss questions like: What was the Apostasy? When and why did it happen? How have various LDS leaders and thinkers conceived of the Apostasy over time? Is it time to re-evaluate our assumptions about the Apostasy? What role do scholars and their scholarship play in the understanding of today’s Latter-day Saints?
For more on the book Standing Apart: Historical Consciousness and the Concept of Apostasy, see my brief Book Note review here.
About the Guests
Miranda Wilcox is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University where she teaches medieval literature. John D. Young is Assistant Professor of History at Flagler College where he teaches medieval history.*****
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