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The four professors at the center of the controversy: Joseph and Henry Peterson (top row) and Ralph and W. H. Chamberlin (bottom) The 1911 modernism controversy at Brigham Young University was an episode involving four professors at Brigham Young University (BYU), who between 1908 and 1911 widely taught evolution and higher criticism of the Bible, arguing that modern scientific thought was ...
Brigham Young (/ ˈ b r ɪ ɡ əm / BRIG-əm; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) [4] was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877.
On September 8, 1857, Captain Stewart Van Vliet, of the US Army Quartermaster Corps, arrived in Salt Lake City.Van Vliet's mission was to inform Young that the US troops then approaching Utah did not intend to attack the Mormons, but intended to establish an army base near Salt Lake City and to request Young's cooperation in procuring supplies for the army.
LGBTQ students and advocates at BYU in Utah slammed the school for requiring all freshmen read a controversial 2021 speech that they say incited violence and hatred against the queer community.
Academic freedom at Brigham Young University (BYU) has been the subject of several controversies, mostly focusing on its religious nature. In 1992, BYU issued a statement limiting academic freedom in certain areas, including language that attacked the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and language that violates the university's honor code.
Netflix's new historical fiction series "American Primeval" is coming under fire for its depiction of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and leader Brigham Young.The Mormon church ...
Brigham Young is played by actor Kim Coates in Netflix's American Primeval.. The 66-year-old character actor dove head first into the role, according to an interview with Netflix's Tudum, reading ...
The Ostlings criticize Brigham Young's teachings that God and Adam are the same being. [13]: 331 [45] One apostle, Franklin D. Richards, also accepted the doctrine as taught by Young, stating in a conference held in June 1854 that "the Prophet and Apostle Brigham has declared it, and that it is the word of the Lord". [46]