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Grant Hardy

Meet Author Grant Hardy

GRANT HARDY is a professor of History and Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He has degrees from Brigham Young University and Yale, and has authored or edited several books on Chinese history and the Book of Mormon. He is currently working on a 36 lecture CD/DVD course for The Teaching Company entitled "Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition," which will be released this summer.� Grant and wife Heather recently celebrated their twentieth-eighth anniversary. They have two children.

Author's Published Articles
2012-05-23

The real "Mormon Moment" will arrive when mainstream university presses publish books on Mormonism. And we will have finally ar...

2012-03-19

We tend to think backwards during the sacrament, towards Christ’s atonement and our own shortcomings, rather than forward to ...

2012-02-20

All over the world, Gospel Doctrine classes are finishing 2 Ne. 12-24 with a sigh. For many, it’s a sigh of relief, for other...

2012-01-17

Something fascinating happened to Lehi before he makes his entrance in the Book of Mormon....

2011-12-20

The attitude of Laman and Lemuel to the new revelations of a coming Messiah and personal salvation would be mirrored many centu...

2011-10-17

The way that Alma tailors his preaching to fit his audience is another example of the divinity of The Book of Mormon....

2011-09-23

If you love the Book of Mormon, you’ll relish this article filled with links to the very best resources for your study....

2011-09-20

This month’s Ensign is rich in resources about The Book of Mormon, its message and its miraculous origins, and the Internet o...

2011-08-15

The process of deciding which books were to be included in the Bible was long and messy, taking several centuries to complete. ...

2011-08-02

Our lively discussion on immigration continues....

2011-07-19

The Book of Mormon is not silent on the issue of immigration, according to this view....

2011-06-23

An odd and fascinating pattern in the book of Ether underlines its authenticity....

2011-05-24

Latter-day Saints are unusual in combining a strong belief in the existence of one true religion with a conviction that those o...

2011-04-18

Even though we carry around copies of the standard works in which every book and chapter gets equal treatment, the truth is tha...

2011-04-01

Grant Hardy’s article on helping the poor fomented quite a discussion, and now he shares some additional insights....

2011-03-21

Don’t be put off by the title. The term “social justice” evokes political connotations in modern America, but the concept...

2011-02-21

Usually when we interpret the scriptures we start from individual verses. That gets us immediately into the details, but someti...

2011-01-17

Ancient prophets often write in poetic forms, and the results can be breathtaking in expanding our view of God....

2010-12-27

Sometimes what the Book of Mormon recorders don’t say is as interesting as what they do say....

2010-11-16

What we have of the earliest text of the Book of Mormon indicates a few, very minor changes from our current edition, but the c...

2010-10-19

You've read The Book of Mormon. You've even studied The Book of Mormon. But really, do you know what The Book of Mormon is all...

2010-09-20

Journeyers and wanderers are traveling companions in exactly the same situation. The only difference is their understanding of...

2010-08-16

The writings of the Book of Mormon prophets allow us to witness their development as full human beings as they grapple with dif...

2010-07-19

Part of the message of the Book of Mormon has to be discovered by reading between the lines, finding patterns, and making co...

2010-06-28

The Book of Mormon is sacred scripture comparable to the Bible, but it is also different in ways that allow it to speak with it...

2009-04-27

Surprisingly, never before has an anthology of poetry been created from the finest writers that celebrates family life in all i...

2009-04-27

An important new book, written by University of North Carolina history professor Grant Hardy and published by Oxford University...

2009-01-03

An important new book, written by University of North Carolina history professor Grant Hardy and published by Oxford University...