Claremont Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University, School of Religion

Fall 2011 Issue

In this issue, we welcome Patrick Mason as the new Hunter Chair and review recent Mormon Studies events.

A Bright Future, by Patrick Mason
Laying Up in Treasure: Mormons in the Marketplace, the CMSSA Biennial Conference
With an Eye to the Future, by Elizabeth Mott and Bryan Cottle
Terryl Givens Visits CGU, by Jacob Rennaker
Recent and Upcoming Events

Spring 2011 Issue

With this issue, we bid farewell to Richard and Claudia Bushman as they finish their term at CGU, featuring several tributes as well as last reflections by the Bushmans.

A Claremont Sojourn, by Richard Bushman
The End of Our Era, by Claudia Bushman
Blessed, Honored Pioneers, by Patrick Mason
Farewell, Richard and Claudia, by Armand Mauss
Farewell to Claudia Bushman, by Caroline Kline
A farewell tribute to Richard Bushman by Jacob Baker
Contributions to Mormon studies

Fall 2010 Issue

This issue features a recap of events for the 2010-2011 school year and other items:

The program for the upcoming War and Peace Conference
A report on the recent Mormon Women Conference
The announcement of a new journal, the Claremont Journal of Mormon Studies
"Looking Back on Mormon Studies at CGU" by Loyd Ericson, Vice President of the student association

Spring 2010 Issue

In this issue, Richard Bushman speaks to the growing influence of Claremont as a center for Mormon studies. "There is an interest among Mormon scholars nationally in presenting their work at Claremont," writes Dr. Bushman. Other items of interest in this issue include:

Spring 2010 Semester Events
"On the Mormon Trail, June 1848," a poem by Elisa Pulido, PhD student in Religions of North America
Faculty and student contributions to Mormon studies
A report on previous events
"Mormon Studies and the 'Overflowing Surge,'" by Jacob Baker, Vice President of the student association

Fall 2009 Issue

The inaugural issue of the Claremont Mormon Studies Newsletter features an introduction by Richard Bushman, to the recent developments in the School of Religion at CGU regarding the launch of the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies. Other items of interest in this issue include:

Mormon studies events for the 2009-2010 year
Announcement of the Women's Oral History Project
"On Mormon Studies at Claremont," by Karen Torjesen, Former Dean of the School of Religion
A report on previous events
"In the Lifeboat with a Tiger," by David Golding, President of the student association