The Interpreter Foundation and an Apostolic Charge

by Daniel C. Peterson

Overview

Abstract: In April 2006, Dallin H. Oaks, in unpublished remarks at the naming of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship (as the successor to FARMS), reminded listeners that "this institute belongs to God." On November 10, 2018, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland (also in unpublished remarks, titled "The Maxwell Legacy of the 21st Century") renewed that commitment: the Institute should be "as faithful as eternal truth, and as bright as the light of truth that is in us." This is, likewise, the vision of The Interpreter Foundation, in contrast to Latter-day Saint "academic ventures" at some universities. It should be "significantly different from the present national pattern," Elder Holland emphasized. "There are times when our faith will require an explicit defense." The Interpreter Foundation aspires to be in the fore of any such efforts.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161382776
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	12/28/2018
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture , #30
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	327 KB

About the Author

Daniel C. Peterson (PhD, University of California at Los Angeles) is a professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University and is the founder of the University’s Middle Eastern Texts Initiative, for which he served as editor-in-chief until mid-August 2013. He has published and spoken extensively on both Islamic and Mormon subjects. Formerly chairman of the board of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) and an officer, editor, and author for its successor organization, the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, his professional work as an Arabist focuses on the Qur’an and on Islamic philosophical theology. He is the author, among other things, of a biography entitled Muhammad: Prophet of God (Eerdmans, 2007).