Patrick Q. Mason | |
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Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture Utah State University | |
Assumed office July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Philip Barlow |
Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies Claremont Graduate University | |
In office 2011–2019 | |
Preceded by | Richard Bushman |
Personal details | |
Born | 1976 (age 47–48) Sandy, Utah, U.S. |
Education |
Brigham Young University (
BA) University of Notre Dame ( MA, PhD) |
Profession | Historian |
Known for | Mormon Studies |
Patrick Q. Mason (born 1976) is an American historian specializing in the study of the Latter-day Saint movement. Since 2019, he has held the Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture at Utah State University. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Mason earned a BA in history from Brigham Young University in 1999, an MA in history from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and a second MA there in International Peace Studies, also in 2003. In 2005 he was awarded a PhD in history, also from the University of Notre Dame. [2]
As a graduate student, he took a summer seminary at Brigham Young University in Latter-day Saint history run by Richard L. Bushman. [5]
Mason was the Howard W. Hunter Chair in Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University from 2011–2018. [6] [7] [8] He previously held positions at American University in Cairo and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He has been interviewed and cited as an expert on Mormonism by outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, NPR, [9] The Salt Lake Tribune, [10] [11] Religion Dispatches Magazine, [12] [13] and KPCC public radio in Pasadena, California. [14]
In January 2012, Mason published an opinion piece in The Washington Post regarding diversity within Latter Day Saints thought. [15] He was featured on New England Cable News in May 2012 regarding the "Mormon movement" in Arkansas, [16] and has been quoted in both the New York Times [17] and the Los Angeles Times [18] on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Mason is also the author of The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum South which received positive reviews in the Journal of American History [19] and the Journal of Southern Religion. [20] He has authored a number of articles and book chapters on Mormonism and American religion history. [21]
Mason's research projects as of 2006 included a biography of Ezra Taft Benson, a former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a book on Mormon theology and ethic of peace. [21]
In 2016, Mason advocated for what he described as a more embracing LDS church. [22] Mason participated in a short-lived joint blog in a current-issues/events debate format, at the non-partisan religion website Patheos.com, with psychologist John P. Dehlin, who has often been critical of the LDS Church. [23]
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Patrick Q. Mason | |
---|---|
Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture Utah State University | |
Assumed office July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Philip Barlow |
Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies Claremont Graduate University | |
In office 2011–2019 | |
Preceded by | Richard Bushman |
Personal details | |
Born | 1976 (age 47–48) Sandy, Utah, U.S. |
Education |
Brigham Young University (
BA) University of Notre Dame ( MA, PhD) |
Profession | Historian |
Known for | Mormon Studies |
Patrick Q. Mason (born 1976) is an American historian specializing in the study of the Latter-day Saint movement. Since 2019, he has held the Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture at Utah State University. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Mason earned a BA in history from Brigham Young University in 1999, an MA in history from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and a second MA there in International Peace Studies, also in 2003. In 2005 he was awarded a PhD in history, also from the University of Notre Dame. [2]
As a graduate student, he took a summer seminary at Brigham Young University in Latter-day Saint history run by Richard L. Bushman. [5]
Mason was the Howard W. Hunter Chair in Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University from 2011–2018. [6] [7] [8] He previously held positions at American University in Cairo and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He has been interviewed and cited as an expert on Mormonism by outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, NPR, [9] The Salt Lake Tribune, [10] [11] Religion Dispatches Magazine, [12] [13] and KPCC public radio in Pasadena, California. [14]
In January 2012, Mason published an opinion piece in The Washington Post regarding diversity within Latter Day Saints thought. [15] He was featured on New England Cable News in May 2012 regarding the "Mormon movement" in Arkansas, [16] and has been quoted in both the New York Times [17] and the Los Angeles Times [18] on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Mason is also the author of The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum South which received positive reviews in the Journal of American History [19] and the Journal of Southern Religion. [20] He has authored a number of articles and book chapters on Mormonism and American religion history. [21]
Mason's research projects as of 2006 included a biography of Ezra Taft Benson, a former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a book on Mormon theology and ethic of peace. [21]
In 2016, Mason advocated for what he described as a more embracing LDS church. [22] Mason participated in a short-lived joint blog in a current-issues/events debate format, at the non-partisan religion website Patheos.com, with psychologist John P. Dehlin, who has often been critical of the LDS Church. [23]
Books
Articles and chapters