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Brigham Young University
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The Lord's University Freedom and Authority at BYU BRYAN WATERMAN and BRIAN KAGEL Paperback. 496 Pages. / 1-56085-117-1 / If church-sponsored universities exist to instill faith in God and commitment to religion, then Brigham Young University deserves high marks. But in protecting ‘the Lord’s University’ from secularized morals, feminism, the emergence of an independent Mormon intellectual community, and the liberal side of American ‘culture wars,’ the school has also defended its right to restrict free speech, freedom of the press, the right to assemble, and due process for faculty and students. With cultural conservatives nationally, the school believes that its institutional right to religious liberty supercedes the individual freedom of conscience and inquiry that traditionally characterizes university life. In charting the struggle between academics and religion, authors Bryan Waterman and Brian Kagel have assembled a vast archive of official documents and private interviews covering all sides of the issues. They chronicle day-to-day events—administrative meetings, disciplinary hearings, student rallies, behind-the scenes faculty debates, private conversations, and P.R. posturing—in a provocative history of two decades of turmoil at the nation’s largest religious university.
Brian Kagel, a graduate student in journalism at the University of |
Bryan Waterman, a Ph.D. candidate in American studies at Boston University, is the former editor of the BYU Student Review, former associate editor of 
North Texas, is the former editor of BYU's Daily Universe, former managing editor of | Signature Books Library | Joseph Smith | Book of Mormon | LDS Temples |
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