Brigham Young University: A House of Faith

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Brigham Young University
A House of Faith
GARY JAMES BERGERA and
RONALD PRIDDIS
Paperback. 528 Pages. / 0-941214-34-6 / $19.95

A "warts and all" history of Brigham Young University, the research is intriguing because the authors declared no topic taboo; the narrative quickly catches the interest of even the most casual browser. It is written with clarity and perception. The authors consider the inevitable struggle between a student body in search of a liberal education and an administration committed to a conservative board of trustees that wants its young people to learn religious values.

Gary Bergera Gary James Bergera (B.A., M.A., BYU) Gary James Bergera is director of the Smith-Pettit Foundation (Salt Lake City), which supports scholarly Mormon studies. He has published noted works such as The Autobiography of B. H. Roberts (editor), Statment of the LDS First Presidency, Conflict in the Quorum: Orson Pratt, Brigham Young, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young University: A House of Faith (co-author), and companion volumes of Joseph Smith's Quorum of the Anointed, 1842-1845, and The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846.

Ron Priddis (B.S., BYU) is the managing director and senior editor at Signature Books. As a student at Brigham Young University he co-founded the independent campus newspaper, the Seventh East Press, and ran unsuccessfully for student body president. For more information, see his biographical sketch on the staff page. He lives in Salt Lake City.