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The Religious Studies Center (RSC) is the research and publishing arm of Religious Education at Brigham Young University (BYU), sponsoring scholarship on Latter-day Saint (LDS) culture, history, scripture, and doctrine. The dean of Religious Education serves as the RSC’s director, and an associate dean oversees the two branches of the RSC: research (housed in 370 Joseph Smith Building) and publications (housed in 185 Heber J. Grant Building). ==History== The RSC (sometimes called the Center for Religious Studies in its early years) was founded in 1975 by Jeffrey R. Holland, dean of Religious Education at BYU. Upon the recommendation of the president of BYU, Dallin H. Oaks, the establishment of the RSC was approved by the BYU Board of Trustees in early 1976.〔 Holland became the RSC's first director, with Keith H. Meservy, assistant professor of ancient scripture, as administrator.〔 In 1976, Holland was appointed Commissioner of Church Education, and Ellis T. Rasmussen replaced him as dean of Religious Instruction and general director of the RSC.〔Rasmussen served as dean from 1976-81. See: 〕〔The Religious Education dean is also the RSC general director. For Rasmussen, see: 〕 The RSC brought together several earlier BYU institutions. It became the home of the Richard L. Evans Chair of Christian Understanding,〔 which had been founded in 1973 with Truman G. Madsen as its first occupant. Madsen became a professor emeritus in 1994, and the position was renamed the Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding, reflecting the hope that holders would extend the hand of friendship to all people, not just Christians. The RSC also assumed and expanded upon the activities of the Institute of Mormon Studies, which was founded to study Mormon history and doctrine under Daniel H. Ludlow in 1961, and Truman G. Madsen in 1966. Likewise, the RSC absorbed the Book of Mormon Institute, a center for research on the Book of Mormon, with Daniel H. Ludlow as its first director in 1965, followed by Paul R. Cheesman in 1968.〔 In September 1985, at the request of Jeffrey R. Holland, then BYU president, the RSC began holding annual symposia on the Book of Mormon. The first of these was organized by Paul R. Cheesman, who also edited the published compilation of papers from that event. Each symposium successively covered following sections of the book, until 1994 when papers on the entire book had been published in nine anthology volumes in the ''Book of Mormon Symposium Series''. The faculty publications directors have consisted of S. Kent Brown (1985''–''1987), Charles D. Tate Jr. (1987''–''1994), Kent P. Jackson (1994''–''2001), Richard D. Draper (2001''–''2004), Richard Neitzel Holzapfel (2004''–''2010), Robert L. Millet (2010''–''2012), Dana M. Pike (2012''–''2013), and Thomas A. Wayment (2013''–''present). All have significantly influenced the nature and quality of the academic books and journal articles published. Because faculty publications directors serve on rotating basis, full-time staff members have provided continuity and institutional memory. From 1985 to 2006, Charlotte A. Pollard served as administrative assistant and newsletter editorial assistant. In 2001, Devan Jensen was hired as executive editor to help take the RSC to a higher level of professionalism, efficiency, and organization. In 2006, Joany O. Pinegar joined the team as an administrative assistant, later becoming the publications coordinator and handling RSC manuscript submissions and finances. In 2008, Brent R. Nordgren joined the RSC as production supervisor and became managing editor of the ''BYU Religious Education Review''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religious Studies Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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