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William D. Russell (historian)
William Dean Russell (born 1938) is an American historian focusing on the history of the Latter Day Saint movement. Russell taught at Graceland University for forty-one years, retiring as a professor of history in 2007. He has been a civil rights activist since the 1960s, championing the causes of equality for all regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation.〔William D. Russell, ed., ''Homosexual Saints: The Community of Christ Experience'' (John Whitmer Books, Independence, Missouri: 2008), 264.〕 A member of the Community of Christ, Russell is one of the activists and leaders credited with the church's progressive transformation in the latter half of the twentieth century.〔Louis Midgley, "The Radical Reformation of the Reorganization of the Restoration: Recent Changes in the RLDS Understanding of the Book of Mormon," ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' Volume 2, Issue 2 (1993): 132-63.〕
==Academic career==
Russell graduated from Graceland in 1960. He later received a masters of divinity (M.Div.) from the Saint Paul School of Theology and a J.D. from the University of Iowa.〔William D. Russell, ed., ''Homosexual Saints: The Community of Christ Experience'' (John Whitmer Books, Independence, Missouri: 2008), 264.〕
Russell served as editor of ''Courage: A Journal of History, Thought, and Action'' throughout its entire run from 1970–73.〔William D. Russell, "Courage: A Liberal Journal Foreshadows RLDS Doctrinal Shifts," ''John Whitmer Historical Association Journal'' vol. 28 (2008): 140–41.〕 He was a founding member of the John Whitmer Historical Association and has served as the organization's president (1977) and executive secretary (1979–81).〔''The John Whitmer Historical Association Newsletter'' No. 84 (4th Quarter 2008): 10〕 He also served as editor of the ''John Whitmer Historical Association Journal'' (1984–85).〔''John Whitmer Historical Association Journal'' Vol. 31 No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2011): vi〕 Russell was one of the original three Community of Christ historians to join the Mormon History Association and he later served as president of that organization.〔http://www.mhahome.org/about/past_presidents.php〕
Russell's first book ''Treasure in Earthen Vessels an Introduction to the New Testament'' was published in 1966 by Herald Publishing House. Since that time his research on the Latter Day Saint movement has been published widely in journals, but the only book-length study that has appeared is his 2008 edited volume, ''Homosexual Saints: The Community of Christ Experience''.
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