Discussing Difficult Topics: Politics and the Church

Authors

Richard Davis, Brigham Young UniversityFollow
Thomas A. Wayment, Religious Studies CenterFollow

Keywords

politics, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Document Type

Interview

Abstract

Wayment: I’ll just start out by saying that we’re here with Richard Davis, professor of political science and director of the Office of Civic Engagement. Richard is also the author of The Liberal Soul: Applying the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Politics, published by Greg Kofford Books in 2014, and he is the author of Fathers and Sons: Lessons from the Scriptures. Richard is also a weekly columnist for the Deseret News and was chair for the Utah County Democratic Party from 2007 to 2011.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Davis, Richard and Wayment, Thomas A. "Discussing Difficult Topics: Politics and the Church." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 18, no. 1 (2017): 112-123. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re/vol18/iss1/9