Description

The story of what can happen when education falls under the domain of a religious bureaucracy. Documented descriptions of recent faculty dismissals.

Table of Contents

Part One: Contexts

1. The Uses of Mormon Education
2. Women and Feminism at BYU
3. A Brief History of the Universe, BYU's Student Newspaper
4. Making Model Students: The Transformation of the Honor Code

Part Two: Controversies

5. A Tale of Two Statements: Academic Freedom and "Recent Symposia"
6. Under Fire: The Farr and Knowlton Cases
7. Trouble in the Kingdom
8. Dirty Laundry, Dangerous Words: The Houston and Evenson Cases
9. A Collision of Cultures: The Bateman Administration and the AAUP
10. On Culture Wars, Crossroads, and Charted Courses