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Originally Posted by Solon
Although he claims it was Packer who gave him the ax - not his sexuality.
He almost got the job at U of U after Dean May died in '03, but his candidacy proved pretty divisive. Big LDS donors made threats (don't know specifics) and one prof. called the newspaper. In the end, I think they justified not hiring him because all of his publications were with LDS presses or Signature - not scholarly presses. Fair enough, I guess, but a dumb move IMO.
It's still a damn shame that he's not teaching somewhere. Love him or hate him, the guy is a brilliant scholar.
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I find him to be a thorough researcher but haven't seen anything to denote him as a brilliant scholar. He presents interesting evidence, but on some of his pet projects he lets his imagination get the better of him.