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But the difference between Holland and Lee is that Lee earned great distinction in secular academic/intellectual settings. Holland hitched his star to the LDS church early and made his career within its pricincts. That's not necessarily an ignoble way to earn a living, but someone like Lee will always bring BYU more distinction in the world at large and I submit more of the right kind of vision and values. If BYU really cared about this sort of thing they would have made hiring Michael Young as president a top priority. He has credentials reminiscent of Lee, including that he was a tenured professor at Columbia, occupied a distinguished endowed chair there, and later was dean of George Washington law school.
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From what I hear from several sources, Young is doing a bang-up job. Particularly with the lds state legislature, which is something that has needed working on lately.
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I agree that Young would have been a fantastic hire, and his hiring by the U disappointed me. Here's hoping the next hire is something BYU grads can smile about.
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I certainly agree with the first sentence, but I am not sure the second is true in academic/scholarly sense (of course maybe that is why you used the modifier "of sorts"). It is probably true from the the perspective of most Mormons since he spent most of his early professional career in CES and then in BYU's religious education department and, of course, now he is an apostle. However, I believe his PhD is in American Studies.
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Neither was Nibley, in my view. If in another universe I were given the choice between Holland and Nibley as to which one to have a glass of wine and a searching discussion with I'd probably choose Holland.
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I prefer Oaks to both of them, and really liked Maxwell.
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1. The Passing of the Church: Forty Variations on an Unpopular Theme, Hugh Nibley, Church History, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Jun., 1961), pp. 131-154. 2. The Hierocentric State, Hugh Nibley The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Jun., 1951), pp. 226-253. 3. Christian Envy of the Temple, Hugh Nibley, The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Ser., Vol. 50, No. 3 (Jan., 1960), pp. 229-240. 4. Sparsiones, Hugh Nibley, Classical Journal, Vol 40, Bo .9, June 1945. 5. Tenting, Toll, and Taxing, Hugh Nibley, The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Dec., 1966), pp. 599-630. Last edited by pelagius; 03-21-2007 at 08:36 PM. |
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