Patrick Q. Mason

About the Author

Patrick Q. Mason is associate professor of religion, chair of the religion department, and Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University. He is author of The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum South and coeditor of War and Peace in Our Time: show more Mormon Perspectives. show less

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Elements in Religion and Violence

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Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt (2015) 83 copies, 2 reviews

Restoration: God's Call to the 21st-Century World (2020) 32 copies

The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum South (2011) 25 copies

Proclaim Peace: The Restoration's Answer to an Age of Conflict (2021) — Author — 16 copies

Out of Obscurity: Mormonism since 1945 (2016) — Editor; Contributor; Introduction — 9 copies

War and Peace in Our Time: Mormon Perspectives (2012) — Editor — 7 copies

Directions for Mormon Studies in the Twenty-First Century (2016) — Editor; Introduction — 7 copies

Mormonism and Violence: The Battles of Zion (Elements in Religion and Violence) (2019) 4 copies

The Ring of the Nibelung (Book Two) - The Valkyrie Vol.1 - 3 (2000) 2 copies

Every Star Dies 2 copies

What is mormonism? : a student's introduction (2017) 2 copies

George Crumb : Voices from the Heartland; Sun and Shadow 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Ring of the Nibelung [P. Craig Russell omnibus] (2002) — Translator, some editions — 133 copies, 1 review

The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History (2017) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review

To Be Learned is Good: Essays on Faith and Scholarship in Honor of Richard Lyman Bushman (2018) — Contributor — 10 copies

A Book of Mormons: Latter-day Saints on a Modern-Day Zion (I SPEAK FOR MYSELF) (2015) — Contributor — 9 copies, 1 review

Reconstruction and Mormon America (2019) — Contributor — 7 copies

Contingent Citizens: Shifting Perceptions of Latter-day Saints in American Political Culture (2020) — Contributor — 7 copies

Epic Illustrated #33 [December 1985] (1985) — Contributor — 6 copies

Parley P. Pratt and the Making of Mormonism (2011) — Contributor — 5 copies

Revising Eternity: 27 Latter-day Saint Men Reflect on Modern Relationships (2022) — Foreword — 4 copies

Sacred Space, Sacred Thread: Perspectives across Time and Traditions (2019) — Contributor — 3 copies

Yet to be Revealed: Open Questions in Latter-day Saint Theology (BYU Studies Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 3, 2021) (2021) — Contributor — 3 copies

Mormon Studies Review, Volume 2 (2015) (2015) — Contributor — 3 copies

Journal of Mormon History (January 2015, Vol. 41, No. 1) (2015) — Contributor — 3 copies

Are We Not All Beggars? Reading Mosiah 4: Proceedings of the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar (2023) — Contributor — 2 copies

Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 2 (Spring 2008) (2008) — Contributor — 2 copies

A Time of War, A Time of Peace: Latter-Day Saint Ethics of War and Diplomacy (2018) — Contributor — 2 copies

Journal of Mormon History - Vol. 38, No. 3, Summer 2012 (2012) — Contributor — 2 copies

Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Winter 2009) (2009) — Contributor — 2 copies

Archive of restoration culture : summer fellows' papers, 2000-2002 (2005) — Contributor — 2 copies

Journal of Mormon History - Volume 45, No. 2 (April 2019) (2019) — Contributor — 1 copy

Mormon Studies Review - Volume 7 (2020) (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 37, Number 1 (Spring 2004) (2004) — Contributor — 1 copy

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 41, Number 3 (Fall 2008) (2008) — Contributor — 1 copy

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 53, Number 4 (Winter 2020) (2021) — Contributor — 1 copy

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 39, Number 4 (Winter 2006) (2006) — Contributor — 1 copy

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies - Volume 31 (2022) (2022) — Contributor — 1 copy

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 45, Number 3 (Fall 2012) (2012) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Legal name: Mason, Patrick Quinn
Birthdate: 1976
Gender: male
Education: University of Notre Dame (PhD|History|2005)
University of Notre Dame (MA|International Peace Studies|2003)
University of Notre Dame (MA|History|2003)
Brigham Young University (BA|History|1999)
Occupations: Howard W. Hunter Chair in Mormon Studies (Claremont Graduate University)
Associate Professor of Religion (Claremont Graduate University)
history professor
religion professor
Organizations: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Claremont Graduate University
American University in Cairo
University of Notre Dame
Utah State University
Dialogue Foundation (chair)
Awards and honors: Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies (Claremont Graduate University)
Leonard J. Arrington Endowed Chair of Mormon History and Culture (Utah State University)
Places of residence: South Bend, Indiana, USA
Associated Place (for map): Indiana, USA

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MarcHutchison 89 reviews

Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt by Patrick Q. Mason

The author addresses doubt among Mormons, but admits that he has been active all his life and never had a serious problem with his testimony. Also, much of his writing seems to be infused with the current cultural fad of "glorious victimhood". This casts Mormons who leave the Church as victims, and not causative agents.

As a reformed apostate myself, I think this is wrong-headed. Yes, we should always treat one another with love, kindness and compassion; and make room in the church for others show more with varying life experiences, viewpoints and problems; and be open and transparent about Church History and doctrine; but that won't solve the problem of people leaving the Church.

That's not to say that he doesn't have his points -- I especially liked the chapter where he discussed Eugene England's talk "Why the Church is as True as the Gospel". show less

Jul 11, 20211 other review

OutOfTheBestBooks 1,799 reviews

Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt by Patrick Q. Mason

I'm starting to not really be a fan of this form of intellectualism. Chapter 9 just wasn't my style. Not sure why, but I think I'll stick to the basics for a bit.

Sep 24, 20211 other review