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Journal Article

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Bergera, Gary James

The Richard D. Poll and J. Kenneth Davies Cases : Politics and Religion at BYU during the Wilkinson Years

Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought

Spring 2012

45

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Stanford, CA

Dialogue Foundation

2012

43-73

During the cold war years after World War II, Mormons, including some Church leaders, increasingly infused national concerns about Communism with strong moral and religious overtones. This emphasis among LDS authorities on the growth of Communism and what they viewed as allied economic and political evils manifested itself most dramatically in Ernest L. Wilkinson's 1951 appointment as president of Brigham Young University. Concurrent with the years of Wilkinson's presidency was the emphasis nationally on routing "un-American" faculty from US universities. As he labored to secure a sufficiently patriotic faculty, Wilkinson adopted a variety of measures to promote and guarantee political and religious orthodoxy. Here, Bergera discusses Wilkinson's attempt to promote an "orthodox" faculty.

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Wilkinson, Ernest L.
Utah, politics, 20th century
Poll, Richard D.
Skousen, W. Cleon
Communism
Brigham Young University
Davies, Joseph Kenneth
Brigham Young University, 'spy ring'

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