William D. Russell's Vita<!wide>

Professor of Political Science and History

Office Phone: 641-784-5171
Email: russell@graceland.edu

EDUCATION

• J.D., University of Iowa
• M.Div., St. Paul School of Theology
• B.A., Graceland University

ARTICLES

• "Richard Price: Leading Publicist of the Reorganized Church's Schismatics," in Roger D. Launius and Linda Thatcher, eds., Differing Visions: Dissenters in Mormon History (University of Illinois Press, 1994), pp. 319-340.
• "Baptism and Membership: An Alternative Solution," in Theology--Volume 2: Authority, Membership and Baptism (Independence, Missouri: Graceland/Park Press, 1994), pp. 55-59.
• "The Fundamental Schism, 1958-Present," in Roger D. Launius and W.B. "Pat" Spillman, eds., Let Contention Cease: The Dynamics of Dissent in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Independence, Missouri: Graceland/Park Press, 1991), pp. 125-151.
• "Defenders of the Faith: Varieties of RLDS Dissent," Sunstone, June 1990, pp. 14-19.

PAPERS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

• August 15, 1996: Paper, "Just a First Step: Moving Outside the RLDS Royal Family," Sunstone Theological Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• February 9, 1996: Paper, "Let's Put Warning Labels on the Three Standard Books," Theology Colloquy, Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa.
• October 23, 1995: Paper, "'Repent or Die!': The 1989 Cult Murders in Kirtland, Ohio," Sociology Forum, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
• October 21, 1995: Paper, "Let's Put Warning Labels on the Standard Works," Chicago Sunstone Symposium.
• November 5, 1993: Paper, "Baptism and Membership: An Alternative Solution," Theology Colloquy, Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa.
• August 13, 1993: Paper, "'Blaming the Victim': The Case of Alice Lundgren, Wife of the Cult Prophet," Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah. Repeated at the Chicago Sunstone Symposium, October 1993.
• August 13, 1993: Paper, "Pillars of My Faith," Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• May 21, 1993: "The Current State of RLDS Schism," Mormon History Association, Lamoni, Iowa.
• March 13, 1993: Paper, "Women in the Churches of America," Iowa Women's History Conference, Red Oak, Iowa.
• October 17, 1992: Paper, "Section 156: The Revelation on Women that Split the RLDS Church," Chicago Sunstone Symposium.
• August 11, 1992: Paper, "Repent or Be Destroyed: The Scriptural Basis of Jeff Lundgren's Decision to Commit Mass Murder," Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah. Repeated at Chicago Sunstone Symposium, October 17, 1992.
• May 1992: Paper, Comment on three papers on Mormon dissenters (Jorgenson, Newton, Holzphel), Mormon History Association, St. George, Utah.
• August 1991: Paper, "'Schism within the Schism' The Restoration Seventies Reorganize the Reorganization," Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• June 1991: Paper, Comment on Lance Chase, "Samuel Woolley," Mormon History Association, Claremont, California.
• June 1991: Paper, "Jeffrey Don Lundgren Prepares to Meet Christ at Kirtland: The 1989 Cult Murders," Mormon History Association, Claremont, California.
• September 1990: Paper, "Richard Price: Leading Publicist of the RLDS Fundamentalist Movement," John Whitmer Historical Association, Independence, Missouri.
• April 1990: Paper, "Defenders of the Faith: Varieties of RLDS Dissent," Edwards Lecture at Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa.
• March 1990: Paper, "The Doctrine and Covenants: The Most Serious Problem in the RLDS Church," Sunstone West, Pasadena, California.
• August 1989: Paper, "The Current State of RLDS Schism," Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• May 1989: Paper, "The RLDS Hierarchy's Response to its Fundamentalist Critics," Mormon History Association, Quincy, Illinois.
• September 1988: Paper, "Problems in Researching the Fundamentalist Movement," John Whitmer Historical Association, Nauvoo, Illinois.
• May 1988: Paper, "Richard Price: Leading Publicist of the RLDS Fundamentalist Movement," Mormon History Association, Logan, Utah.
• January 1988: Paper, "From Sect to Denomination: The RLDS Church in the Late 20th Century," Sunstone West, Los Angeles, California.
• August 1987: Paper, "RLDS Schism in the Wake of Section 156," Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah.