W. Paul Reeve

W. PAUL REEVE is Simmons Chair of Mormon Studies and Professor of History at the University of Utah. He is the author of Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness (Oxford, 2015). He is project manager and general editor of Century of Black Mormons, a digital history database designed to name and identify all known Black Mormons baptized into the faith between 1830 and 1930. The database is now live at http:// CenturyofBlackMormons.org

Articles

Mormonism and White Supremacy As Cultural Critique

In Mormonism and White Supremacy Joanna Brooks sets out to tell the Latter-day Saint racial story refracted through the lenses of white supremacy and racial innocence. As she describes it, her book “seeks to use…

That the Glory of God Might Be Manifest

Roene Reeve was born December 21, 1946, in Hurricane, Utah, to Ora and Leo Reeve. She was welcomed into the family by her two older brothers, Stephen and David. Unknown to the doctor who delivered her, Roene was born with Rh disease. A postnatal blood transfusion prevents the disease from having negative consequences, but the doctor in Roene’s case was unaware of these procedures, and she went undiagnosed. By the time Ora and Leo took her to a specialist in Salt Lake City, it was too late. She was severely handicapped, both mentally and physically. When Roene was older, doctors recommended that she be institutionalized at the Utah State Hospital in American Fork. After only one month, Ora could not stand to be away from Roene and brought her home.

Paul and the Grace of Belonging: Dialogue New Testament Gospel Study with W. Paul Reeve

View the 94th Episode of the Dialogue Gospel Study featuring W. Paul Reeve. Read more

Dialogue Lectures #23 w/ W. Paul Reeve

Professor W. Paul Reeve, author of the recently published book, Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness, published by Oxford University Press discusses “Black, White, and Mormon: Race and the Mormon Struggle… Read more

All Are Alike Unto God: Insights from the 1978 Revelation

In this special live-recorded episode of Dialogue Out Loud, we present highlights from the Dialogue Foundation’s April 26, 2025, event in Salt Lake City: All Are Alike Unto God: Insights from the 1978 Revelation. Read more