Ancient Scripture CFS Professional Faculty - May be Filled with Visiting (2 positions)
Ancient Scripture CFS Professional Faculty - May be Filled with Visiting (2 positions)
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Job Title: Ancient Scripture CFS Professional Faculty - May be Filled with Visiting Faculty (2 positions)
Posting End Date: July 15 2025
NOTE: Last day to apply is Monday July 14 2025
Position Start Date: July 1 2026
Required Degree:PhD from an accredited university in Education Hebrew Bible New Testament or closely related field. Candidates who are ABD may be considered but must have PhD in hand by the time employment begins or the contract may be terminated.
Experience: Candidates must demonstrate unusual potential for excellent teaching of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in particular courses on the Book of Mormon and the Bible to undergraduate students at BYU. This will often but not always be demonstrated by teaching experience in religious education in the Church Educational System (CES). (See description in paragraph three of job description below.)
Duties/Expectations:
BYU Department of Ancient Scripture is dedicated to furthering the Aims of a Brigham Young University education which is to provide students with an education that is spiritually strengthening intellectually enlarging character building and leads to lifelong learning and service. BYU Department of Ancient Scripture seeks to hire individuals who have demonstrated the ability to provide this type of education through the highest quality teaching citizenship and scholarship. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
Candidates must be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in good standing. Candidates must have the personal character faith testimony and qualities of life that are a powerful role model for our students. Candidates must also be sound doctrinally.
Candidates must be familiar with support and strive to fulfill the principles and direction contained in the document Strengthening Religious Education in Institutions of Higher Learning ( What gives religious education its distinctive character is its focus on teaching the restored gospel of Jesus Christ directly and devotedly. The purpose of religious education is to teach the restored gospel of Jesus Christ from the scriptures and modern prophets in a way that helps each student develop faith in a testimony of Heavenly Father the Savior and the restored gospel of Jesus Christ; become lifelong disciples and strengthen their ability to find answers in whatever challenges they may face.
Teaching: Typically full-time Professional faculty will teach six sections (two credits each) of classes offered by the Department of Ancient Scripture each fall/winter semester. Normally this fall-winter teaching load will consist of two different class preps (e.g. three sections of Book of Mormon and three sections of New Testament). Class sizes will average around 150 students. Candidates will also typically teach three sections (two credits each) of classes offered by the Department of Ancient Scripture either spring or summer term (normally consisting of one class prep). Funds will be provided to hire student assistants to help with grading if desired.
Citizenship: Full-time faculty must be good citizens in the Department of Ancient Scripture as well as on the college level (BYU Religious Education) and the university level. This includes attending department college and university faculty meetings as well as fulfilling committee obligations and other ad-hoc assignments.
Gospel-related creative works or publications: There is no scholarship or publication requirement for professional faculty. We seek applicants who are well acquainted with all of the standard works and the teachings of the modern apostles and prophets as well as faithful scholarship on the scriptures and related fields. A solid foundation in the doctrines of the restored gospel is critical to our work. While publishing is not a requirement for rank advancement professional faculty members are welcome to pursue the production of content related to excellent teaching and improved understanding of the restored gospel.
Documents Required at the Time of Application:
References. Please list the individual contact information for each of your three recommenders on the faculty application. At some point during the selection process they may be contacted to submit their letters of reference electronically.
Letter of intent (no more than three pages). Address this letter to the Department of Ancient Scripture chair Shon Hopkin. This letter should concisely state: (1) Why you want to work for the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture and your qualifications (i.e. education teaching scholarship other relevant experience etc.) for doing so. (2) Your philosophies on teaching citizenship and scholarship in light of how each of these duties are outlined in the SRE document ( (3) A statement in which you articulate your views related to belonging and inclusion and how your plans (i.e. concrete pedagogical practices) to create an inclusive learning environment will help to accomplish the purposes of Religious Education as expressed in the SRE document. For further information on BYUs efforts and approach in this area see the announcement and description of BYUs Office of Belonging at
CV. This should include contact information as well as sections on education (degrees earned universities attended majors etc.) teaching experience (courses taught or co-taught if co-taught specify your role dates universities/seminaries/institutes etc.) publications presentations of your scholarship and other relevant experience. Although publishing experience is not necessary to be competitive in the search for publications please provide complete and accurate bibliographic information and clearly indicate which are in process which means they are for example officially submitted to a venue for consideration and are currently under review or they are forthcoming because they have been accepted for publication but they are not actually published yet. Please annotate each entry in this section and explain its status.
Additional material to be submitted separately to the search committee chair Ryan Sharp () in order to be placed in a private BYU Box folder which is only available to Ancient Scripture full-time faculty:
1) Required: A recent video of your best college-level teaching of Ancient Scripture content (Bible or Book of Mormon). (Either send link to YouTube video or send actual mp4 file). Whenever possible this video should be of you teaching a class of college-aged students in person.
2) Required: A sample of a syllabus for one of the Ancient Scripture cornerstone courses (REL A 275 Teachings and Doctrines of the Book of Mormon or REL A 250 Jesus Christ and His Everlasting Gospel).
3) Optional: Electronic copies or examples of any creative works or publications you may have completed.
Note: Failure to attach the required documents may result in your application not being considered.
Mission Alignment Statement
BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrines and teachings declared by living prophets seers and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel (Spencer W. Kimball).
Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education.
Employment Requirements
All new employees who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be required to hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.
All faculty are required to abide by the universitys Honor Code and Dress &Grooming Standards. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Successful candidates are expected to support and contribute to the academic and religious missions of the university within the context of the principles and doctrine of the affiliated church.
Equal Opportunity
Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer including disability and protected veteran status.
Required Experience:
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