Alonzo Gaskill

Research Interests

World Religions, Symbolism, Temples.

Teaching Interests

World Religions and Christian History.

Professional Citizenship

• Editor, Associate Editor, , - Present
• Committee/Council Member, University of Birmingham, 2018-08-01 - 2018-08-31 - Present
• Board Member, Payson Utah Interfaith Council, 2013-01-01 - 2013-01-31 - Present
• Committee/Council Member, Andrews University, 2009-01-01 - 2009-12-31 - 2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31
• Other, , 2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31 - 2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31

Courses Taught

2020

• REL C 351 : Section 006
• REL C 351 : Section 007
• REL C 351 : Section 011
• REL C 351 : Section 013
• REL C 351 : Section 016
• REL C 351 : Section 001
• REL C 351 : Section 002
• REL C 351 : Section 003
• REL C 351 : Section 004
• REL C 351 : Section 005
• REL C 351 : Section 009
• REL C 351 : Section 010
• REL C 351 : Section 011

2019

• REL C 351 : Section 006
• REL C 351 : Section 007
• REL C 351 : Section 011
• REL C 351 : Section 012
• REL C 351 : Section 013
• REL C 351 : Section 004
• REL E 632 : Section 001
• REL C 351 : Section 004
• REL C 351 : Section 005
• REL C 351 : Section 009
• REL C 351 : Section 010
• REL C 351 : Section 011

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Presentations

• Gaskill AL. Guru Nanak and Christian Ecumenism . Commemoration of the 550th Anniversary of the Birth of Guru Nanak Dev. January, 2020.
• Gaskill AL. What Latter-day Saints Should Know About Eastern Orthodoxy. Inservice of Adriatic South Mission Missionaries. October, 2019.
• Gaskill AL. What Latter-day Saints Should Know About Jehovah's Witnesses. Inservice of Adriatic South Mission Missionaries. October, 2019.
• Gaskill AL. Orthodox/Latter-day Saints Dialogue. International Orthodox Theological Assocation. January, 2019.
• Gaskill AL. “Religious Ritual as the Source of Sacred Space, and as a Means of Fashioning Order out of Chaos”. John Whitmer Historical Association. October, 2018.
• Gaskill AL. Getting More Out of Your Patriarchal Blessing. BYU Campus Education Week. August, 2018.
• Gaskill AL. Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormon Egalitarianism. John Whitmer Historical Assocation. October, 2017.
• Gaskill AL. The Revised Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. BYU Studies Academy . I was asked to report on my revision of the Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (based on the Joseph Smith Papers project). March, 2017.
• Gaskill AL. "Religious Ritual & The Creation of Sacred Space". University of Southern California (USC) Sacred Space Conference. November, 2016.
• Soha SG. The Kirtland Endowment: The Liturgical Rites of the First Restoration Temple. John Whitmer Historical Assocation. October, 2016.
• Gaskill AL. Temple Reflections. Dallas Temple President's Lecture. June, 2016.
• Gaskill AL. "Guru Nanak's Vision of God as a Model for Christian Ecumenism". John Whitmer Historical Association. 2015.
• Gaskill AL. "Mormon and Catholic Dialogue: A Beginning". Indianapolis Interfaith Quarterly . October, 2015.
• Gaskill AL. What Ancient Rites Can Teach Us About the Modern Temple. Oakland Temple Jubilee. November, 2014.
• Gaskill AL. Common Misconceptions About the Fall. 2013 BYU Campus Education Week. August, 2013.
• Gaskill AL, Linford ST. Facing the Storms of Life and Avoiding the Enticements of the World. 2013 BYU Campus Education Week. August, 2013.
• Gaskill AL. Finding Personal Meaning in the Fall. 2013 BYU Campus Education Week. August, 2013.
• Gaskill AL, Linford ST. Putting the Lord First and Learning to Laugh at What Life Throws Your Way. 2013 BYU Campus Education Week. August, 2013.
• Gaskill AL, Linford ST. Supporting Each Other -- No Controlling Each Other. 2013 BYU Campus Education Week. August, 2013.
• Gaskill AL. Textual Insights into the Doctrine of the Fall. 2013 BYU Campus Education Week. August, 2013.
• Gaskill AL, Linford ST. Them Temple, Our Covenants, and Becoming One. 2013 BYU Campus Education Week. August, 2013.
• Gaskill AL. You and I As Adam and Eve. 2013 BYU Campus Education Week. August, 2013.
• Gaskill AL. "Mormon Ritual Undergarments and the Sacrosanct Life". Mormonism and Exotisim. May, 2013.
• Gaskill AL. Ancient Ordination Rituals and the Use of the Creation & Fall in the Roman Catholic Mass. BYU 2012 Campus Education Week. August, 2012.
• Gaskill AL. Clothing Rituals & Covenant Making Rituals in Ancient Judaism, Roman Catholicism & Islam. BYU 2012 Campus Education Week. August, 2012.
• Gaskill AL. People in Ritual and the Initiation Rites of Ancient Judaism and Roman Catholicism. BYU 2012 Campus Education Week. August, 2012.
• Gaskill AL. Prayer & Marriage Rituals in Ancient Judaism, Roman Catholicism and Hinduism. BYU 2012 Campus Education Week. August, 2012.
• Gaskill AL. Location Veneration: The Place of Independence in Latter-day Saint Zionist Tradition and Thought. John Whitmer Historical Society Symposium. April, 2012.
• Gaskill AL. “‘To Every Man is Given a Gift’: The Spiritual Legacy of Wilford Woodruff,” presented at the 2007 Wilford Woodruff Symposium at Brigham Young University. Wilford Woodruff Symposium. 2010.
• Gaskill AL. Does Beelzebub Have a Body?The Corporeal Nature of Satan in Early Restoration Experience and Thought. Restoration Studies Symposium. 2008.
• Gaskill AL. Extra Canonical Insights into the Atonement. Education Week. 2007.
• Gaskill AL. TEXTUAL INSIGHTS INTO THE DOCTRINE OF THE FALL. Education Week. 2007.
• Gaskill AL. The Ante-Mortal Ministry of Christ. Education Week. 2007.
• Gaskill AL. The Baptism of Jesus and the Restoration. Education Week. 2007.
• Gaskill AL. The Fall: A Common Misunderstanding. Education Week. 2007.
• Gaskill AL. The Intertestamental Period and Jesus' Messianic Call. Education Week. 2007.
• Gaskill AL. You and I as Adam and Eve -- PART 1. Education Week. 2007.
• Gaskill AL. You and I as Adam and Eve -- PART 2. Education Week. 2007.
• Holzapfel RN, Samuelson CO, Tanner JS, Ball TB, Welch JW, McConkie JF, Draper RD, Huntsman ED, Pike DM, Chadwick JR, et alEaster Conference. 2006.
• Gaskill AL. The Savior and the Serpent: Unlocking the Doctrine of the Fall. BYU Campus Education Week. 2005.