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About the Editors
John C. Thomas is a faculty member in the Department of Religious Education at BYU–Idaho, where he also teaches a general education course on religious freedom. He holds a PhD in political science from Indiana University. John has published articles on Church history in the Journal of Mormon History, BYU Studies Quarterly, and the Religious Educator. His research often includes attention to the relationship between religious, social, and governmental institutions.
Robert T. Smith is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University. He served for three years with his wife as mission leaders of the Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission. Previously he served for ten years as the managing director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University. He is coauthor of the four-volume treatise Religious Organizations and the Law, 2nd ed., and has authored or coauthored numerous articles on religious freedom topics. He graduated magna cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he served as editor in chief of the BYU Law Review and was named a member of the Order of the Coif. He graduated magna cum laude with an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and has an accounting degree from BYU.
