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February 16, 2012

No Classes on Mormonism? That'd Be Silly!

Rachel Brutsch, Deseret News

Years before the so-called "Mormon Moment," a private graduate-only research university in California began educating students in earnest about the religion.

Claremont Graduate University has been offering graduate-level Mormon studies courses since 2005.

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