Professor Fluhman’s selection comes after a national search for the replacement of M. Gerald Bradford, who has served as the executive director of the Institute since 2008 and will be retiring from BYU this year.

The Maxwell Institute pursues and supports the study of religious texts and traditions from the ancient world to the present. The Institute’s work deals with texts important to a variety of faiths and to those who study them.

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Dan Peterson, who was fired four years ago from the MI commented:  "Today, a new director was announced for the Maxwell Institute, to replace the man who initiated the 2012 purge and who presided over the Institute’s subsequent “new direction” (as it was euphemistically termed). I wish Spencer Fluhman all the best in his new role."