Paul V. Hyer

PAUL V. HYER is Professor of History at Brigham Young University and specializes in Asian history and culture. He has traveled widely throughout Asia, and regularly returns there to do research concerning the China borderlands.

Revolution and Mormonism in Asia: What the Church Might Offer a Changing Society

Articles/Essays – Volume 07, No. 1

Asia is a land of revolution, a land where a complex of revolutions are inter related in such a way that one phase is not understood independent of the others, nor of the traditions from which they stem. These revolutionary trends are creating rapid changes throughout Asian society, one of which is a search for a new stability, and this greatly influences the development of Mormonism in Asia, including the kinds of people it attracts and its relative success or failure in sustaining activity and building a strong organization.