Matthew J. Grow (born 1977) is an American historian specializing in Mormon history. Grow authored a biography of Thomas L. Kane, Liberty to the Downtrodden (2009),Yale University Press; according to WorldCat, the book is in 375 libraries. and co-authored a biography of Parley P. Pratt (2011),Parley P. Pratt The St. Paul of Mormonism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. According to WorldCat, the book is in 262 libraries with Terryl Givens. He formerly directed the Center for Communal Studies housed at the University of Southern Indiana. As of 2012, Grow was the director of publications for the Church History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and was among scholars preparing for publication of the Joseph Smith Papers."Project Team" The Joseph Smith Papers (The Church Historian's Press). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved March 20, 2012."LDS Church History Department Hires Seven New Scholars" . Newsletter 46 (1): 8. Mormon History Association. January 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2012.Baugh, Alexander L. "Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. By Terryl L. Givens and Matthew J. Grow". J Am Acad Relig 80 (2): 540–543. . April 23, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
In 2016, the Church Historian's Press released the book The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women's History, which was edited by Grow, Jill Mulvay Derr, Carol Cornwall Madsen, and Kate Holbrook.Tad Walch, "LDS Church Historian's Press releases major new book, 'The First Fifty Years of Relief Society'", Deseret News, 19 February 2016. He also edited the book The Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846, for the Church Historian's Press imprint of Deseret Book, 2016.
Grow also wrote the article "The Whore of Babylon and the Abomination of Abominations: Nineteenth-Century Catholic and Mormon Mutual Perceptions and Religious Identity".
In 2018, the LDS Church published Volume 1 of a new history of the church, entitled Saints with the first volume named The Standard of Truth. Grow was listed first among four general editors for the volume. In 2020, with the release of Saints Vol 2, No Unhallowed Hand Grow was again list first among the four general editors.
Grow has a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. During his graduate training, Grow did a summer seminar course in Latter-day Saint history that was directed by Richard L. Bushman.R. Scott Lloyd "New generation of historians presenting a better view of Mormonism to the world, speaker says", Deseret News, June 6, 2015
Grow also serves as the historian for the Jared Pratt Family Association.
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