James McLachlan (scholar)

James McLachlan is a Mormon studies scholar and theologian.

In 2005 he became the inaugural co-editor, along with Carrie McLachlan, of Element: a Journal of Mormon Philosophy and Theology, the flagship peer-reviewed journal of Mormon theology.

McLachlan is also Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Western Carolina University.

[1] As of 2011[update], McLachlan co-chaired the American Academy of Religion’s Mormon Studies Group and was a board member of the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology.

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