Video Title: Faith of an Observer: Conversations with Hugh Nibley (complete version, subtitled). Source: Doctrine and Covenants Central. Date Published: April 1, 2001. Description:
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Who was Hugh Nibley? For starters, he was arguably the most brilliant Latter-day Saint scholar of the 20th century. Though he was sometimes one of the harshest critics of Brigham Young University, he was also one of the Church’s most faithful and loyal advocates. People liked Hugh Nibley because he was not afraid to say things that we wish we could say, to espouse unpopular causes, to thumb his nose at fashion, or to buck the crowd. According to Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Nibley's well-known eccentricity was itself "a reflection of his deepened discipleship.”