Cecil O. Samuelson

LDS Church leader and educator whose talk “Testimony of Jesus Christ” Kyle annotates Why You’re Christian with — recounting that, as Europe North Area President, Samuelson was invited to an “alternative religions” seminar at the University of Nottingham, prompting a reflection on whether Latter-day Saints are Christians.

Context: Cecil O. Samuelson is an American physician and academic who served as president of Brigham Young University (2003–2014) and as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including service as Europe North Area President.

Where this appears

• Why You’re Christian — Kyle connects the essay to Samuelson’s “Testimony of Jesus Christ” talk and the Nottingham “are you Christians?” story