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Bruce C. Hafen

12 speeches between 1979 and 2019, mostly as BYU leadership. 66,310 words in the transcripts.

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Speeches
12
1979–2019
Words
66,310
in the transcripts
Reading grade
12.4
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
47
3.9 per speech
Callings
BYU leadership
also Seventy, Other
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19792019

Signature phrases

Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.

  • faculty 226
  • academic 144
  • byu 363
  • religious 120
  • self study 37
  • disciplines 51
  • scholarship 63
  • scholarly 45
  • teaching 117
  • education 148
  • ambiguity 22
  • board 65

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants18
  • Alma4
  • Moses3
  • Mosiah2
  • 2 Nephi2
  • Moroni2
  • John2
  • Genesis2

Callings when speaking

  • BYU leadership 3
  • Seventy 3
  • Other 2

As given in the bylines: Provost of BYU · President of Ricks College · Emeritus General Authority Seventy · of the Seventy

Every speech

  1. 9 Jan 1979Love Is Not Blind: Some Thoughts for College Students on Faith and AmbiguityPresident of Ricks College · Devotional6,725 w4 refs
  2. 28 Sep 1982The Gospel and Romantic LovePresident of Ricks College · Devotional5,789 w14 refs
  3. 29 Mar 1985Women, Feminism, and the Blessings of the GospelDevotionalaudio only
  4. 27 Aug 1990This Bequest of Wings Was But a BookProvost of BYU · University Conference4,897 w3 refs
  5. 26 Aug 1991“All Those Books, and the Spirit, Too!”Provost of BYU · University Conference4,593 w3 refs
  6. 25 Aug 1992The Dream Is Ours to FulfillUniversity Conference5,971 w0 refs
  7. 25 Aug 1993“Teach Ye Diligently and My Grace Shall Attend You”Provost of Brigham Young University · University Conference7,307 w9 refs
  8. 22 Aug 1994“The Spirit of the Army”University Conference7,203 w3 refs
  9. 28 Aug 1995“Come, Come, Ye Saints”University Conference6,667 w11 refs
  10. 5 Feb 2008A Disciple’s Journeyof the Seventy · Devotional4,362 w0 refs
  11. 31 Jan 2014Marriage, Family Law, and the TempleEmeritus General Authority Seventy · Devotional6,132 w0 refs
  12. 28 Aug 2019Religious Education in BYU’s Prophetic Historical ContextGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional6,637 w0 refs
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