Take just about any topic—even something you’ve heard about thousands of times. “Look at it on a map, and it makes you think about it differently,” says [BYU] geography professor Brandon S. Plewe (BS ’92). His new work, the award-winning Mapping Mormonism: An Atlas of Latter-day Saint History, is proof, bringing new light to familiar Church topics—and uncovering new ones.

Graph of birthplaces of general authorities. Photo from BYU Magazine.

Map of church growth in recent years; countries and states show comparitive size of Mormon population. Photo from BYU Magazine.