John Woodland Welch | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 15, 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford Brigham Young University Duke University School of Law |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Law and religion |
| Institutions | Brigham Young University |
John Woodland "Jack" Welch (born 1946) is a scholar of law and religion. Welch is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently teaches at the J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCLS) at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, where he is the Robert K. Thomas University Professor of Law. He is notable for his contributions to LDS (Mormon) scholarship, including his discovery of the ancient literary form chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.