Terryl Givens

Terryl Givens
Terryl Givens in 2018
Born
Terryl Lynn Givens
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)James A. Bostwick Professor of English and Religion, University of Richmond[1]
SpouseFiona Givens[1]
WebsiteTerrylGivens.com

Terryl Lynn Givens is a senior research fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute of Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University (BYU).[2] Until 2019, he was a professor of literature and religion at the University of Richmond, where he held the James A. Bostwick Chair in English.

Givens is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As a young man, he served a mission in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and later graduated from BYU with a degree in comparative literature. He did graduate work in intellectual history at Cornell and earned a PhD in comparative literature from the University of North Carolina, working with Greek, German, Spanish, Portuguese and English languages and literature.[3] A longtime collaborator with his wife, Fiona Givens, he is the co-author of The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life and Crucible of Doubt: Reflections on the Quest for Faith.[4]

The New York Times referred to his work as "polemical" and "provocative"[5] while Harper's praised him for being "fair-minded and unbiased."[6]

  1. ^ a b "Prominent Author Fiona Givens To Be Keynote Speaker At The Sunstone Education Foundation's Christ Conference December 29, 2012". Prweb.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  2. ^ "Terryl Givens". Neal A. Maxwell Institute | BYU. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  3. ^ Toone, Trent (2012-11-15). "Scholars Terryl and Fiona Givens discuss life, love and their new book". Deseret News. Archived from the original on November 17, 2012. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  4. ^ Goodstein, Laurie (2013-07-20). "Some Mormons Search the Web and Find Doubt". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  5. ^ Bobrick, Benson: The Gospel According to Joseph Smith, page 2. The New York Times, August 18, 2002. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E0D8163AF93BA2575BC0A9649C8B63
  6. ^ Davenport, Guy: By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion (Subject of Review). Harpers, July 2002. http://www.harpers.org/subjects/ByTheHandOfMormonTheAmericanScriptureThatLaunchedANewWorldReligionBook/SubjectOf/Review