Terryl Givens | |
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![]() Terryl Givens in 2018 | |
Born | Terryl Lynn Givens |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | James A. Bostwick Professor of English and Religion, University of Richmond [1] |
Spouse | Fiona Givens [1] |
Website | TerrylGivens.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]
Givens has served in the LDS Church as a bishop in a local congregation. [7]
Terryl Givens | |
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![]() Terryl Givens in 2018 | |
Born | Terryl Lynn Givens |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | James A. Bostwick Professor of English and Religion, University of Richmond [1] |
Spouse | Fiona Givens [1] |
Website | TerrylGivens.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]
Givens has served in the LDS Church as a bishop in a local congregation. [7]