Terryl L. Givens

Terryl L. Givens did graduate work in intellectual history at Cornell and in comparative literature at UNC Chapel Hill, where he received his PhD. He is Professor Emeritus of Literature and Religion at the University of Richmond and the Neal A. Maxwell Senior Research Fellow at Brigham Young University. His several books include a history of Latter-day Saint theology, Wrestling the Angel and Feeding the Flock; biographies of Parley Pratt (with Matthew Grow) and Eugene England; and several studies of LDS scripture, culture, and history. With his wife, Fiona, he is the co-author of The God Who Weeps, The Christ Who Heals, The Crucible of Doubt, and, most recently, All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything in Between.