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John S. Tanner

Author of Anxiety in Eden : a Kierkegaardian reading of Paradise lost

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Includes the name: John Sears Tanner

Works by John S. Tanner

Anxiety in Eden : a Kierkegaardian reading of Paradise lost (1992) 5 copies

Notes from an Amateur - A Disciple's Life in the Academy (2011) 4 copies

Learning in the Light: Selected Talks at BYU (2017) 2 copies

Envisioning BYU: Foundations and Dreams (2022) 1 copy

Bless Our Fast, We Pray 1 copy

Associated Works

Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985) — Contributor — 275 copies

The Book of Mormon Reference Companion (2003) — Contributor — 125 copies

Rediscovering the Book of Mormon (1991) — Contributor — 56 copies

Encyclopedia of Mormonism (1992) — Contributor — 56 copies

C.S. Lewis: The man and his message (1999) — Contributor — 45 copies

The Book of Mormon: Jacob through words of Mormon, to learn with joy : papers from the Fourth Annual Book of Mormon… (1990) — Contributor — 34 copies

Studies In Scripture, Vol. 4: 1 Kings to Malachi (1993) — Contributor — 32 copies

Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament (2005) — Contributor — 20 copies

Lecture on Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (2003) — Contributor — 17 copies

The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (1986) — Contributor — 15 copies

Historicity and the Latter-Day Saint scriptures (2001) — Contributor — 11 copies

In The Strength of the Lord: Talks from the 2009 BYU Women's Conference (2010) — Contributor — 11 copies

By Small and Simple Things: Talks From the 2011 BYU Women's Conference (2012) — Contributor — 11 copies

The King James Bible and the Restoration (2011) — Contributor — 10 copies

Enter to Learn: Writing and Research at Byu (1999) — Contributor — 7 copies

To All the World: The Book of Mormon Articles from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism (2000) — Contributor — 5 copies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies - Volume 10, Number 2 (2001) (2001) — Contributor — 3 copies

Journal of Mormon History - Vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 2006 (2006) — Contributor — 3 copies

Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 54, No. 4, Fall 1986 - Against Great Odds (1986) — Contributor — 2 copies

Irreantum: Exploring Mormon Literature - Vol. 3:4 (Winter 2001-2002) (2001) — Contributor — 1 copy

Sunstone - Vol. 14:4, Issue 78, August 1990 (1990) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Tanner, John Sears
Birthdate: 1950-07-27
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Places of residence: Pasadena, California, USA
Utah, USA
Hawaii, USA
Education: University of California, Berkeley (PhD|English|1980)
Brigham Young University (BA|1974)
Occupations: university president (BYU-Hawaii)
department chair (English|BYU)
Professor of English (BYU|Florida State University)
Associate Academic Vice President for Undergraduate and International Education (BYU)
poet
hymn writer
Relationships: Winder, Barbara W. (mother-in-law)
Tanner, Susan W. (wife)
Organizations: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Sunday School general presidency ∙ mission president ∙ stake president ∙ bishop)
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University-Hawaii (president)
Florida State University
Awards and honors: Fulbright Scholarship (Brazil)

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Milton Society of America Best Book Award

Anxiety in Eden : a Kierkegaardian reading of Paradise lost (1992)

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Sperry Symposium (BYU)

Women's Conference (BYU)

Gary Layne Hatch

Mormon History Association

Stanford J. Layton

Association for Mormon Letters

Sunstone Foundation

Bruce C. Hafen Foreword

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Works: 5
Also by: 21
Members: 13
Popularity: #774,335
Rating: ½ 4.4

ISBNs: 4

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