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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) 6 copies

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

Envisioning BYU: Foundations and Dreams (2022) 3 copies

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

Bless Our Fast, We Pray 1 copy

Associated Works

Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985) — Contributor — 319 copies, 3 reviews

The Book of Mormon Reference Companion (2003) — Contributor — 137 copies

Rediscovering the Book of Mormon (1991) — Contributor — 65 copies

Encyclopedia of Mormonism (1992) — Contributor — 58 copies

C.S. Lewis: The man and his message (1999) — Contributor — 53 copies

The Book of Mormon: Jacob through words of Mormon, to learn with joy : papers from the Fourth Annual Book of Mormon Symposium (Book of Mormon symposium series, 4) (1990) — Contributor — 36 copies

First Kings to Malachi (Studies in Scripture) (1993) — Contributor — 34 copies

Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament (2005) — Contributor — 23 copies

Lecture on Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (2003) — Contributor — 19 copies

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

In The Strength of the Lord: Talks from the 2009 BYU Women's Conference (2010) — Contributor — 15 copies

By Small and Simple Things: Talks From the 2011 BYU Women's Conference (2012) — Contributor — 14 copies

Historicity and the Latter-Day Saint scriptures (2001) — Contributor — 12 copies

The King James Bible and the Restoration (2011) — Contributor — 12 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 — 6 copies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies - Volume 10, Number 2 (2001) (2001) — Contributor — 4 copies

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

Utah Historical Quarterly (Vol. 54, No. 4, Fall 1986) (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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Doctrine and Covenants 59:12-21 (1) fasting (1) Gospel Voice (1) gratitude (1) Isaiah 58:6-11 (1) Judaism – Old Testament (1) Kindle (1) LDS Doctrine (1) love (1) religious-and-devotional (1) SATB (1) service (1) testimony (1)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Tanner, John Sears
Birthdate: 1950-07-27
Gender: male
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
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)
Relationships: Winder, Barbara W. (mother-in-law)
Tanner, Susan W. (wife)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Places of residence: Pasadena, California, USA
Utah, USA
Hawaii, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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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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Dennis L. Largey

Daniel H. Ludlow

Kent P. Jackson

Paul Y. Hoskisson

Andrew C. Skinner

Women's Conference (BYU)

Sperry Symposium (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: 16
Popularity: #679,946
Rating: ½ 4.5

ISBNs: 5

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