Adam S. Miller
Adam S. Miller | |
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.jpg) Adam S. Miller in 2018 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brigham Young University Villanova University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Associate professor at Collin College |
| Known for | LDS lay theologian Founder of various LDS religious studies venues |
| Awards | 2011 "best essayist";[1] 2016 non-fiction book finalist, Association for Mormon Letters;[2] 2018 religious nonfiction award winner, Association for Mormon Letters;[3] |
| Website | AdamSMiller.net |
Adam S. Miller is an American author of religious criticism and interpretation, with a focus on contemporary Latter-day Saint lay theology. Miller is also a professor of philosophy at Collin College in McKinney, Texas, where he directs the college's honors program.[4][5][6]
Miller's work offers fresh interpretation on topics such as Christ's atonement,[7] the appropriate relationship of faith and scholarship,[8][9] and the nature of Latter-day Saint testimony.[10] Miller co-founded Salt Press, a publisher of Mormon studies sold to BYU's Maxwell Institute,[11] and also founded and serves as co-director of the annual colloquia, the Mormon Theology Seminar.[12]
Books[edit]
Authored
- An Early Resurrection: life in Christ Before You Die Paperback. 2018.
- The Sun Has Burned My Skin: A Modest Paraphrase of Solomon's Song of Songs. 2017.
- Future Mormon: Essays in Mormon Theology. 2016.
- Emma Mason; Mark Knight, eds. (2016). The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace: Boredom and Addiction in an Age of Distraction. New Directions in Religion and Literature.
- Nothing New Under the Sun: A Blunt Paraphrase of Ecclesiastes. 2016.
- Grace is Not God's Backup Plan: An Urgent Paraphrase of Paul's Letter to the Roman. 2015.
- Letters to a Young Mormon. 2014.
- Speculative Grace: Bruno Latour and Object-Oriented Theology. Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. 2013.
- Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon Theology. 2012.
- Badiou, Marion, and St. Paul: Immanent Grace. Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy. 2008.
Edited[edit]
- A Dream, a Rock, and a Pillar of Fire: Reading 1 Nephi 1. 2017.
- Fleeing the Garden: Reading Genesis 2-3. 2017.
- An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32. 2011.
References[edit]
- ^ "Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon Theology".
- ^ Rappleye, Christine (19 April 2017). "Association for Mormon Letters 2016 award finalists announced". Deseret News.
- ^ "A2018 AML Award Winners". 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Lecture by Dr. Adam Miller, Professor of Philosophy, Collin College (2014-09-19)". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
- ^ Riess, Jana (10 March 2015). "Mormon author says "grace is not God's backup plan"".
- ^ "Do we really care if the US Founding Fathers were anti-Catholic?". 28 January 2015.
- ^ Terryl L. Givens (2014). Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-979499-7.
- ^ Tribune, Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake. "BYU prof fears Mormon scholars are giving in to secularism".
- ^ Groote, Michael De (9 May 2009). "A Mormon theology manifesto". Deseret News.
- ^ "Testimony" (PDF). aporia.byu.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Salt Press titles coming to the Maxwell Institute". 9 April 2013.
- ^ Riess, Jana (17 October 2014). ""I know the Church is true," and other Mormon muddles".
External links[edit]
- Interview by Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship's Blair Hodges
- KoffordAuthorcastAdamSMiller (audio interview)
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