Adam S. Miller Explained

Adam S. Miller
Nationality:	American
Known For:	LDS lay theologian Founder of various LDS religious studies venues
Education:	Brigham Young University Villanova University (MA, PhD)
Occupation:	Associate professor at Collin College
Website:	AdamSMiller.net
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]

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

Authored

• Book: An Early Resurrection: life in Christ Before You Die Paperback. 2018.
• Book: The Sun Has Burned My Skin: A Modest Paraphrase of Solomon's Song of Songs. 2017.
• Book: Future Mormon: Essays in Mormon Theology. 2016.
• Book: Emma Mason . Mark Knight. New Directions in Religion and Literature. The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace: Boredom and Addiction in an Age of Distraction. 2016.
• Book: Nothing New Under the Sun: A Blunt Paraphrase of Ecclesiastes. 2016.
• Book: Grace is Not God's Backup Plan: An Urgent Paraphrase of Paul's Letter to the Roman. 2015.
• Book: Letters to a Young Mormon. 2014.
• Book: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Speculative Grace: Bruno Latour and Object-Oriented Theology. 2013.
• Book: Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon Theology. 2012.
• Book: Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy. Badiou, Marion, and St. Paul: Immanent Grace. 2008.

Edited

• Book: A Dream, a Rock, and a Pillar of Fire: Reading 1 Nephi 1. 2017.
• Book: Fleeing the Garden: Reading Genesis 2-3. 2017.
• Book: An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32. 2011.

External links

• Interview by Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship's Blair Hodges
• KoffordAuthorcastAdamSMiller (audio interview)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon Theology.
2. Web site: Association for Mormon Letters 2016 award finalists announced. Christine. Rappleye. Deseret News. 19 April 2017.
3. Web site: A2018 AML Award Winners. 31 March 2019.
4. Web site: Lecture by Dr. Adam Miller, Professor of Philosophy, Collin College (2014-09-19). 2016-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20160924101725/http://claremontmormonstudies.org/event/lecture-by-dr-adam-miller-professor-of-philosophy-collin-college-title-tba/. 2016-09-24. dead.
5. Web site: Mormon author says "grace is not God's backup plan". Jana. Riess. 10 March 2015 .
6. Web site: Do we really care if the US Founding Fathers were anti-Catholic?. 28 January 2015.
7. Book: Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity. Terryl L. Givens. Terryl L. Givens. Oxford University Press. 2014. 978-0-19-979499-7.
8. Web site: BYU prof fears Mormon scholars are giving in to secularism. Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake. Tribune.
9. Web site: A Mormon theology manifesto. Michael De. Groote. Deseret News. 9 May 2009.
10. Web site: Testimony . aporia.byu.edu . 2019-09-24.
11. Web site: Salt Press titles coming to the Maxwell Institute. 9 April 2013 .
12. Web site: "I know the Church is true," and other Mormon muddles. Jana. Riess. 17 October 2014 .