Truman G. Madsen

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Truman G. Madsen (b. 1926) is a retired professor of religion and philosophy at Brigham Young University. He is a prolific author, a recognized authority on Joseph Smith, and a popular lecturer among Latter-day Saints. At one point Madsen was an instructor at the LDS Institute of Religion in Berkeley, California.

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Madsen was born in Salt Lake City. He is a grandson of Heber J. Grant.[1] Madsen has also written a biography of B. H. Roberts.

Madsen served as a missionary in the New England mission with S. Dilworth Young as his mission president. After his marriage and the start of his academic career Madsen was called in 1961 to serve as president of the New England Mission.[2]. He served in this position until he was replaced by Boyd K. Packer in 1965.[3]

Madsen received his Ph.D. from Harvard University.[4] He also studied at the University of Utah and the University of Southern California.

Madsen has written serveral philosophical theses. One of these is his Four Essays on Love (ISBN=0-88494-333-X). He also wrote a paper Are Christians Mormon.[5]

While at Brigham Young University Madsen held the Richard L. Evans chair of religious understanding. He also for a time served as the director of the BYU Jerusalem Center.[6]

Madsen currently serves as the patriarch of the Provo Utah Sharon East Stake.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bio of Madsen on his web site
  2. ^ TrumanMadsen.com :: Biography
  3. ^ Tate, Lucille C., Boyd K. Packer: A Watchman on the Tower (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995) p. 140
  4. ^ Truman G. Madsen
  5. ^ Truman G. Madsen's "Are Christians Mormon?"
  6. ^ Truman G. Madsen

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