The Westminster Tanner-McMurrin Lectures

The Westminster Tanner-McMurrin Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Religion were established at Westminster College of Salt Lake City in 1987 as a means of bringing major scholars in the fields of history and philosophy of religion to deliver public lectures and conduct seminars on basic problems in religious thought and practice.

The lecturers are appointed for the national and international recognition of their scholarly achievements without regard to ethnic, national, religious, or ideological considerations.

The lectures are open to the public without charge. The lecturer conducts seminars in which others who have special interests relating to the subject of the lecturers participate by invitation. The lectures are published and made available to libraries and the general public.

The lecture is administered by the President of Westminster College, who chairs a select committee which is responsible for lectureship policies and the selection of lecturers. The Lectureship is funded in perpetuity by an endowment gift from the late Dr. Obert Clark Tanner, formerly Professor Emiterus of Philosophy at the University of Utah, and Grace Adams Tanner. The Lectureship is named in honor of Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin who is the E.E. Eriksen Distinguished Professor Emiritus at the University of Utah, and a former United States Commissioner of Education. Dr. McMurrin is a Trustee Emeritus of Westminster College and former Colleague of Dr. Tanner.

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