Karen Lynn Davidson (born 1943) is a
Latter-day Saint hymnwriter, author and literary critic. Davidson has
written widely on the hymns of both
The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and of the
Community of Christ.
Davidson
received her B.A. and M.A. from Brigham Young University
. She then received her Ph.D. from the University of
Southern California
. She did post-doctoral research at the
University of
Cambridge
and at the University of Chicago
.
She had
taught English at Brigham Young University and has been on the English faculty at the Mayfield Senior
School
.
Two hymns with texts by Davidson, "O, Savior Thou Who Wearest" and
"Each Life That Touches Ours For Good", are in the 1985
English-language edition of the
LDS Church hymnal.
Davidson is currently working as a co-editor of one of the volumes
in the
Joseph Smith Papers
Project.
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