Jennifer C. Lane is a professor emerita of religious education at Brigham Young University–Hawaii and also served as Neal A. Maxwell Research Associate at the Maxwell Institute at BYU. She received her PhD in religion from Claremont Graduate University, with an emphasis in the history of Christianity. She received her MA and BA degrees from BYU in ancient Near Eastern studies and history respectively. She has served on the Board of the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology and Latter-day Saints and the Bible Section of the Society of Biblical Literature. Her presentations and publications particularly focus on covenant, redemption, worship, and holiness. She continues to do research and writing on these themes as well as Franciscan history and piety.