Martha Beck

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martha Beck
Occupation	Sociologist
Date Of Birth	Nov 29, 1962(1962-11-29)
Age	62
Birthplace	Provo
Country	United States
Birth City	Utah
Horoscope	Scorpio

Martha Beck Biography

Martha Beck is one of the most popular and richest Sociologist who was born on November 29, 1962 in Provo, Utah, United States. Martha Nibley was born in Provo, Utah, in 1962. She was the seventh child from Hugh Nibley and Phyllis Nibley and was her parents were LDS with an influential Utah family. Her father was an instructor of sociology at Brigham Young University. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the department of East Asian studies, along with an MA and an MA and Ph.D. in sociology , both from Harvard University.

Beck has also served as an editor in the popular magazines, such as Real Simple and Redbook, and she has been a columnist for O which is the Oprah Magazine since July 2001. Her most recent book called Martha Beck Collection: Essays on Creating Your Right Life, Volume 1, Martha Beck Collection: Essays on the Art of Creating Your Right Life, Volume 1 contains articles from her column column, which is The Oprah Magazine column. Beck is the president of Martha Beck, Inc. that offers an instructor-training and certification program based upon Beck’s books and experiences for people who wish to master the skills and tools needed to coach others in their lives. Alongside coaching for life coaches, Martha Beck, Inc. provides Live events and products and tools in relation to life coaching methods.

In 2005, she received national attention for her bestselling book, Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith. According to Sunstone magazine, the book may have originally been conceived as a novel, loosely based on her life (with a male main character), but was changed to recount her personal experiences, with the encouragement of her publishers. Ultimately released in March 2005, the book is a narrative in which Beck describes recovered memories of alleged sexual abuse by her father, prominent LDS academician Hugh Nibley; her experiences teaching at Brigham Young University; cultural dissonance and anomalies in Utah; her spiritual journey leaving the LDS Church. It also relates the account of her taking her recently hospitalized father and holding him in a hotel room against his will for five hours, attempting to get a confession of guilt from him.

In the year 1990, just following the birth of her 3rd child Beck was an adjunct faculty member of Brigham Young University (BYU) located in Provo, Utah, taught a class on gender and the sociology in the Department of Social Science. While she was a faculty member on a part-time basis at BYU 5 faculty members had been banned by BYU by the LDS Church as a consequence of writings in the public domain that were seen as being critical of the church. The group was later referred to as”the September Six. Martha Beck and her husband John Beck also made scathing public statements on both the excommunications, as well as different church-related and BYU issues, which resulted in first John and then Martha herself, quitting her position in the LDS Church in 1993.

Martha Beck Net Worth

Martha Beck is one of the richest Sociologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martha Beck 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Martha Nibley Beck (born November 29th 1962) is a best-selling writer life coach, author, and speaker who is specialized in helping groups of people and individuals to achieve higher levels of professional and personal success. She has three degrees, including a BA, MA and PhD from Harvard University. Beck has the mother of the deceased LDS Church Apologist and scholar Hugh Nibley. Beck was the subject of national attention following her 2005 publication of her best-selling work, Leaving the Saints: What I Learned from Losing the Mormons and Rediscovered the Faith In it, she discusses her personal experiences of being a victim of sexual assault. In addition to writing numerous publications, Beck is a columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine.

Beck has met John Christen Beck, a fellow Mormon from Utah during her college years at Harvard. They got married at the LDS Salt Lake Temple on June 21, 1983 located in Salt Lake City, Utah and eventually had three children together.

Since leaving the LDS Church, both Martha Beck and her now ex-husband subsequently came out publicly as gay. In 2003, Beck separated from her husband, divorcing him in 2004. She now lives with her family in Pennsylvania.

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Who is Martha Beck Dating?

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Martha Ranked on the list of most popular Sociologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Martha Beck celebrates birthday on November 29 of every year.