In this interview for Feedback with Dave Cawley, we discuss the delicate balance required to write Mormon history that is fair to Mormons and fair to interested outsiders. We also explore some of the ideas and beliefs that Mormons shared or rejected with their neighbors in early America.
On Doug Wright’s Everday Lives, Everyday Values on KSL radioSunday, January 15, around 9:05 am, tune in to KSL’s live feed to hear a discussion with Doug Wright about In Heaven. The show has archived our interview. The interview starts around 04:07 in the MP3 file. CW Pick for City WeeklyCity Weekly has a very gracious review and designated the book a “CW Pick”: In Heaven is “compelling new book” and “a detailed piece of social history.” Video from Benchmark ReadingThe Benchmark crew have graciously provided video footage from the book talk I gave on January 10. Coverage of sepsis researchThe Salt Lake Tribune picked up a brief story on the sepsis research we perform. Joseph (Smith) in EgyptMormon Metaphysics discussion of the essay on Joseph Smith’s Egyptian project and the quest for pure language. Martyrdom in antebellum AmericaMormon Times reportage from a speech on ways nineteenth-century Americans used martyrdom. |
   
Samuel Brown—ICU physician, medical researcher, and cultural historian—is Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Division Associate in Medical Ethics and Humanities at Intermountain Medical Center/University of Utah. Trained at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Brown researches and writes at the interfaces among medicine, religion, culture, and history. 
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