Steven Epperson

STEVEN EPPERSON {[email protected]} was history curator at the Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City and assistant professor in the Department of History at BYU. He is past president of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers of Canada and is minister emeritus of the Unitarian Church of Vancouver. He lives with his wife Diana in a housing co-op in Vancouver, Canada. Their children and grandchildren live in the States and Canada.

Armenians and The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints: A Hauntological Exhibit

Articles/Essays – Volume 58, No. 1

From 1986 to 1993, I was history curator at the Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the spring and summer of 1993, I was preparing an exhibit on the…

House of the Temple, House of the Lord: A View from Philadelphia

Articles/Essays – Volume 20, No. 3

The lord whose oracle is at Delphi neither speaks nor conceals, but gives signs (Heraclitus). Three steps. A terrace. Five steps. A terrace. Seven steps. A terrace. Nine steps. A final broad terrace. Stone sphinxes (one…

Jews in the Columns of Joseph’s Times and Seasons

Articles/Essays – Volume 22, No. 4

On 21 May 1839, Joseph Smith introduced an unusual entry in his journal history, writing, “To show the feelings of that long scattered branch of the house of Israel, the Jews, I here quote a…

That Which Moves | Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby, eds., Accounting for Fundamentalisms: The Dynamic Character of Movements

Articles/Essays – Volume 28, No. 4

Accounting for Fundamentalisms is the fourth volume in a series of studies of religious fundamentalism which began in 1988. The volume re viewed is part of a massive study project sponsored by the American Academy…

Scripture, History, and Faith: A Round Table Discussion

Articles/Essays – Volume 29, No. 4

Participants

Todd Compton: Ph.D., classics, University of California, Los Angeles. Dean, Graduate Studies, Park College, Independence, Missouri; Director, Temple School Center, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri.

Steven Epperson: Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, specializing in American religious history and history of Christian doctrine.

Mark D. Thomas: Scriptural Studies Editor, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.

Margaret Toscano: Ph.D. candidate, comparative literature, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

David P. Wright: Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.