Mormon Scholars in the Humanities had kind words to say about In Heaven.

The Deseret News wrote on the Huffington Post piece on Mormon proxy baptism.

Today, the Huffington Post published my piece on the Mormon practice of baptism for the dead.

Samuel Brown, author of _In Heaven as It Is On Earth; Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death_, will speak at Molly Bennion’s home in the 98112 zip code in Seattle at 7pm on February 25. The subject for the evening will be “Investigating Mormon Masonry.”

Intersections between Mormonism and American Freemasonry have caused considerable controversy among Latter-day Saints and their critics. The large majority of the work on this topic, on both sides, is intensely myopic. In this presentation, which extends the treatment of Masonry in _In Heaven_, Sam explores the assumptions central to the study of Mormon Masonry, considering how to understand influence and tradition, while exploring the meaning of Western esotericism at the intersections of early Mormonism and American Freemasonry.

Because space is limited, RSVP is required. Comments, questions, and confirmations should be directed to Molly Bennion at bennion AT seanet DOT com.

I will be speaking February 26 at 7pm at the Seattle North Stake, 5701 8th Ave NE, Seattle 98105 on “The Early Mormon Conquest of Death.” The talk will be designed primarily for an LDS audience and will be followed by a Q&A.

In this guest post at Religion in American History, I describe the relationships between my work as a physician, medical researcher, and historian.

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.

Ben Park at Patheos writes,

All historians of early Mormon thought must come to terms with Samuel Brown’s remarkable scholarship, which should prove to be foundational for all future work on Joseph Smith. Exhaustively research, creatively imagined, and powerfully written, In Heaven as it is on Earth is prime evidence for the maturation of Mormon Studies.