Richard Sherlock

RICHARD SHERLOCK is professor of philosophy at Utah State University. He earned a Master's of Theological Studies (1972) and a Ph.D. in philosophy (1978) from Harvard University. He has taught at Fordham University in New York City as professor of moral theology and at the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences. He has written or edited five books and sixty-five chapters, articles, and reviews on the history of philosophy, medical ethics, constitutional theory, biotechnology, and Mormon history.

Faith and History: The Snell Controversy

Articles/Essays – Volume 12, No. 1

In early March, 1937, Elder Joseph Fielding Smith, of the Council of the Twelve, sent a strongly worded letter to church Commissioner of Education Franklin West. The subject of Elder Smith’s criticism was a pair…

“We Can See No Advantage to a Continuation of the Discussion”: The Roberts/Smith/Talmage Affair

Articles/Essays – Volume 13, No. 3

In the mid-1920s B. H. Roberts, General Authority and President of the Eastern States Mission, began preliminary work on a book-length manuscript. By this time Roberts had already written extensively on church history and some…

Our Best Official Theologian | Truman Madsen, Defender of the Faith: The B. H. Roberts Story

Articles/Essays – Volume 14, No. 1

With the exception of a handful of standouts, such as Donna Hill’s work on Joseph Smith, biographies by Mormons of Mormons have been scarcely worth the title. Often reminiscent of mimeographed Christmas letters, these books…

Rooted in Christian Hope: The Case for Pacifism

Articles/Essays – Volume 37, No. 1