Jan Shipps: A Social and Intellectual Portrait: How a Methodist Girl from Hueytown, Alabama, Became an Acclaimed Mormon Studies Scholar

by Gordon Shepherd and Gary Shepherd “A significant contribution to understanding both a unique scholar and Mormon historiography.” — Kathryn M. Daynes “This is important reading for any who hope to understand Shipps or the emergence of the field in which she worked.” — Phil Barlow “There is much to learn here about Mormonism itself and those who studied it.” — Kathleen Flake “Welcomes readers into the life of one of Mormon studies’ pioneering voices.” — Cristina Rosetti   Available in ebook for Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Google Play, and Apple. Also available through Amazon. Download a free sample preview. Book Description: How did Jo Ann Barnett—a Methodist girl born and raised in Hueytown, Alabama, during the Great Depression and World War II—come to be Jan Shipps, a renowned non-Mormon historian and scholar of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? In Jan Shipps: A Social and Intellectual Portrait, authors Gordon Shepherd and Gary Shepherd tell the story of how