Samuel Brown

Samuel M. Brown is a professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine and of medical ethics and humanities at the University of Utah, and he has also worked as an intensive care physician at Intermountain Medical Center. Alongside his medical career, he has built a strong reputation as a writer on Mormon history and theology.

His books include Joseph Smith's Translation: The Words and Worlds of Early Mormonism and the award-winning In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death, both published by Oxford University Press. He also wrote First Principles and Ordinances: The Fourth Article of Faith in Light of the Temple and translated Aleksandr Men’s Son of Man: The Story of Christ and Christianity.

What makes his work stand out is the way it brings serious scholarship together with lived experience. Whether he is writing about religion, mortality, or meaning, his voice is thoughtful, accessible, and grounded in real human concerns.