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Gordon Shepherd
Gordon Shepherd is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Central Arkansas. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Shepherd earned his bachelor's degr...view moreGordon Shepherd is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Central Arkansas. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Shepherd earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah and his PhD from the State University of New York at Stonybrook where he studied social theory under Lewis Coser. In collaboration with his brother, Gary, he has authored numerous academic articles and several books on religion and social change. Along with his brother, his literary repertoire includes a boyhood memoir, Growing Up in the City of the Saints and Stories of Forgotten Sports Idols and Other Ordinary Mortals. Most recently, Shepherd is the author of Lost Conversations with Abraham Lincoln.view less
Books by Gordon Shepherd
A Kingdom Transformed: Early Mormonism and the Modern LDS Church, New Edition Growing Up in the City of the Saints: Glimpses of America in Salt Lake City During the 1950s and 60s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBinding Earth and Heaven: Patriarchal Blessings in the Prophetic Development of Early Mormonism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStories of Forgotten Sports Idols and Other Ordinary Mortals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Conversations with Abraham Lincoln Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerica the Beautiful in Dark Times Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings