Mormon studies loses a giant — a Methodist historian who knew the LDS Church inside and out

Oct. 4, 1929 — April 14, 2025: Jan Shipps, a folksy Southerner with a probing mind and a way with words, dies. Her groundbreaking work made the world notice Latter-day Saints.

(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Historian Jan Shipps in 2007.

(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Historian Jan Shipps in 2007.

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