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Sterling M. McMurrin

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Sterling M. McMurrin was Academic Vice President and dean of the graduate school at the University of Utah, a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University and the Union Theological Seminary, and a Ford Fellow in philosophy at Princeton. In addition to being U.S. Commissioner of Education (see above), he served as US Envoy to Iran. He was the author of Education and Freedom; Religion, Reason and Truth; and co-author of Contemporary Philosophy; A History of Philosophy; Matters of Conscience; and Toward Understanding the New Testament. He contributed to The Autobiography of B. H. Roberts and Memories and Reflections.
Author, Interviewee

3 Works by Sterling M. McMurrin

Title Role Year Genre
An Interview with Sterling McMurrin Interviewee Interview / Panel
Matters of Conscience Author 1996 Interview / Panel
Toward Understanding the New Testament Author 1990 Theology
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