Dr. Stephen H. Webb, retired Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Wabash College, passed away unexpectedly on March 5, 2016. He was a speaker at the 2015 FairMormon Conference in Provo, Utah, where he delivered his remarks on “Why Mormon Materialism Matters.”
Dr. Webb earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and, since 2007, was a practicing Roman Catholic. In recent years he had become interested in the Latter-day Saint faith, and published two books on Mormonism through Oxford University Press: Mormon Christianity: What Other Christians Can Learn from the Latter-day Saints (2013) and, with Alonzo L. Gaskill, Catholic and Mormon: A Theological Conversation (2015).
FairMormon volunteers are deeply saddened by his passing, and express our sympathy to his family and loved ones.
You may read Dr. Webb’s obituary and sign the online guest register on the Legacy.com website.
I only recently learned of Dr Webb. He was a wonderful human being. He has caused me to respect and pay more attention to the Catholic church because of his kindness to us Mormons. He will be greatly missed.