The Nephites, initially more prosperous and religious ... Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. April: The Mormon pioneer company led by Young leave ...
Sacred Grove Welcome Center, Palmyra, New York, Over my thirty years living in Upstate New York, I’ve raced past the Thruway ...
Throughout his childhood, the young Smith, born on this day in 1805, fought disease, poverty and spiritual battles of his own ...
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A New History of Mormonism,” in a Zoom interview with Religion News Service. Emma Smith, the prophet’s first wife, “was agitating for change and a space within the community within months of ...
Mormons, seen for decades as the country’s homegrown religious misfits, are not so unique in this climate, said Benjamin Park ...
to prevent his expulsion. The ground for the proposed ouster: Harry Howard is an elder of the Mormon Church; therefore he is not a Jew. Mormon Howard contends that there is no reason why he cannot ...
The Mormon Church was founded by Joseph Smith. He claimed to have been visited by the Angel Moroni in 1827 who told him where he could find golden plates that Smith would translate and publish as ...
Mormons, seen for decades as the country’s homegrown religious misfits, are not so unique in this climate, said Benjamin Park, the author of “American Zion: a New History of Mormonism,” who ...
asks Jon Butler, professor of religion at Yale. "It has to do with … fear of unknown personal practices, polygamy, fear of unknown beliefs, the fear of power and hierarchy. Did the Mormons ...
It brings fresh insight to the paradox of that most American of religions, one that still occupies a marginal place in the public square.' Terryl Givens - author of Wrestling the Angel: The ...
From garments to temples to women's issues and Russell Nelson's 100th birthday, a look at big LDS news in 2024.