The project team for the Joseph Smith Papers is set to release the final volume of the papers on June 27, the 179th anniversary of the Prophet’s martyrdom. The Joseph Smith Papers project is a ...

For Latter-day Saints across the globe, Thursday marks the 180th anniversary of a tragedy — on June 27, 1844, an armed mob stormed into Carthage Jail and took the lives of the prophet Joseph Smith and ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has commissioned a new official biography of its 19th-century charismatic founder, to be titled simply: “Joseph the Prophet.” The new volume about ...

On July 21, Mormons were rocked by news that a great-great-grandson of Joseph Smith had discovered a daguerreotype he believes to be the only known photograph of the prophet. Almost immediately, the ...

Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet, by John G. Turner (Yale, $35) Born in 1805 to a hardscrabble Vermont family and raised amid the fervor of the Second Great Awakening, Joseph ...

(RNS) — ‘I think the evidence for Joseph’s polygamous sealings is pretty overwhelming,’ says historian John Turner, who has penned a new biography of Joseph Smith. (RNS) — When John Turner’s biography ...

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Since its inception in September 1827, many have asked the question: “What is the Book of Mormon?” Some of you may know the answer. Many stories have emerged over the last 200 years of its origin and ...

Many Christians have a neighbor, a co-worker, or even a relative who is a Mormon. Christians and Mormons in America share many of the same national and community commitments, and generally strive to ...

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