Writer and scholar Jonathan Rauch says the LDS Church may have found the answer to balancing cultural war issues with ...

(RNS) — No one would be surprised to learn that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been shaped by the culture wars in the 21 st century. In 2008, for example, it devoted ...

Candidly explaining Mormonism’s complicated experience with polygamy to adults requires nuance, context and care. Introducing it to children can be even trickier, if not nearly impossible.

It was awarded the Best First Book Award from the Mormon History Association. His second book, Mormonism: The Basics, is the only Mormon studies text that provides sustained comparative analysis of ...

"How did Mormonism distinguish itself in such a crowded field?" asks professor Terryl Givens. "There were many people who claimed revelation from the heavens, who claimed prophets, who claimed to ...

Critics believed Mormonism combined the roles of church and state in an un-American way. The U.S. government targeted plural marriage, which was, in the words of journalist Ken Verdoia ...