Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. April: The Mormon pioneer company led by Young leave their winter quarters in western Iowa and head west.

What’s behind the media and pop culture’s longstanding fascination with Mormon violence? And how often do they get the story ...

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 ...

The first of Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s 13 Articles of Faith reads: ”We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.” It is true that the Mormon ...

The origins of the first September 11 atrocity stem from the murder of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, who was assassinated in Illinois on June 27, 1844, aged 38. The religion was one of ...

Courtesy of Brigham Young University Museum of Art Just a few months after the Mormon Church was founded in 1830, Smith's preaching led to hostility from other clergymen and a charge of "being a ...