Joseph Smith on film: Six actors ... What’s tricky with portraying a religious figure like Smith isn’t the look; ... associate professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young ...

Scholar Todd Compton explores what historical documents say about the 33 wives of Mormonism's founder Joseph Smith, whether they had sex with the LDS prophet, and if there is evidence of children.

Brigham Young’s not on record as saying, “I’m worried that Joseph’s going to ask for my wife as an Abrahamic sacrifice.” It’s not very subtle, though. No, I don’t think it’s subtle.

Yet figures like Joseph Smith fascinate me as an anthropologist, ... In another sense Brigham Young is his cement: ... When I look at that, I think Joseph Smith was a prophet ...

In 2012, scholar John Turner published an award-winning biography of Brigham Young, a mountain of a man in Western Americana. But there remained a bigger fish to pursue, namely Joseph Smith, the ...

Authorities are asking for help after an 800-pound bronze statue of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young was stolen overnight. The incident was caught on video near 825 N. and 300 W. at about 4 a.m ...

Visitors to the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library now will be able to see — and hold in their hands — historic papers signed by Mormon founder Joseph Smith, his brother Hyrum ...

Joseph F. Smith is just as much responsible for their solidification and perpetuation into the 20th century as Brigham Young was for beginning them. Gray • And for that reason, I want to have a ...

YOUNG JOE SMITH ASSUMING POWER BRIGHAM YOUNG TO BE DEPOSED. Share full article. May 4, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 4, 1860, Page 5 ...

Photo: "Six Days in August" "There are some who think Brigham Young wasn't a prophet, that somehow the Church went astray after Joseph died. But without Brigham, there is no line of authority.

Joseph then goes to that spot on the hill -- it's not far from where the Smith family farm was -- and he locates the place there on the hill, and the plates are under a rock, which he'd seen very ...