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John G. Turner’s new book is a nimble account that showcases the frenzied core of Smith’s soul.
These Joseph Smith revelations were never canonized. A new book seeks to bring attention to them for Latter-day Saints and other readers.
Debate continues about how Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, the foundational scripture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
(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.
Joseph Smith (1805-1844) claimed he received golden plates from an angel named Moroniin 1827 containing information that was translated into the Book of Mormon.
(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.
Visitors to the historic Joseph Smith Memorial Building can once again enjoy access to the lobby and mezzanine levels of the ...
Jana Riess: Yes, LDS founder Joseph Smith practiced polygamy “The evidence for Joseph’s polygamous sealings is pretty overwhelming,” says historian John Turner, who has penned a new ...
Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Bowman discusses LDS prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, who led fights over evolution, the age of the Earth and orthodoxy.
Commentary: On evolution and other questions, the LDS Church says, research and revelation can be partners in quest for truth “The Creation accounts in the scriptures,” the global faith states ...
Perhaps a true-to-life biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, can never be written. Smith’s claims to accessing the divine were too outlandish, his embrace of polygamy too ...