At 94, Latter-day Saint historian Richard Bushman speaks about the church presidents he has known, the challenges the faith has faced, the changes he has witnessed, the histories he has written, and ...

(RNS) — Debates over gender, race and sexuality have been part of Mormonism since Kirtland, says historian Benjamin Park. So yes, contemporary Mormonism has been deeply shaped by the culture wars, ...

OGDEN — The Mormon History Association is bringing its annual conference back to Ogden for the first time in more than two decades. Last week, the Mormon History Association announced that its 60th ...

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney will take on the issue of his Mormon faith by stressing America's tradition of religious tolerance. The following are facts about the Church of Jesus Christ of ...

A pair of pieces in the November/December 2004 issue of Books & Culture—Elesha Coffman’s review of Richard Bushman’s Believing History: Latter-Day Saint Essays, and James Bradley’s review of two ...

The professional study of Mormon history was born as a collaboration between the community and the state, an unlikely alliance that prompted a cultural reckoning and launched a new era for The Church ...

I helped build the websites for Century of Black Mormons and Utah Historical Markers. Each July 24, the state of Utah celebrates “Pioneer Day.” There are parades, rodeos, fireworks, a marathon, hikes ...

Crossing the border and traveling 130 miles south proved tougher than I guesstimated, right from the time I left Washington, D.C. My flight from the capital to El Paso was delayed several hours. The ...

More than 100 congregants posed for a photo outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints in the 3500 block of West Seventh Street on a Sunday morning in 1960. Courtesy Fort Worth Texas ...