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WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for American Primeval. Brigham Young is a prominent historical figure and a featured antagonist in Netflix's epic period Western series American Primeval. American Primeval is ...
The recently released Netflix miniseries “American Primeval” is a work of fiction that depicts Brigham Young and other Latter-day Saints in the 1850s as violent fanatics. Trading in the tired trope ...
(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. (RNS) — When John Turner’s biography ...
(RNS) — Paul Reeve's new book argues the decision to ban Blacks from priesthood and the temple began with Brigham Young but wasn't fully entrenched until the early 1900s under Joseph F. Smith. (RNS) — ...
This story is sponsored by Six Days in August. "Six Days in August" is a new movie that opened nationwide on Oct. 10. This independent film is about the 1844 succession crisis in Nauvoo following the ...
The founder of the Mormon Church rocked 19th-century America with his spiritual visions, his belief in polygamy—and even a presidential run.