Many Mormons today trace Mormon racism to Brigham Young, not to Joseph Smith. But you point out that Smith embraced this idea too, or even originated it — the idea that people with black skin ...

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 ...

Everybody loves a good whodunit, but in the case of the Book of Mormon, the mystery is more like a howhedunit.. For more than 190 years, critics of Mormon founder Joseph Smith have tried to find ...

On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, Salt Lake Tribune journalists Peggy Fletcher Stack and David Noyce discuss the biggest stories of 2022 in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

• To celebrate our 300th podcast, we staged a live show and a lively discussion about Joseph, the gold plates, women’s rights and much more with Richard Bushman, the patriarch of Mormon ...

In the last eighteen months of his life, Joseph Smith introduced the Mormon faithful to the Old Testament doctrine of polygamy. Everyone, including Brigham Young and Joseph's wife Emma, hated ...

On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, Latter-day Saint scholars discuss church founder Joseph Smith's polygamy and those who increasingly deny he ever participated in the practice.

Since it opened on Broadway in March 2011, "The Book of Mormon" has been a must-see. Nominated for 13 Tony awards, and winner of nine, the innovative show is returning to the Twin Cities for a ...