(RNS) — A new history of the Mormons' brief residency in Illinois in the 1840s shows how democracy has been neither assured nor safe for minority groups in America. (RNS) — Benjamin Park, an historian ...

Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much controversy as polygamy, called plural or celestial marriage within the ...

If humans had a long history of polygamy during human evolution, and if males were more likely to have multiple partners than were women (i.e., if polygyny existed), then it would make sense that ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church’s renovated history museum which reopened this week features a small and surprising display about an uncomfortable part of the faith’s history that for generations ...

Until the late 20th century, most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not realize that founder Joseph Smith had practiced polygamy himself. After all, the Utah-based faith ...

THERE is a mingling of gayety and seriousness in this title which at once fixes the attention. As if it were not sufficiently surprising that a Christian Philanthropist should call himself so ...

(RNS) — In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religion built on modern revelation, perhaps no revelation has caused as much controversy as one attributed to President John Taylor, who ...

From the Collection: The State of Voting Rights in the U.S. Utah’s Complicated Suffrage History Reaches into Modern Day. SALT LAKE CITY — Hope Zitting-Goeckeritz waited for this day. It was ...

First, let’s get one thing straight. My wife and I have been married for over 21 years, and I love her deeply. This post is not about me! There, I’ve said it — for the record. That said, as an ...