Book of Mormon
Polygamous sect member pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children
By Jacques Billeaud — March 20, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) — A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state line.
Dealing with racism in the Book of Mormon
By Jana Riess — January 12, 2024
(RNS) — The Book of Mormon could teach us some hard truths about racism if we're brave enough to listen, say co-authors Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming.
Utah county protects children from the Bible
By Mark Silk — June 7, 2023
(RNS) — There is precedent for tidying up the Holy Book to make it safe for all.
New Book of Mormon videos aim to include women’s voices
By Jana Riess — September 25, 2019
Only two women speak in the Book of Mormon, but the Church's new video series aims to showcase female characters and voices when possible, says actress Kymberly Mellen.
4 myths about ex-Mormons
By Jana Riess — February 12, 2019
Most didn't leave because they got offended, became atheists, or wanted to join another religion. Also, the vast majority of former Mormons say they're happy after leaving.
First-edition Book of Mormon sells at auction for $80,000
By Kimberly Winston — March 1, 2018
(RNS) — The starting bid was $1, but the final 15 minutes of the weeklong auction were punctuated by rapidly rising bids in mostly $500 increments.
LDS church sets record price for a manuscript of the Book of Mormon
By Kimberly Winston — September 22, 2017
(RNS) — For $35 million, the LDS church gets a handwritten copy of its founding text, while the Community of Christ gets a much-needed boost to its bottom line.
Mormon joy, Lehi’s dream, and the love of God
By Jana Riess — March 9, 2017
Lehi's dream, says guest blogger Mette Harrison, shows how we learn about God’s love largely through the lens of the love of our family.
Study: Religious experiences trigger brain’s reward circuit in devout Mormons
By Kirkland An — December 5, 2016
(RNS) The study found that their religious actions were associated with activations in the region of the brain central to the reward circuit as well as the region associated with decision making and attention.
What one bishop offers Mormons who don’t ‘know’ the church is true
By Jana Riess — September 9, 2016
Richard Ostler, bishop of a Mormon YSA ward, shares 8 suggestions in counseling those who doubt, including: Listen more than you talk, don't tell people just to pray more, and mourn with those who mourn.
The Mormon moment and others
By Martin E. Marty — August 8, 2016
The purpose of this exercise in time-measurement terminology is ... to suggest that people may profitably invest in some of those in their own era, age, and moment, and gain perspective for what is before them.
Can Mormons be more green?
By Jana Riess — June 3, 2016
Why is it that so many Mormons seem all too eager to ignore global warming science, to be more concerned with capitalism than conservationism? Guest blogger Mette Harrison offers 10 ways the LDS Church could better help the environment.
Mormon senator’s death marks the end of an era for a Trump-free GOP
By Jana Riess — May 5, 2016
Former Utah Senator Robert Bennett died yesterday. Maybe it’s a blessing that he won’t live to see the further implosion of the political party—and the nation—he worked to build and protect.
Apostle suggests Mormons were saved from Brussels attacks and Fiji cyclone
By Jana Riess — April 7, 2016
Elder Oaks suggested the Lord intervened to save Mormon missionaries and a Mormon temple. Isn't God bigger than this?
3 reasons Mormons don’t corner the market on truth
By Jana Riess — January 21, 2016
Mormons have sometimes staked our truth claims too forcefully, forgetting important pieces of scripture that remind us that God is a whole lot bigger than our religion.
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