After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, Jr., his wife Emma Hale Smith was left with much to shoulder: salvaging Joseph’s estate, the safety of her family, her own grief, and growing isolation as danger and rumors swirled around her. Through…
3 Ways Men and Women Exercise Unrighteous Dominion in Their Marriages Without Realizing It Unrighteous dominion may not seem like something Mormons would encounter often in their marriages, but "it's more common than we think," Julie de Azevedo Hanks says.…
Newell G. Bringhurst is an American historian and author of books and essays. Most of his writtings have been about Mormonism— particularly topics and figures of controversy, such as blacks and the priesthood, Fawn Brodie, polygamy, and schisms within the LDS movement. In this…
The Book Behind The Bundys' Fringe Religious Beliefs At the heart of those fringe beliefs is this spiral-bound notebook of scripture and speeches from Mormon church leaders that they carry around with them. It's called the Nay book. Read Story…
Wallace Jeffs was born the thirtieth child of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' prophet, Rulon Jeffs, and is the half-brother of the current prophet, Warren Jeffs. Raised as a devout FLDS member, he was eventually excommunicated…