Heber J. Grant
100 years of Mormon temple garments
By Jana Riess — June 25, 2019
Here's a blast from the past, when competing retailers used to advertise their "approved" Mormon temple garments.
The fallout of Mormon fixations with what we eat, wear, and say
By Jana Riess — December 18, 2014
Sometimes I feel like I belong to a religion that would be less likely to rebuke a member who made millions designing torture techniques than it would to censure that same man if he uttered the F word in public.
COMMENTARY: Mormon ban on alcohol not always absolute
By Pat Bagley — January 27, 2014
(RNS) Early in their history, Mormons who enjoyed the occasional tipple or chaw could get a temple recommend and enjoy all the privileges of a member in good standing.
Brigham Young and Jesus Christ would break the Mormons’ no-beard rule
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — April 2, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) If they lived today, nearly half of Mormon church presidents would be forbidden from serving in the faith’s 141 temples worldwide. That’s because being clean-shaven is generally a requirement for men to be Mormon temple workers.
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