Ardis Parshall

Forgotten Mormon artist finally gets his due in new LDS Church exhibit

By Jana Riess — November 9, 2017
Joseph Paul Vorst was a well-known artist in the 1930s and 1940s, but Mormons only recently discovered he was LDS. Now for the first time, there will be a major retrospective exhibit of his life and work.

Why I still need ‘Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought’

By Jana Riess — September 6, 2016
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought has been hugely important in my life. In fact, I'm not sure I would have ever converted to Mormonism without it.

Historians to discuss Joseph Smith’s polyandrous children, Mormons on YouTube, and Winston Churchill’s investigation of the LDS Church

By Jana Riess — May 3, 2016
Did Joseph Smith have a child with a woman who was married to another man? Why did Winston Churchill launch an investigation of the LDS Church in England? And other highlights from this year's Mormon History Association conference.

Mormon Kickstarter campaign places women at “center stage” in LDS history

By Jana Riess — May 28, 2015
Where are the women in LDS church history? Their achievements are recounted as the history of women in the Church, but not as the history of the Church. Ardis Parshall's project aims to change that.
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