Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A new Mormon offshoot movement is growing, but can it last?
By Lauren Markoe — August 28, 2017
(Salt Lake Tribune) — Denver Snuffer’s Remnant movement, which plans to canonize a new set of scriptures in Boise this week, is drawing away Mormons with the mantra: 'God can talk to you, too.' But will these freewheeling fellowships last?
Contested sacred space USA: Conflict and cooperation in the heartland
By Kimberly Winston — August 11, 2017
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (RNS) — From Jerusalem to Ayodhya, the world has no shortage of contested religious sites. But here in the U.S., the three largest Mormon denominations have found a way to peacefully share places that all of them hold sacred.
Mormon church leader excommunicated for 1st time in decades
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 9, 2017
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The last leader to be excommunicated was the late George P. Lee in 1989 after Lee, an American Indian, called Mormon leaders racist.
Mormons in space: Sci-fi or no lie?
By Kimberly Winston — July 26, 2017
(RNS) — Mormons are frequently the creators, subjects and consumers of science fiction — perhaps more than any other faith group.
Bikini begone: Conservative modesty at the beach
By Madeleine Buckley — July 11, 2017
(RNS) — A look at how women of different religions stay covered up with swimwear.
Frail Mormon prophet Monson no longer goes to office regularly, confers with counselors ‘as needed’
By Lauren Markoe — May 24, 2017
SALT LAKE CITY (SLT) This marks a public change from what Mormon officials reported last fall, stating then that their prophet-leader went to the office every day and attended top-level church meetings in which he led the discussions and made decisions.
Mormon church challenges legality of leaked documents
By Kimberly Winston — March 15, 2017
(RNS) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints finally takes notice of MormonLeaks.
Bears Ears National Monument, sacred to native tribes, faces a challenge to its status
By Lauren Markoe — March 10, 2017
(RNS) Could Donald Trump become the first president to rescind a national monument?
A new Mormon temple rises in Ben Franklin’s Philadelphia
By Lauren Markoe — August 4, 2016
(RNS) The public gets a brief window to tour a temple soon to be closed to all but members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Churches to Russia: We’re not leaving
By Kimberly Winston — July 11, 2016
(RNS) A new Putin-backed law would outlaw proselytzing by religious organizations in Russia.
The Mormon Jesus
By Jana Riess — May 27, 2016
Historian John Turner says the Mormon religion is emphasizing Jesus Christ more than ever before, but it's a slightly different Jesus than the one that LDS leaders championed in the 19th century.
Mormon ‘gospel art’: Kitsch or classic?
By Kimberly Winston — March 17, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Mormons call it "gospel art," and it's revered less for its quality as art than as glue.
Why Mormon leaders are ‘deeply troubled’ by Oregon militiamen
By Mark A. Kellner — January 5, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Taking up arms goes beyond what the religion teaches, say scholars.
Twice rejected, Mormon family faces painful decision about resignation
By Lorena O'Neil — December 2, 2015
(RNS) Two decades ago Paul Sautter-Walker left because he felt the church rejected him when he came out as gay. Now, at 37, with a husband and four children, he wonders whether his return to the church of his youth was ill-fated to begin with.
Same-sex guidelines come from Mormons’ feeling as ‘a people apart’
By Kimberly Winston — November 11, 2015
(RNS) The new policies make the LDS church, with about 15 million members globally, the largest Christian denomination to enact such a formal — and some say draconian — policy. Children of same-sex couples are effectively denied baptism and other ordinances of the church.
