Emma Smith
Faithful Mormons won’t be happy with Hulu’s ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’
By Jana Riess — April 25, 2022
(RNS) — Despite excellent performances and production values, Hulu's 'Banner' left me with the same wary bewilderment I felt after reading Jon Krakauer’s book.
Why every Mormon should read “Saints”
By Jana Riess — September 4, 2018
Joseph drank coffee and fought with his brother William, and Emma angrily kicked Joseph's plural wives out of their house. The Church's new Mormon history "Saints" manages to be faith promoting while also keeping it real.
Mormon founder turned over priesthood keys to women, says Deseret Book author
By Jana Riess — June 21, 2016
Fiona Givens, a Deseret Book author and popular Mormon speaker, says early LDS women were given priesthood keys -- and that there is historical tradition linking Heavenly Mother to the Holy Ghost.
The Mormon Reinvention of Emma Smith
By Jana Riess — April 23, 2013
The way Emma Smith's story is carefully sculpted reveals as much about gender expectations and religious norms in our own era as it did when Brigham Young declared her mormona non grata.
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