Kirtland Temple

Kirtland and Nauvoo: What happens next week, when tours begin under new LDS management?

By Jana Riess — March 22, 2024
The managing director of the Church History Department answers questions about changes to the tours and the buildings in the recently acquired historic sites.

Kirtland Temple purchased by LDS church for $192.5 million

By Jana Riess — March 5, 2024
(RNS) — After years of resisting, the cash-strapped Community of Christ has sold its prized historic sites to its larger and wealthier cousin, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Suicide, complicated grief and the hidden darkness of the heart

By Jana Riess — October 15, 2020
(RNS) — Do we ever truly know people?

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.
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