RLDS
Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s photo discovered by descendant after nearly 180 years
By Jana Riess — July 21, 2022
(RNS) — A great-great-grandson of Joseph Smith Jr. found the Mormon prophet’s photo tucked inside a locket passed down for generations.
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.
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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