Joseph Smith

Excerpt
How Mormons Became American
Acentury ago, it was once a simple matter to assume a norm for American culture and situate the Mormon well outside it. Polygamy was likened …
By Terryl Givens
Editor’s Note
What War on Religion?
In July of 1844, word reached New York that Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the LDS Church, had been murdered by a mob in Illinois. …
By Tiffany Stanley
Review
The Art of Jon McNaughton, the Tea Party’s Painter
Editor’s Note: Utah-based artist Jon McNaughton has received a lot of attention from both the press and political pundits. Much of this attention has been …
By David Morgan
Report
Why Do Mormons Love the Fourth of July So Much?
Tonight, one of the nation’s biggest Fourth of July celebrations will take place in Provo, Utah, in front of 50,000 people at Brigham Young University’s …
By Benjamin E. Park
Essay
The Long Approach to the “Mormon Moment”
Unless you have been living in a cave or asleep for the last half year, you know that we are living in an era that …
By Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp