LDS
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Essay
An Evolving Mormon Church Finally Addresses a Racist Past
Last Friday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) made history by confronting its own history. For the first time, the LDS Church …
By Max Perry Mueller![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/TableAP605520137061-584-x-380-257x208.jpg)
The Table
What Romney Wouldn’t Say
During his long pursuit of the presidency, three M-words rarely passed Mitt Romney’s lips: Massachusetts, Mandate, and Mormonism. This first two silent M’s were, at …
By Randall Balmer![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/GettyImages_tlp704793-584-x-380.jpg-257x208.jpg)
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![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0906-Dias-DerrickHarkins-257x208.jpg)
Profile
Meet Derrick Harkins, the Pastor Behind the Democratic Party’s Faith Outreach
CHARLOTTE — “Faith is an integral part of the Democratic Party,” the Reverend Derrick Harkins proclaimed Wednesday as he kicked off a panel on religion …
By Elizabeth Dias![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0815-Darby-KosovoMormons-257x208.jpg)
Report
What are Mormon Missionaries Doing in Kosovo?
“Those look tempting.” Alex Peterson, a lanky blond 19-year-old from Salt Lake City, pointed toward a bloc of gray apartment buildings nestled on a hill …
By Seyward Darby![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0709-Duffy-RomneyFlag-257x208.jpg)
Essay
What Happened to Romney’s “Evangelical Problem”?
For six years, reporters and commentators have told the American public that evangelicals don’t want to vote for Mitt Romney because he is a Mormon. …
By John-Charles Duffy![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0629-Newell-Wyoming-257x208.jpg)
The States Project
Wyoming: A Westerner Encounters Open Range Religion
A Westerner Encounters Open Range Religion.
By Quincy D. Newell![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0517-maffly-kipp_mormon-missionaries-257x208.jpg)
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![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/02-Mueller-MittRomney1-257x208.jpg)
Profile, Report
When Romney Was a Mormon President
“I must be about my father’s business,” Tagg Romney announces. It is a warm summer evening last July. He stands before a packed classroom of …
By Max Perry Mueller