Perhaps a true-to-life biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, can never be written. Smith’s claims to accessing the divine were too outlandish, his embrace of polygamy too ...

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(RNS) — ‘I think the evidence for Joseph’s polygamous sealings is pretty overwhelming,’ says historian John Turner, who has penned a new biography of Joseph Smith. (RNS) — When John Turner’s biography ...

(RNS) — In 2000 and 2001, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints focused its worldwide curriculum on the teachings of Joseph F. Smith (1838 – 1918), a nephew of the founding prophet, Joseph ...

“The evidence for Joseph’s polygamous sealings is pretty overwhelming,” says historian John Turner, who has penned a new biography of the religious leader.

Historian John Turner captures a religious icon who was always on the move, who dangerously pursued polygamy, and bungled finances, yet whose teachings attracted many, appalled others and whose legacy ...

From its headquarters in Salt Lake City, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claims more than sixteen million adherents around the world. For most people outside the faith, the little they ...