From the first years of its existence, the Mormon Church sparked violent opposition from other Americans. This violence claimed many lives, including Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's, and eventually led ...

The Nephites, initially more prosperous and religious, become corrupt over time and are locked into centuries of warfare with the nomadic Lamanites, whom Mormons consider the ancestors of Native ...

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are still highly religious and conservative, but signs point to demographic and social change.

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But that theory exploded the next day, as did a car driven by a well-known documents dealer named Mark Hofmann. Inside his bombed-out blue Toyota was a badly damaged Hofmann and a trove of purportedly ...

An ex-Mormon-turned-YouTuber is sharing why so many members of her former church look alike. Alyssa Grenfell, 31, left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah to start a new life in ...

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(RNS) — Seven in 10 U.S. Mormons still support the Republican Party, despite church members' much lower approval of the president. (RNS) — Nearly three-quarters of American Mormons affiliate with or ...

(RNS) — Most former Mormons don't officially resign, but they're not coming back to the LDS Church. They're also not likely to join another religion.

Bland and short on insight, Tania Anderson's debut feature offers a superficial look at young U.S. Mormons doing missionary service in Finland. Though not mandatory, a stint of missionary service is ...

Last November, Jay Pimentel began hearing that people in his neighborhood were receiving letters about him. Pimentel lives in Alameda, Calif., a small, liberal-leaning community hanging off Oakland ...