We live in a world of intoxicated people who think that they know’ based on a little internet research, Joseph Smith ...

After being visited by the angel Moroni, another heavenly messenger, in September of 1823, Joseph Smith said he was warned three separate times that his name “should be had for good and evil among all ...

For Latter-day Saints across the globe, Thursday marks the 180th anniversary of a tragedy — on June 27, 1844, an armed mob stormed into Carthage Jail and took the lives of the prophet Joseph Smith and ...

Seeing is believing, so the saying goes, and that was instantly true for some viewers of the recently discovered daguerreotype purporting to be Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith. “My immediate thought ...

Joseph Smith Jr. was born Dec. 23, 1805 — 218 years ago. And he was killed by an armed mob 39 years later, on June 27, 1844. The anniversary of his birth today may be lost in preparing for Christmas — ...

The project team for the Joseph Smith Papers is set to release the final volume of the papers on June 27, the 179th anniversary of the Prophet’s martyrdom. The Joseph Smith Papers project is a ...

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been obsessed with Joseph Smith’s appearance since he died on June 27, 1844. The morning after Joseph, along with his brother Hyrum, was ...

Park teaches American religious history at Sam Houston State University. He is the author of American Zion: A New History of Mormonism September 21, 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the date that ...

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