Editor's note: This is the fourth column in a series on Mormons. So often in America debate about the substance of faith takes place in a historical vacuum, as though many words, ink and often blood ...

The hours and days following the horrifying murder and arson at a Latter-day Saints church service in Michigan was not the time to parse theological identities. However, many used the tragedy as an ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirmed the faith's opposition to same-sex marriage and “changes that confuse or alter gender” as debates over ...

(RNS) — Debates over gender, race and sexuality have been part of Mormonism since Kirtland, says historian Benjamin Park. So yes, contemporary Mormonism has been deeply shaped by the culture wars, ...

(Editor’s note: Due to the length of this letter, it will run in two parts with the second part being published on Thursday.) Mr. Kitchen’s article, conveying the Mormon Church’s beliefs and ...

SALT LAKE CITY – The introduction to the 2006 edition of the Book of Mormon has a new word: among. It sounds trivial, but to some it represents a huge change to teachings that have been passed on for ...

No matter how hard Hugh Hewitt, a conservative talk radio host and author, pushes the idea that Mitt Romney’s Mormonism isn’t of concern to evangelical voters in a Republican primary, I believe there ...

Thomas W. Murphy is the latest Mormon scholar to challenge key teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Murphy, 35, has likened the Book of Mormon, an essential LDS sacred ...

Experts weigh in on how to engage young people. Greg Stier is founder and president of Dare 2 Share Ministries and author of Firing Jesus. If we're honest, when most of us see those young, clean-cut ...