In 2012, scholar John Turner published an award-winning biography of Brigham Young, a mountain of a man in Western Americana. But there remained a bigger fish to pursue, namely Joseph Smith, the ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has commissioned a new official biography of its 19th-century charismatic founder, to be titled simply: “Joseph the Prophet.” The new volume about ...

In the latest LDS Church news, the faith announces dozens of changes to the Doctrine Covenants, thanks largely to new ...

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 ...

(RNS) — A great-great-grandson of Joseph Smith Jr. found the Mormon prophet’s photo tucked inside a locket passed down for generations. (RNS) — Marooned in their homes, many Americans made the best of ...

"We hope the contextual additions help readers better understand why and how the Lord communicated with the church through his prophet," says church historian and General Authority Seventy Elder Kyle ...

(RNS) — The polarized response to the photo reveals less about Joseph Smith than it does about us. (RNS) — On July 21, Mormons were rocked by news that a great-great-grandson of Joseph Smith had ...