Joseph F. Smith is just as much responsible for their solidification and perpetuation into the 20th century as Brigham Young was for beginning them. Gray • And for that reason, I want to have a ...

(RNS) — Paul Reeve's new book argues the decision to ban Blacks from priesthood and the temple began with Brigham Young but wasn't fully entrenched until the early 1900s under Joseph F. Smith.

On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, Salt Lake Tribune journalists Peggy Fletcher Stack and David Noyce discuss the biggest stories of 2022 in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

While Joseph Smith is known for being the first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he left behind another legacy related to his faith: a robust defense of religious liberty.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has commissioned a new biography of church founder Joseph Smith — an official look at the 19th-century charismatic leader who launched a global ...

Linda King Newell and Valerie Tippets Avery wrote the first well-researched article about Jane in LDS Church publication The Ensign. Subsequent Mormon authors focused on the early years of Jane’s life ...

While living in Tunbridge, Vermont, Lucy recalled, she became “acquainted with a young man by the name of Joseph Smith, to whom I was subsequently married” in 1796.

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has alienated herself from some Latter-day Saint fans after raising doubts about the faith's founder Joseph Smith on Twitter.

And Smith didn't feel like his questions were directly answered. Instead, God told Smith to be still and know that he is God. "That gave me a new perspective on Joseph as a prophet," said Godfrey.