BYU Studies published President Oaks’ own research on Joseph Smith in 1979, along with speeches at BYU (1975), the Library of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Historian Bushman (Joseph Smith) offers a meticulous study of the gold plates that Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, reported discovering near his home in Palmyra, N.Y., in 1823. Bushman ...

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 ...

It's true that Joseph Smith announced a bid for the presidency in January 1844. A mob killed him in June of the same year when he was in custody at an Illinois jail. However … What's False Smith was ...

It's true that Joseph Smith announced a bid for the presidency in January 1844. A mob killed him in June of the same year when he was in custody at an Illinois jail. However… What's False Smith was ...