Mormon History and Culture

  Review by Doug Gibson I must say, immediately, that if you are one who pursues Mormon history, particularly its first century, " The ...

  Review by Doug Gibson Polygamy sects in more modern times are full of negative reports. Girls being beaten by parents who want to marry mu...

  Review by Doug Gibson John Sillito, professor emeritus of libraries at Weber State University in my home city of Ogden, Utah, has done a r...

  Originally published, in slightly different form, in January 2012 in StandardBlogs --- The Nauvoo City Council and High Council minutes fr...

--- At the 2013 Mormon History Association gathering, in Layton, Utah, there was a discourse delivered by Leigh Eric Schmidt, a professor at...

I read a Rolling Stones piece on the Kingston polygamy family. It’s a breathless piece. The subject is described as “America’s most twis...

(Originally published at StandardNET in 2011) I spent some time re-reading the late Richard S. Van Wagoner’s excellent book, “ Mormon ...

Ever heard of Utah territorial Chief Justice Charles Shuster Zane ? He’s one of those fascinating footnotes in history. Appointed in 188...

Originally published at StandardBlogs/Standard-Examiner Eighteen ninety-three was heralded as the end of the frontier era as the world...

Review by Doug Gibson I wonder how many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are aware of a statement in 1886, pr...

In his biography of Joseph Smith, “ Rough Stone Rolling ,” author Richard Lyman Bushman relates a popular Mormon legend/history regarding...

During its first several decades, LDS Church leaders included an “ Article on Marriage ” in the faith’s Doctrine and Covenants. Penned ...