Mormon History and Culture

Michael W. Homer is the author of “ Joseph’s Temples: The Dynamic Relationship Between Freemasonry and Mormonism .” Published by Univers...

It's been more than 100 years since the birth of Fawn McKay in Weber County. It’s pretty safe to say that there is no one left who w...

Utah Sen. Reed Smoot, R-Utah, was an apostle and U.S. senator. Too bad that too few of us recall the fierce, almost four-year U.S. Senate...

It’s a pleasure to read Levi S. Peterson’s novel, “The Backslider” every year or two. It’s the tale of Frank Windham, a rural Utah young...

Closing the book after reading, "Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet," the biography by George Mason University religious studies ...

The rise of Mormonism in its first decades was largely due to the eagerness that early Mormon leaders embraced innovations within media...

The following was written in the late 19th century by a young man familiar with the two Mormon churches: The Utah LDS Church and the Mid...