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 ...

“Joseph the Prophet” will join a long list of books about the church founder, with authors ranging from his mother to an apostle to Fawn Brodie and Richard Bushman.

Historians who have spent decades studying the life of Joseph Smith Jr. — born 220 years ago on Dec. 23, 1805 — report that the deeper one is willing to study, the more clarity arises about the kind ...

From its headquarters in Salt Lake City, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claims more than sixteen million adherents around the world. For most people outside the faith, the little they ...

To loyal Mormons, Joseph Smith Jr. was an American prophet whose creed is preparing for Christ's Second Coming. To skeptics, he was a reprobate impostor — if a remarkably successful one. As Smith's ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A photo of Mormonism founder Joseph Smith Jr. was found after around ...

Historian John Turner captures a religious icon who was always on the move, who dangerously pursued polygamy, and bungled finances, yet whose teachings attracted many, appalled others and whose legacy ...