Mormonism

Profits of Zion

How money has shaped Mormon culture.

Matthew Bowman | FAITH-BASED | Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at 9:07 AM

Mormonism’s Jell-O Mold

Why do we associate the religion with the gelatin dessert?

Christy Spackman | FOOD | Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at 3:47 AM

Mormons vs. Catholics

Have the two religions always gotten along as well as Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan do?

L.V. Anderson | MORMON EXPLAINER | Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at 6:50 PM

“A Spirit of Persecution”

What the Hill Cumorah Pageant tells us about Mormonism’s past—and its present.

Max Perry Mueller | FAITH-BASED | Thursday, July 19, 2012, at 9:11 AM

Can You Be Both Mormon and Gay?

Why a religion notorious in the gay community might be “evolving.”

Max Perry Mueller | FAITH-BASED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at 12:05 PM

Saturday’s Warriors

How Mormons went from beard-wearing radicals to clean-cut conformists.

Matthew Bowman | FAITH-BASED | Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 5:34 PM

Hemings and Jefferson Together Forever?

Troubling cases of Mormon “proxy sealing.”

Max Perry Mueller | FAITH-BASED | Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 10:13 AM

Is Mormonism Still Racist?

Comments from a BYU professor stir up a troubling past.

Max Perry Mueller | FAITH-BASED | Friday, March 2, 2012, at 8:30 AM

The Other Mormon Candidate

He’s running for president of Mali.

Max Perry Mueller | FOREIGNERS | Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at 3:37 PM

Mormons in America

Where the country’s largest homegrown religion thrives—and where it doesn’t.

Dan Check, Matt Dodson, David Haglund, and Anna Weaver | MAP OF THE WEEK | Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at 5:20 PM

Can I Get on the Mormon “Do Not Baptize” List?

How to avoid being baptized after you’re dead.

Forrest Wickman | EXPLAINER | Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at 8:02 PM

Holocaust Survivor Calls Out Romney Over Proxy Baptisms

Elie Wiesel wants the GOP hopeful to tell the Mormon church to stop posthumously baptizing Jews killed in the Holocaust.

Rachael Levy | Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at 5:41 PM