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Jeffrey R. Holland, an apostle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said Brigham Young University faculty shouldn’t confuse empathy with advocacy when it comes to LGBTQ topics.
50:08 For the second part of our Mark Hofmann coverage, we take a closer look at one aspect of Hofmann’s strange story: his dealings with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When Hofmann “found” what became known as the Salamander Letter in 1984, it sent shockwaves through the LDS church. The letter, which was supposedly written by early church figure Martin Harris, talked of church founder Joseph Smith, Jr. getting the golden plates from a white, talking salamander. As researcher and critic of Mormon history Sandra Tanner said in the Netflix docuseries Murder Among the...
(RNS) — I’ll admit that when I first heard that Netflix would be airing a three-part documentary about the infamous 1985 Salt Lake City bombings that claimed two lives, I groaned inwardly. The incident has already been sensationalized in a series of true-crime books and countless articles; what more remained to be said? But the fast-paced docuseries “Murder Among the Mormons,” which debuted Wednesday, was better than I expected, a solid B. The Wall Street Journal called it “tautly constructed” and “a combination detective story, crime thriller and artistic triumph of nonfiction ...
EXCERPT: `Kill Shot' probes shadow industry, deadly disease by Jason Dearen, The Associated Press Posted Feb 23, 2021 8:56 am EDT Last Updated Feb 23, 2021 at 8:58 am EDT EDITOR’S NOTE — This is an exclusive excerpt adapted from “Kill Shot: The Untold Story of the Worst Contaminated Drug Crisis in U.S. History,” by Associated Press investigative reporter Jason Dearen. The book chronicles the rare fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 that killed more than 100 people, and infected some 750 others. When the first patients began dying, doctors were confused; none of the usual tests identifi...
On Wednesday, The Atlantic published perhaps the most consequential magazine-length feature on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in more than a decade. Political journalist McKay Coppins, a Latter-day Saint himself, was granted rare on-the-record access to senior church leaders, including President Russell M. Nelson. (You can read the full article here). Drawing on both original reporting and Coppins’ own experiences in the faith, the article will undoubtedly provoke a variety of reactions. But, apart from how readers feel about the substance of the piece, The Atlantic deserve...