Mitt Romney's journaling? That's classic Mormon stuff.
Keeping a diary wasn't just for this political biography, but a religious duty.
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Why Mitt Romney Wrote Down As Much As He Did
Keeping a diary wasn't just for this political biography, but a religious duty.
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Famed historian D. Michael Quinn dies. He had been excommunicated from the LDS Church but remained a believer.
| Updated: 2:25 a.m. D. Michael Quinn was once among Mormonism’s most celebrated historians, lauded for his memory, work ethic and charisma — even prompting predictions that he would become the official historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or one of the faith’s governing apostles. Quinn, who was discovered dead Wednesday of unspecified causes at his home in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., saw no conflict between the church’s history and his faith. Still, his compulsion to understand every detail of the Latter-day Saint past, starting in his teen years in the 1960s,...
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How an accidental historian won over critics and shed light on two of Mormonism's darkest hours
How an accidental historian won over critics and shed light on two of Mormonismâs darkest hours (Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Richard Turley holds one of Joseph Smith's personal documents during a news conference to announce a release in the "Joseph Smith Papers" project in 2013. Turley recently retired. | Updated: March 4, 2021, 3:33 p.m. It was 1986, a dark time for Mormon historians. Just months earlier, infamous document collector Mark Hofmann had forged his way into the market for historical pieces relating to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints â even fooli...
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