Perhaps a true-to-life biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, can never be written. Smith’s claims to accessing the divine were too outlandish, his embrace of polygamy too ...

President Dallin H. Oaks speaks at the Joseph Smith Papers Conference on Friday and announced that a new biography is being written about Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

(RNS) — ‘I think the evidence for Joseph’s polygamous sealings is pretty overwhelming,’ says historian John Turner, who has penned a new biography of Joseph Smith.

Author of new Joseph Smith biography shares his thoughts about the church founder. Jana Riess: Yes, LDS founder Joseph Smith practiced polygamy ...

Joseph Smith: American Prophet. Posted: January 15, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025. Inspired by the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening, Joseph Smith founded the most widely ...

Joseph Smith 1805-1844 Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew up on a series of tenant farms in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York.

An illustration of Joseph Smith Jr. (right) and his brother Hyrum (left) Public domain via Wikimedia Commons A granite obelisk rises 38.5 feet above the dark green woods of Sharon, a small town on ...