Latter-Day Saints Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/christianity/latter-day-saints/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:39:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Latter-Day Saints Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/christianity/latter-day-saints/ 32 32 As Russell M. Nelson turns 100, a look back at one of the words that will define his legacy – and the controversial term’s 200-year history https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/as-russell-m-nelson-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-controversial-term-that-will-define-his-legacy/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/as-russell-m-nelson-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-controversial-term-that-will-define-his-legacy/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:36:03 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164970&preview=true&preview_id=4164970 (The Conversation) — Latter-day Saints’ attitudes toward the word ‘Mormon,’ often used to describe the church, have had highs and lows − like other Americans’ often-tense relationship with the faith.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/as-russell-m-nelson-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-controversial-term-that-will-define-his-legacy/feed/ 0 Harris-Walz campaign hires the Rev. Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:42:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163975 (RNS) — A familiar face among Washington’s faith-based activists, Butler said she brings ‘a broad set of relationships that I think can help, very quickly, pull a broad coalition together’ in a foreshortened Harris campaign.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/feed/ 0 Why are Mormon lifestyle influencers so popular? https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/why-are-mormon-lifestyle-influencers-so-popular/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/why-are-mormon-lifestyle-influencers-so-popular/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:42:44 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163809 (RNS) — Lifestyle influencers with ties to the LDS church navigate a tightrope between traditional and modern. And America is eating it up.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/why-are-mormon-lifestyle-influencers-so-popular/feed/ 0 Christians, evangelicals rally for Kamala Harris ahead of DNC https://religionnews.com/2024/08/16/christians-rally-for-kamala-harris-ahead-of-dnc/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/16/christians-rally-for-kamala-harris-ahead-of-dnc/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 21:38:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162234 (RNS) — 'Voting Kamala … (is) a vote against another four years of faith leaders justifying the actions of a man who destroys the message Jesus came to spread,' said Jerushah Duford, granddaughter of the Rev. Billy Graham.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/16/christians-rally-for-kamala-harris-ahead-of-dnc/feed/ 0 The Church of Latter-day Saints opens new Pittsburgh temple to the public https://religionnews.com/2024/08/16/the-church-of-latter-day-saints-opens-new-pittsburgh-temple-to-the-public/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/16/the-church-of-latter-day-saints-opens-new-pittsburgh-temple-to-the-public/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 21:12:04 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162407 CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Penn. (RNS) — It's one of over 150 new LDS temples in the process of being built and dedicated around the globe.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/16/the-church-of-latter-day-saints-opens-new-pittsburgh-temple-to-the-public/feed/ 0 The behind-the-scenes battles to lift Mormonism’s racial priesthood-temple ban https://religionnews.com/2024/08/13/the-behind-the-scenes-battles-to-lift-mormonisms-racial-priesthood-temple-ban/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/13/the-behind-the-scenes-battles-to-lift-mormonisms-racial-priesthood-temple-ban/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:16:26 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4161731 (RNS) — Historian Matthew Harris details how LDS prophet Spencer W. Kimball pushed for racial equality in the church.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/13/the-behind-the-scenes-battles-to-lift-mormonisms-racial-priesthood-temple-ban/feed/ 0 Amos Brown, pastor to Kamala Harris, known for civil rights, reparations activism https://religionnews.com/2024/07/23/amos-brown-pastor-to-kamala-harris-known-for-civil-rights-reparations-activism/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/23/amos-brown-pastor-to-kamala-harris-known-for-civil-rights-reparations-activism/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:29:06 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4158718 (RNS) — Vice President Kamala Harris has praised Brown, ‘my pastor,’ as a man who also has long been her mentor.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/23/amos-brown-pastor-to-kamala-harris-known-for-civil-rights-reparations-activism/feed/ 0 The sad comedown of the Mormon Satan https://religionnews.com/2024/07/22/the-sad-comedown-of-the-mormon-satan/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/22/the-sad-comedown-of-the-mormon-satan/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:14:25 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4158596 (RNS) — Satan has become that voice of chronic self-doubt in your head, telling you that you’re not good enough, and, hey, you really ought to eat that second brownie.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/22/the-sad-comedown-of-the-mormon-satan/feed/ 0 People of faith mobilize when our country needs us. This year, democracy needs us. https://religionnews.com/2024/07/16/people-of-faith-mobilize-when-our-country-needs-us-this-year-democracy-needs-us/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/16/people-of-faith-mobilize-when-our-country-needs-us-this-year-democracy-needs-us/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:03:04 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4157785 (RNS) — Helping at the polls aligns with some basic values of faith, from hospitality to honoring our neighbors.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/16/people-of-faith-mobilize-when-our-country-needs-us-this-year-democracy-needs-us/feed/ 0 Why the swing state faith voters who really matter in 2024 aren’t evangelicals https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/meet-the-swing-state-faith-voters-who-really-matter-in-2024-they-arent-evangelicals/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/meet-the-swing-state-faith-voters-who-really-matter-in-2024-they-arent-evangelicals/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:12:54 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155008 (RNS) — MAGA evangelicals grab all the headlines. But it’s swing state faith voters — Catholics, mainliners and Black Protestants — who will likely decide the election.

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