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"Mormonism, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is America's most successful--and most misunderstood--home grown religion. Avoiding the textbook, narrative approach of most introductions, this volume instead poses well over a hundred commonly asked questions and provides thoughtful, short essays in response . . . General topics include theology, culture, history, scripture, and practice"--Adapted from publisher description.

"A shocking massacre in 2019 sparks a probing investigation into the strange, violent history of a polygamist Mormon outpost in Mexico. A harmless, unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by masked gunmen in northern Mexico on November 4, 2019. In a massacre that produced international headlines, nine people were killed and five others gravely injured. The victims were members of the La Mora and LeBaron communities--fundamentalist Mormons whose forebears broke from the LDS Church and settled in Mexico when polygamy was outlawed. In The Colony, the best-selling investigative journalist Sally Denton picks up where initial reporting on the killings left off, and in the process tells the violent history of the LeBaron clan and their homestead, from the first polygamist emigration to Mexico in the 1880s to the LeBarons' internal blood feud in the 1970s to the family's recent alliance with the NXIVM sex cult. Drawing on sources within Colonia LeBaron itself, Denton creates a mesmerizing work of investigative journalism in the tradition of Under the Banner of Heaven and Going Clear"--Provided by the publisher.

Presents an introduction to Mormonism, providing information on its origins, history, doctrines, beliefs, and modern-day practice, and includes information on the the debates on race, women, and polygamy.

As a twelve-year-old Welsh immigrant carries a motherless baby along the Mormon Trail in 1856, she comes to love the baby as her own and fear the day the baby's father will reclaim her.

Chronicles the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints beginning in America in the early 1800s and continuing to the present day throughout the world.

Includes a history of the Mormon Church, its general doctrines, practices, social structure, place in American society, changes in beliefs, and conflicts with American society.

Traces the life of Brigham Young, from his Vermont childhood to his rise as the leader of the Mormon Church.

Explains the family values, religious beliefs, business success, and traditional practices of the Mormon religion.

Traces the history of Mormonism in the United States, discussing the role Mormons played in colonization, it origins, beliefs, and teachings, and the reasons behind the Mormon movement's discord with American culture.