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[14] Brooks writes, "While Brigham Young and other church authorities did not specifically order the massacre, they did preach sermons and set up social conditions that made it possible." Brooks has argued the massacre was an overreaction by Mormon militia forces which resulted in the death of settlers and the tarnishing of the Church's reputation.
In 1873, the massacre was given a full chapter in T. B. H. Stenhouse's Mormon history The Rocky Mountain Saints. [68] The massacre itself also received international attention, [69] [70] with various international and national newspapers also covering John D. Lee's 1874 [71] and 1877 trials as well as his execution in 1877. [72] [73]
Murder Among the Mormons is an American true crime documentary television miniseries following Mark Hofmann, one of the most notable forgers in history, who created forgeries related to the Latter Day Saint movement. Joe Berlinger serves as an executive producer. It consists of three episodes and premiered on Netflix on March 3, 2021. [1]
The first semi-official public statement by a church official concerning the massacre was by George Q. Cannon, then president of the LDS California Mission.In the October 13, 1857 edition of Cannon's San Francisco newspaper The Western Standard, Cannon responded to initial news reports of involvement by Mormons by charging the responsible journalists with writing "reckless and malignant ...
An example of the massacre's early public notoriety, this sketch of the massacre site appeared on the cover of the August 13, 1859 issue of Harper's Weekly.Inside, an article quoted Major J.H. Carleton's report describing the scene as "one too horrible and sickening for language to describe.
Streaming site Hulu and the Mormon Church are at odds with each other after the latter responded to the airing of a controversial reality show based on the lives of a group known as the MomTokers.
Though not mandatory, a stint of missionary service is common among young Mormons, with men and (to a lesser extent) women mostly between 18 and 21 sent to LDS outposts around the world for ...
When “Under the Banner of Heaven” was published in 2003, the Mormon Church issued a full-throated denunciation of the book, calling it “not only a slap in the face of modern Latter-day ...