Grand Blanc Township, Michigan (CNN) — The early history of the LDS Church is one of persecution and violence. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), ...
That’s the opening line of Thomas Tweed’s encyclopedic new book Religion in the Lands That Became America: From the Ice Age to the Information Age (Yale Univ., May 2025). It also describes his ...
Joseph Smith's statue is located in the Joseph Smith Building on campus where many religion classes are held. Joseph Smith was the first prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but ...