Religion

Ardis E. Parshall: Changing political loyalties isn’t easy but can be done — LDS history teaches us that

Ardis E. Parshall | Special to The Tribune — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000

My first formal political activity was as a fourth grader in 1968, working for the election of Richard Nixon and to defeat “liquor by the drink,” Utah’s hottest local issue that year.

Commentary: Turns out, Judaism does believe in life after death — and always has

Jeffrey Salkin | Religion News Service — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Religion News Service columnist Jeffrey Salkin on Jewish beliefs of an afterlife.

After ‘exercising patience,’ Jehovah’s Witnesses return to Ogden for their big convention

Siena Duncan — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:10:29 +0000

The Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention is returning to Ogden after three years of pandemic-related virtual gatherings. Sessions will be held at Weber State University’s Dee Events Center, where members have assembled annually for 40 years before 2020.

Tabernacle Choir calls off live radio performance as COVID, other illnesses take toll after Mexico tour

Blake Apgar — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:59:00 +0000

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square will miss its long-standing live broadcast of “Music and the Spoken Word” this Sunday after COVID-19 and other illnesses sidelined many of its members.

‘Huge’ jump in LDS missionary numbers as a new teaching approach is unveiled

Peggy Fletcher Stack — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 18:05:39 +0000

Provo • In April 2022, President Russell M. Nelson issued an impassioned plea to young men in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve full-time missions — and a surprising number have done just that.

Jana Riess: U.S. Latter-day Saints are becoming less Republican, but not by much

Jana Riess | Religion News Service — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:19:49 +0000

Earlier this month, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued an unprecedented statement about the dangers of voting a straight-party ticket. “Merely voting a straight ticket or voting based on ‘tradition’ without careful study of candidates and their positions on important issues is a threat to democracy and inconsistent with revealed standards,” the First Presidency wrote to members in the United States.

Latest from Mormon Land: President Nelson seeks peacemakers, and does Romney trump Trump?

David Noyce — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000

The Mormon Land newsletter is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Support us on Patreon and get the full newsletter, exclusive access to Tribune subscriber-only religion content and podcast transcripts.

‘Mormon Land’: Deconstructing Carthage — Why Joseph was slain and why it was about more than religion

David Noyce, Peggy Fletcher Stack — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:12:45 +0000

On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, historian Benjamin Park discusses the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Commentary: This just in — Catholic churches have the worst preaching and music in the U.S.

Thomas Reese | Religion News Service — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-Eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape their Sunday services. At the other end of the spectrum are Catholic churches, which have a deep Eucharistic tradition and the worst preaching and music in the country.