18 May 2012, 9:13 am
Pat Robertson is the latest Christian leader to say that Romney's Mormonism shouldn't be an issue in the upcoming election.... Read More »
17 May 2012, 10:31 pm
MSNBC‘s Martin Bashir is no stranger to invoking Mitt Romney’s faith when discussing and analyzing the 2012 presidential race. Last month, the television host issued an excoriating rant during which he used the Book of Mormon to warn Romney of “eternal damnation.”... Read More »
17 May 2012, 3:49 pm
COMMENTARY | Mormonism isn't on the table in the current election cycle as a talking point issue for debate among those vying for the Oval Office. At least, it wasn't supposed to be. But among the serious political science analysts and within muckraking fringes it will be.... Read More »
16 May 2012, 1:44 pm
Will Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith be a factor when voters go to the polls this November? A new study released by the Brookings Institution suggests that it will — but not in the way one might expect. Brookings fellow Matthew M. Chingos and University of Mississippi assistant professor Michael Hend... Read More »
13 May 2012, 10:34 am
A few hundred Mormons filed into a chapel just outside the Washington Beltway one recent Sunday to hear a somewhat unusual presentation: an Obama administration official recounting his conversion to Mormonism.... Read More »
13 May 2012, 6:00 am
From the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal: The seminary program has been part of the Mormon tradition for 100 years and has grown...... Read More »
9 May 2012, 9:57 am
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can be excused if they wince upon hearing from non-Mormons how nice they are. That faint praise is often followed by criticism, some of it ill-informed.... Read More »
4 May 2012, 10:24 pm
Mormonism a fast-growing faith Mitt Romney may or may not become the first Mormon to move into the White House, but a new study shows that Mormonism is moving into more parts of the country than any other religious group. The 2012 Religious Congregations and Membership Study, released Tuesday, shows... Read More »
3 May 2012, 10:32 am
Mormonism has been in the spotlight in recent years because of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the popular Broadway satire "The Book of Mormon" and the presidential aspirations of Republican Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor, once a top Mormon leader in the Boston area, is a... Read More »
24 April 2012, 4:25 am
Sociology professor Ryan Cragun co-wrote a book about the faith and what it means for GOP candidate Mitt Romney to answers voters' questions.... Read More »