Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much controversy as polygamy, called plural or celestial marriage within the church. It divided prophet Joseph Smith's own household, caused a schism ...

Candidly explaining Mormonism’s complicated experience with polygamy to adults requires nuance, context and care. Introducing it to children can be even trickier, if not nearly impossible.

The curriculum uses church founder Joseph Smith’s decision to practice polygamy as an object lesson that we should all have “faith to obey a law from the Lord, even when it’s hard.” ...

The Mormons have condemned plural marriage ever ... One of them told TIME: “We believe as a people that polygamy is a divine institution. People live this way in heaven . . . Woodruff’s ...

Christine Brown is writing a book detailing her life on TLC's 'Sister Wives,' her polygamy experience, and Kody Brown. What ...

The Mormon practice of polygamy, a part of church doctrine at the time that was publicly announced in 1852 but rumored much earlier, sparked accusations of sexual immorality and even white slavery ...

Composer Nico Muhly and his librettist Stephen Karam found the material for their open Dark Sisters, which was first performed in 2016, in stories about a fundamentalist breakaway sect of the Mormon ...