What’s behind the media and pop culture’s longstanding fascination with Mormon violence? And how often do they get the story ...

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.” ...

It promises to expose polygamy and Christine’s experience as a lifelong member of the Mormon religious offshoot, AUB ...

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 ...

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 ...