Lengthy article by Lance S. Owens looks at Gnostic leanings in the teachings of the founder of the Mormon church.
Questions whether the founder of the Mormon Church was really a prophet of God. Discusses the many prophesies that have yet to be fulfilled.
Reviews the life of the legendary figure of American history who founded the Mormon church and led his flock across the turbulent West during the early 1800s.
Find details about the Mormon founder's early life, his prophecies, and varying accounts of his First Vision.
Encyclopedia charts the life of this self-proclaimed prophet from his first visions at age 14 to his assassination by an angry mob.
Supplement to the PBS documentary "The West" features a profile of the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
View a copy of a rare vintage daguerreotype photograph of Joseph Smith taken in 1844.
Focuses on Joseph's early life and his translation of the Book of Mormon from the golden plates. Describes his sermons' effect on listeners.
Article by Allen Harrod profiles the historic founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a fraudulent businessman, occultist, and plagiarist.
Offers Lance S. Owen's acclaimed paper about the life and ideas of the Mormon prophet. First published in the Fall 1994 issue of Dialogue.