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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Mormonism

Mormonism stories: 32 news summaries

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Colleges Explore Mormonism

Long ignored by religious academics, Romney's faith is drawing new attention

Feb 19, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Academics, including those at most theological seminaries, have long ignored the study of Mormonism. But now, possibly because of a certain presidential candidate—or a certain HBO show—it's on the radar in religion departments and scholarly publishing houses, the Boston Globe reports. Harvard Divinity School just added its first... More »

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Mitt Romney • scholarship • academia • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Big Love • Harvard Divinity School

Mormons Look to Next Prophet

Hinckley's successor all but certain

Jan 29, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The death of longtime president-prophet Gordon Hinckley left the Mormon church with a void but not a leadership gap, Newsweek reports. The most senior leader and all-but-certain successor is Thomas Monson. The 80-year-old's selection, which must be unanimous, would all but guarantee a smooth transition for a thriving church undergoing... More »

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Mormon • missionaries • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Thomas Monson • Gordon Hinckley • Quorum of the Twelve

Western Towns Rebuild Library Jeffs Destroyed

Books disappeared under reign of jailed Utah polygamist

Jan 21, 08 3:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Two tiny towns on the Utah-Arizona border are pushing to restock the shelves of their library, reports the Deseret Morning News, in a first step toward healing rifts caused by imprisoned polygamist Warren Jeffs. With Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., firmly in the grip of the Mormon splinter group's... More »

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polygamy • Utah • libraries • Mormon • Mormonism • Colorado • Warren Jeffs

Mike to Mitt: So Sorry
About Mormon Jab

Candidates make nice; Romney accepts apology

Dec 13, 07 4:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Surging GOP candidate Mike Huckabee apologized to Mitt Romney yesterday for having asked a reporter if Mormons believed that Jesus and the Devil are brothers. Huckabee said he apologized after the Republican debate in Iowa, and Romney "graciously" accepted. Earlier this week Romney had slammed Huckabee, a former Baptist... More »

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Mitt Romney • Iowa • religion • Mike Huckabee • Mormonism • debates • Republican candidate

Mitt: 'Freedom Requires Religion'

Romney stands by Mormon faith in long-awaited address

Dec 6, 07 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - In a much-hyped address on religion, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney asserted today, “Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone." The former Massachusetts governor focused on religious liberty during the speech in College Station, Texas, but did allow that if Mormonism hurts his candidacy, “so be... More »

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Mitt Romney • religion • Massachusetts • Catholicism • Mormonism • Republican evangelicals

Romney to Address Mormonism

With Huckabee ahead in Iowa, Romney hopes to draw Christian voters

Dec 3, 07 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Mormon presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will address voters' discomfort about his faith in a speech Thursday, hoping to repeat JFK's 1960 success in allaying fears about his Catholicism, the Boston Globe reports. The former Mass. governor wants to convince Christian voters that his faith shouldn't be a reason to turn... More »

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Mitt Romney • religion • Mormonism • Iowa caucus

Mormons Losing Faith in Mitt

Romney's attempts to look like an Evangelical disturb some in his own faith

Nov 15, 07 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney’s attempts to massage his Mormon faith are causing grumbles in Utah, the New Republic reports. Many criticize Romney for downplaying key beliefs to win over mainstream Christians who traditionally loathe them. “I understand he has to appeal to them,” said one Mormon, “but it... More »

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Mitt Romney • religion • Mormon • Mormonism

Evangelical Semantics Shadow Romney

In Southern pulpits, 'Mormon' doesn't always equal 'Christian'

Oct 30, 07 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney is vying aggressively for the religious right's support, but experts are advising him not to overdo it. Political strategists and religious experts alike caution that it’s dangerous for the Mormon candidate to sell himself as a Christian. Bloomberg looks at the complicated intersection of politics, faith, vocabulary,... More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • John F. Kennedy • Mormonism • Christian right • evangelicals

Mitt Veils His Mormonism

Disguising a central biographical peg leaves candidate Romney with authenticity problem

Oct 4, 07 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - In downplaying his Mormonism, Mitt Romney is a candidate “who seems to have no history, and, as a result, no heart,” argues Newsweek. When Mitt boasts of his “Judeo-Christian tradition” roots, calls Jesus his “personal savior”—not Mormon terms—and says he hasn’t “... More »

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Mitt Romney • Senate • Mormonism • evangelicals • authenticity • Election 2008 • presidential election • Jesus Christ

Polygamist Boss Ordered Girl
to 'Surrender'
to Husband

Jeffs charged with rape as an accomplice

Sep 14, 07 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Polygamist Warren Jeffs was accused yesterday of ordering a 14-year-old girl to surrender to her older cousin in an arranged marriage. That amounts to rape as an accomplice, prosecutors charged in the first day of Jeffs' trial. Church members consider their leader “God on Earth" who could only be... More »

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polygamy • Utah • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • arranged marriage • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Glenn Beck:
He's Just a
Regular Guy

For provocative CNN anchor, it's personal, not political

Sep 2, 07 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck is always preparing to get fired for his comments, but that doesn’t curb this right-wing CNN anchor's wildest impulses. Beck has fueled a chorus of liberal calls for his ouster since he joined the network last year, but he’s less a partisan blowhard than Limbaugh and... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • reporter • CNN • Mormonism • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity

Scientology: No Weirder Than The Others

Group may be wacky but it's no cult, Slate writer says

Aug 1, 07 10:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientology has earned cult status for many outsiders, but Slate’s Mark Oppenheimer argues it's no more bizarre than any mainstream faith. He says the peculiarities of the celebrity-friendly religion abound, but that they're reflected right back in the wacky ideas of more accepted theologies—say, by the Book of... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • religion • intelligent design • L. Ron Hubbard • Mormonism

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