Recent Articles by Joseph Walker
Published: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:56 am MDT
Mark Twain and Arthur Conan Doyle were both cited in national publications recently as authors who contributed to inaccurate perceptions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through their early po...
Published: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 9:41 am MDT
Writing on Inside Higher Ed, a website dedicated to news and opinion in the world of higher education, an Idaho State University professor who is not LDS wonders why prejudice against Mormons is "an acceptable ...
Published: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:43 pm MDT
The Boston Globe and the BBC have each done stories indicating that members of the LDS Church seem to be of two minds when it comes to the media spotlight shining on their religion as a result of the presidenti...
Published: Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:00 am MDT
What are the memories my 3-month-old granddaughter, Sarah, and my other grandchildren will have of me 50 or so Memorial Days from now?
Published: Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:00 am MDT
For observant Jews, nothing is more definitive of their life and faith than the Torah. So it stands to reason that Shavuot, the second of the three scripturally mandated Jewish pilgrimage festivals — Pass...
Published: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:55 pm MDT
From online support for Mormons who are questioning their faith to the reasons why Muslims prefer basketball, here are links to a few stories from other sources that we haven't been able to get to yet.
Published: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:21 pm MDT
Afton, Wyo., home to Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Rulon Gardner and the world's largest elk horn arch, will soon be home to Wyoming's first temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the ...
Published: Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:56 am MDT
A recent survey indicates that 27 percent of Americans would be "concerned" about having a Mormon president, although another survey suggests many of them will vote for Mormon Mitt Romney anyway.
Published: Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:35 am MDT
A New Yorker editor contends "we need to talk about Mormonism because we need to talk not about what religion each of us should be but about the country we ought to be."
Published: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:23 am MDT
Harvard professor Noah Feldman has this warning for Mormons who view Mitt Romney's successful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination as a significant step toward mainstream acceptance of their chur...



