Tag: LDS vs RLDS

Joseph Fielding Smith served as LDS Church historian for 50 years and tangled with RLDS polygamy skeptics.

Matthew Bowman

Joseph Fielding Smith: History, Bias, & Shaping Mormon Thought (Bowman 3 of 4)

Joseph Fielding Smith, a towering figure in the 20th-century Latter-day Saint landscape, is often remembered as a theologian and Church leader. But his long tenure

RickB May 27, 2025

John Hamer

Alice Cooper’s Roots in Lively Mormon Schisms

Have you ever heard the myth that Alice Cooper was a Mormon? It turns out that’s partially true. Historian John Hamer and Apostle Lachlan MacKay

RickB January 16, 2018

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Rick Bennett, Host of Gospel Tangents

Rick Bennett is the friendly, independent historian at the heart of Gospel Tangents LDS Podcast: The Best Source for Mormon History, Science, and Theology. When he isn't interviewing Mormon scholars, prophets, and others, he is teaching math and statistics at Utah Valley University. He also freelances as a research biostatistician in the fields of Dermatology and Traumatic Brian Injuries, as well as in the network television/cable T.V. industries as a sports statistician. Rick holds a Master of Statistics Degree from the University of Utah.

Tag: LDS vs RLDS

Joseph Fielding Smith: History, Bias, & Shaping Mormon Thought (Bowman 3 of 4)

Alice Cooper’s Roots in Lively Mormon Schisms

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Rick Bennett, Host of Gospel Tangents