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Salt Lake Tribune readers recently responded to a survey asking how much trust exists between Latter-day Saints and those outside of the state’s dominant religion.

Utah’s neighborhoods: United and divided by faith

By Kaitlyn Bancroft | Luke Peterson | January 27, 2022, 2:08 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Robin Scott Jensen, co-editor of a new volume of the Joseph Smith Papers that focuses on the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon, looks at several pages from the original manuscript in the Church History Library on Jan. 19, 2022.

Now you can see photos of the original Book of Mormon manuscript

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 27, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

‘Mormon Land’: The latest on Tongan relief and how the islands resemble Utah in at least one big way

Returning LDS missionaries in quarantine after bringing COVID to a Pacific nation despite following health precautions

(Efrem Lukatsky | The Associated Press)A bird flies near the 1,000-year old Orthodox Monastery of Caves covered with the first snow of this winter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is moving its missionaries out of the country as Ukraine's tensions with Russia rise.

Rising tensions prompt LDS Church to move its missionaries out of Ukraine

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 24, 2022, 10:33 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) David Archuleta performs at the inauguration of Gov. Spencer Cox, at Tuacahn Center for the Arts in Ivins on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.

David Archuleta’s anguished journey: Be true to his faith or true to his feelings?

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 23, 2022, 3:06 p.m.

(Library of Congress) "Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in Carthage Jail, June 27th, 1844" lithograph by artist C.G. Crehen.

Jana Riess: ‘Who Killed Joseph Smith?’ and other amateur-hour conspiracy theories

By Jana Riess | Religion News Service | January 22, 2022, 3:02 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Children sing as part of an international choir at General Conference on Easter Sunday, April 4. 2021.

Latest from Mormon Land: Why having kids helps society, and why government welfare is welcome

By David Noyce | January 22, 2022, 3:05 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune)President Russell M. Nelson addresses the congregation at the close of the gala celebrating his 95th birthday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Conference Center on Sept. 6, 2019, in Salt Lake City. Nelson has been a transformative president since he took over in January 2018.

Jana Riess: The top 10 changes President Russell Nelson has made in the LDS Church

By Jana Riess | Religion News Service | January 21, 2022, 3:07 p.m.

(Robert A. Davis/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File) This May 4, 2005, photo shows Emmett Till's photo on his grave marker in Alsip, Ill. Utah Latter-day Saint Devery Anderson wrote a groundbreaking biography of Till, whose killing in 1955 helped spur the civil rights movement.

‘Mormon Land’: LDS writer discusses his landmark book on Emmett Till and his faith’s racial history

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | January 19, 2022, 2:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah wide receiver Britain Covey (18) points to family in the stands after running a kick return for a touchdown against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.

God ‘made me fast’ — Utah’s Britain Covey reflects on a football career as a small, speedy ‘Jesus boy’

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 16, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rabbi Samuel Spector at Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.

After antisemitic comments, Lehi-based Entrata makes ‘transformational donation’ to Jewish synagogue

By Kaitlyn Bancroft | January 15, 2022, 4:23 p.m.

(Jeremy Harmon | Tribune file photo) Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Surveys show declines in U.S. religious membership — but what keeps the faithful from leaving?

Americans are leaving religion at higher rates than ever before. Tell us why you stay.

By Kaitlyn Bancroft | January 15, 2022, 7:51 p.m.

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