‘Mormon Land’: After Charlie Kirk shooting, how to practice President Nelson’s call for peacemaking

There is more to it, Latter-day Saint scholars say, than holding hands and singing kumbaya.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Memorials for Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Memorials for Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.

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