Does an image of Joseph Smith exist? What one descendant found in a forgotten family heirloom ...

John G. Turner’s new book is a nimble account that showcases the frenzied core of Smith’s soul.

(RNS) — A great-great-grandson of Joseph Smith Jr. found the Mormon prophet’s photo tucked inside a locket passed down for generations.

The first known photo of Mormon founder Joseph Smith was found in a locket that has been in the descendant's family for more than a century.

A family heirloom at least 170 years old could contain the very first image of Joseph Smith, Jr. , founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Each foot represents a year in the life of Joseph Smith Jr., the progenitor, prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who was born on that humble spot on December ...

Due to this assumed Christian heritage in the Americas, Joseph Smith believed Native Americans were also descendants of ancient Israelites.

Social media is all abuzz about a newly discovered daguerreotype that reportedly is the only known photo of Mormonism's founder, Joseph Smith. But is it really him? Believers, historians and ...

Joseph Smith on film: Six actors who played the prophet — and how they did From a classic movie vampire to a former Superman, many have tried to portray the Mormon founder.

Perhaps a true-to-life biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, can never be written. Smith’s claims to accessing the divine were too outlandish, his embrace of polygamy too ...