Religion Dispatches

Rebranding the Mormons

I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter on the Mormon grapevine these days about the new mormon.org, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s just-released website and public relations campaign ...
Connecticut Post

Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, pushed it away from ‘Mormon’ – a word that has courted controversy for 200 years

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Yet one of his initiatives made an impact that rippled far beyond the church. In ...
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Is Russell Nelson’s push to drop the ‘Mormon’ name working with Latter-day Saints and outsiders? Will it last?

Of all the moves made by President Russell M. Nelson during his nearly eight-year tenure as leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, none was as controversial and complicated to ...
Religion News Service

Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, pushed it away from ‘Mormon’ – a word that has courted controversy for 200 years

(The Conversation) — Russell M. Nelson pushed the church away from members’ longtime nickname, ‘Mormons’ – a term that has shaped other Americans’ view of the church for 200 years. Yet one of his ...