polygamy

A conversation with composer Nico Muhly.

A roundup of the week’s religion headlines.

Case shows how statute of limitations should be lifted for sexual crimes against children.

New legal challenge invokes Lawrence.

Even in mainstream LDS communities, the polygamy question is wide open.

This is a world in which all the dials are turned up to 11—there’s more risk, more conflict, more drama. It’s a world where a few men have over 100 children apiece. One guy has over 250. Drab or dismal it’s not.

Historians document centuries of Mormon women’s ritual healing.

First, it was McCain’s daughter Meghan and now George W. Bush’s daughter has made a video.

A small FLDS community in British Columbia puts its way of life on trial.

Religion watchers across the country followed the story, just over a week ago, of the frantic search in California for a “prayer group” that authorities feared intended to commit suicide. Was the “cult” label responsible for the hyperbolic coverage?