January 11, 2016
Religion Prof. Patrick Mason in Salt Lake Tribune on secrecy of top Mormon church leaders
If you want to know about Mormon seer stones, secret polygamous wives, divine visions, personal revelations, bank failures and baptisms, callings and excommunications, jail terms and healing miracles, debates over prophetic succession and disagreements about the nature of Zion — they’re all there, in documents, journals, correspondence and histories published by the LDS Church itself.