John G. Turner

JOHN G. TURNER {[email protected]} is professor of religious studies at George Mason University and the author of They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty (Yale University Press, 2020). He is a member of Burke Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia.

The True Tales of Polygamy Fiction | William A. MacKinnon and Kenneth L. Alford, eds., Fact, Fiction, and Polygamy: A Tale of Utah War Intrigue,1857–1858: A. G. Browne’s The Ward of the Three Guardians

Articles/Essays – Volume 57, No. 2

A woman unhappily married to a polygamist. A girl trapped in Utah, separated from her father, likely soon to be sealed to a hoary elder. A gentile-accompanied flight to safety.

Historic Sites Holy Envy Sara M. Patterson, Pioneers in the Attic: Place and Memory Along the Mormon Trail

Articles/Essays – Volume 54, No. 3

When it comes to sacred places, I feel considerable holy envy toward the Latter-day Saints. Their sacred sites stretch across the continent, from Vermont to California. Mormons can visit their founding prophet’s birthplace, the grove…

Jesus Christ, Marriage, and Mormon Christianities: 2016 Smith-Pettit Lecture, Sunstone Symposium

Articles/Essays – Volume 49, No. 3

Review: Terryl L. Givens, Matthew J. Grow Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism

Articles/Essays – Volume 45, No. 3

Review: Edward J. Blum and Paul Harvey, The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America

Articles/Essays – Volume 46, No. 2