The Salt Lake Tribune

As LDS leader Russell Nelson approaches 100, a look back at a word that will define his legacy

As LDS leader Russell Nelson approaches 100, a look back at a word that will define his legacy The Conversation: The faith has long had a love-hate relationship with the now frowned-upon “Mormon” term ...
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 ...