- Mormon Times
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URL MormonTimes.com Type of site Online magazine featuring articles covering contemporary Mormon culture and current events Available language(s) English Created by The Deseret News Current status Active Mormon Times was a website and newspaper insert containing news and information for and about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). According to mormontimes.com, it has moved back to Deseret News.[citation needed]
Mormon Times is produced by the Deseret Morning News in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is not an official publication of the LDS Church, and is separate from the weekly official Church News section included with the Deseret News.[1]
Contents
Features
Included in the website's sections are stories of the LDS Church's general authorities and news emanating from of the Church Office Building.
Mormon Times brings the stories, photos, and updates of the more than 50,000 LDS missionaries all together in one place.
The education section contains current-event items drawn from across the LDS Church Educational System, including its seminary program, weekly fireside meetings, and institutes of higher learning like Brigham Young University and the LDS Business College.
As genealogy research is one of the hallmarks of Mormon culture, MormonTimes shares news and information relevant to family history enthusiasts.
Mormon Times works with the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research to provide its readers with answers on a wide variety of topics in a Q&A section.
Mormon Times provides an entry point to a full, searchable form of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, courtesy of Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library.
Mormon Times (TV series)
Following the Mormon Times success in print and online, a TV series premiered on October 3, 2010. The TV series contains short segments with summaries of popular stories from the print version, along with interviews, and is hosted by Kathy Aiken. The show is aired Sunday mornings, and is part of KSL-TV's Legacy Sundays programing block, which also airs the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Music and the Spoken Word and History of the Saints.[2]
See also
- Bloggernacle
- Blogs about Mormons and Mormonism
Notes
- ^ David Schneider (2008-01-24). ""Ask the editor: Why 'Mormon' Times?"". Deseret Morning News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695246586,00.html.
- ^ "Mormon Times on TV". Mormon Times. 1 October 2010. http://www.mormontimes.com/article/17517/Mormon-Times-on-TV. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
External links
English-language periodicals of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Official
(published by the LDS Church
or its institutional predecessors)Evening and Morning Star (1832–1834) • Messenger and Advocate (1834–1837) • The Elders' Journal (1837) • Times and Seasons (1839–1846) • Millennial Star (1840–1970) • The Prophet (1844–1845) • Young Woman's Journal (1897–1929) • Improvement Era (1897–1970) • Juvenile Instructor (1901–1930) • The Children's Friend (1902–1970) • Relief Society Magazine (1915–1970) • The Instructor (1930–1970) • Ensign (1971– ) • New Era (1971– ) • The Friend (1971– ) • Tambuli (1977–1995) • Liahona (1995– )Semi-official
(published by an entity owned or controlled by the LDS Church
or informally adopted by a church auxiliary)The Wasp (1842–1843) • Nauvoo Neighbor (1843–1845) • Deseret News (1850– ) • The Seer (1853–1854) • Journal of Discourses (1854–1886) • Juvenile Instructor (1866–1900) • Woman's Exponent (1872–1914) • The Contributor (1879–1896) • Church News (1931– ) • BYU Studies (1959– ) • Mormon Times (2008–)Unaffiliated
(published by an entity unconnected to the LDS Church
and independent of church support)Gospel Reflector (1841) • Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (1966– ) • Exponent II (1974– ) • Sunstone (1975– ) • Beehive Standard Weekly (1975– ) • Latter-day Trumpet (2003–)Categories:- Deseret News
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