American Primeval and the bloody truth about the Mormon massacre of 1857
It’s one of the most harrowing scenes in Netflix’s grim Western. But is its depiction of the Mountain Meadows atrocities ...
What the tired tropes of ‘American Primeval’ get wrong about Brigham Young, early Latter-day Saints
The Netflix miniseries is a false depiction that draws on negative stereotypes, writes Matt Grow, managing director of Church ...
‘American Primeval’ Director Peter Berg on Finale Deaths, the Prequel Spinoff He’s Considering and ‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot
Berg also responds to criticisms of the representation of Mormon church leader Brigham Young and the line he wouldn’t cross ...
‘American Primeval’ Team on Portraying the Brutal History of America’s Westward Expansion: “The Truth of This World Is Violent”
Director Peter Berg, executive producer Eric Newman, Indigenous Consultant Julia O’Keefe, stars Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, ...
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What 'American Primeval' gets wrong about Mormon — and American — history
The show's depiction of hood-wearing, sinister Mormons slaughtering emigrants, US Army troops and Shoshone people all within ...
American Heretics and Heroes
Copulsky notes in his new book, American Heretics, this interpretation of the founding’s religious implications has always ...
There’s a true story behind American Primeval—and it’s just as grisly
Suspicion. Rebellion. Murder. The Netflix show American Primeval depicts how tensions between Mormon pioneers in Utah and the ...
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‘American Primeval’ Doesn’t Try to Get the History Right — Problem is, it Doesn’t Get Western Colonization Right, Either
American Primeval, Netflix’s flashy (and quite gory) new series depicts the clash between zealous Mormons, imperial federal ...
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Is Joseph Smith a prophet like the Apostle Paul?
Even if you’re not a Christian, I doubt I need to introduce you to the Apostle Paul, the guy who wrote most of the New ...
My beautiful ‘practicing’ Christians: As churchgoers’ numbers shrink, their social views grow more similar
When it comes to views on immigration and racial inequality, for example – a focus of my research – “practicing Christians” across different traditions are becoming more similar. Voting behavior shows ...
Shari Franke Tells Her Story of Survival in ‘The House of My Mother,' Available in Print and Audiobook
Franke's memoir, narrated by her, details the dark saga of abuse behind the scenes of her family's vlog, '8 Passengers' ...