Joseph Fielding Smith’s religious roots run deep and his influence and writings run even deeper.
He stirred more controversy than son-in-law Bruce R. McConkie, author of “Mormon Doctrine,” but Joseph Fielding Smith stands as “the most important Latter-day Saint theologian of the 20th century.” ...
Rattling off memorized Portuguese phrases and well-remembered American hymns, an ebullient, white-haired apostle of Jesus last week exhorted Mormon converts in Brazil to “know in your hearts that ...