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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

Russell M. Nelson, a former heart surgeon and longtime church leader, was 93 years old when he became president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2018. But anyone who assumed that ...
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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 ...