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What is a Latter-day Saint temple?

  • Written by Taylor Petrey, Associate Professor of Religion, Kalamazoo College
What is a Latter-day Saint temple?The temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along the Capital Beltway in Kensington, Md.Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images

Temples in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often referred to as the Mormon church, have long been a site of curiosity, suspicion and admiration. Grand, sometimes even imposing...

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