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