
Stephen Carter
STEPHEN CARTER {[email protected]} is the editor of Sunstone magazine and Moth and Rust: Mormon Encounters with Death (Signature Books, 2017). His books include Mormonism for Beginners, the iPlates graphic novel series, and The Hand of Glory (a YA horror novel about polygamous ghosts). He has a PhD in narrative studies from the University of Alaska–Fairbanks and spends a lot more time than he ever thought he would managing his daughter’s dance schedule.
Scared Sacred: How the Horrifying Story of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy Can Help Save Us
Articles/Essays – Volume 49, No. 3
Dialogue 49.3 (Fall 2016): 75–88
Probably the most destabilizing piece of historical information most Mormons come across is Joseph Smith’s polygamy.