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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

  • Written by Konden Smith Hansen, Senior Lecturer of Religious Studies, University of Arizona
imageRussell Nelson, center, sits during the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' biannual General Conference in Salt Lake City in 2019. George Frey/Getty Images

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...

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