

Response from Mike Otterson, director of Media Relations, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as shared with the Associated Press. No calls or e-mails from the general public or Church members, please. This e-mail address and phone number are for news media only. Journalists, including book reviewers, religion writers, radio program hosts and producers are encouraged to contact the Church Public Affairs Office if they have additional questions at or 80. Millet, Professor of Religious Understanding at Brigham Young University. Turley, managing director of the Family and Church History Department and an authority on Church history and doctrine. The first is a short response from the Church’s Director of Media Relations. Three responses from the Church are given below.

Some book reviewers and religion writers have asked The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its reaction to a new book by Jon Krakauer, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith.
