(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Latter-day Saints stream out of the Conference Center after a session of General Conference in October 2024. Nearly six years after their landmark study, "The Next Mormons," researchers Jana Riess and Benjamin Knoll have offered a teaser of their next book on the complicated factors that contribute to a person remaining within or leaving the Latter-day Saint fold.
Tamarra Kemsley has been a reporter at The Tribune since 2021 but has been covering religion and politics since 2019. Her work has appeared in Religion News Service, the New York Post, and Religion & Politics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Brigham Young University and a master’s in Islamic studies from Hebrew University.