It is written by Jenny Phillips who is a Mormon and no it is not Mormon influenced. I am a Bible Believing Christian (Southern Baptist for reference) and DO use and love this curriculum. We are NOT Mormon, member of the church of Jesus Christ or latter-day saints. I thought I would give a little back story about finding this curriculum and why I chose to use it. Like I mentioned above, when I discovered The Good and the Beautiful curriculum I was overjoyed. It was exactly what I had been looking for and it felt like such an answer to prayer in our homeschooling journey. After ordering the curriculum I hopped on the internet and starting googling reviews on The Good and the Beautiful because I couldn't wait to find other mamas who were loving and using it. I of course found mamas who raved about The Good and the Beautiful. But I also found several reviews from Christian mamas who said they were no longer using The Good and the Beautiful because the author was Mormon. Their concern was that the author might have put Mormon influences throughout the curriculum. After watching the videos I gathered their decisions were based purely off of personal choices and not because of something they found in the curriculum. You can read what I believe as a Bible Believing Christian here. After receiving the curriculum, looking through it thoroughly and praying about it... I knew that The Good and the Beautiful would be a wonderful fit for us. I have been vigilant about reading through every lesson to make sure it aligns with what we believe. And I can honestly say that after having used the curriculum for half a year (5th, 3rd, 2nd and Kinder) I have yet to find anything that contradicts with what we believe as Christians. The Good and the Beautiful does a wonderful job of emphasizing high moral character and basic Biblical principles.