[…] by officially recognizing the resource that women healers represent. I conclude by urging a broadening of women’s service. The Precedents for Mormon Women Healers Since the founding of Mormonism, women have constituted an important […]
Dialogue 23.3 (Fall 1990): 79–95
MOST RESEARCH BY MORMON FEMINISTS has been historical in nature. Proponents of greater power and privilege for women cite as precedents the lives of Huldah and Deborah of the Old Testament, the treatment of women by Jesus Christ, or the activities of pioneer women in the early restored Church.
[…] the general public, printing notices of meetings in the Provo Daily Herald. A Herald reporter often attended, writing articles about Forum activities for the next day’s edition. Algie Ballif, her sister Thelma Weight, and […]
[…] I had suddenly become too religious for them. Some even ridiculed me for devoting my life to service in the church. But you went out to dinner with me and talked about being a […]
[…] have broadened and enlightened both of them (Richards 1966, 35-39; Jenson 1971, 1:211). Golden’s call to missionary service was unexpected and abrupt. On 3 April 1883, shortly after finishing the academic year at BYA, […]
[…] Iowa, the two courses specifically examining Latter Day Saint scriptures have not been offered since 1981. RLDS writing on scripture tends to address specific topics and problems rather than exegesis of specific books or […]
[…] ghettos. If black children could see more black physicians, attorneys, judges, college professors, corporate executives, and foreign service officers, they could know that once they finished their educations, they too would find employment (in […]
[…] have been added since. An increased ecclesiastical openness toward sexuality would no doubt encourage a proliferation of writing on the subject. Sexual literature written within a gospel context would teach people about such subjects […]
[…] of Mormon hymns, sacrament, and prayers. Another adventure enriched me spiritually. Last summer I participated in a service project in Poland. Side by side with 120 people from Japan, Africa, Thailand, India, Syria, Australia, […]
[…] remember hearing Sharon Swenson speak about choosing counselors as a Relief Society president several years ago — writing names on a piece of paper, then driving up to Park City and knowing by the […]