[…] maternity models (who I suspect might not even be pregnant) who now populate my computer screen’s pop -up ads. Nonetheless, it expands, inch by inch, week by week, straining veins and skin, with my […]
<i>Dialogue 55.1 (Spring 2022): 119–135</i><br>As the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints moved away from the plural marriage revelation, a marital system that created the cosmological backdrop for the doctrine of Heavenly […]
[…] the angels are subject unto them.” D&C 132:20 The doctrine of Heavenly Mother is cherished among Latter -day Saints. She is birthed from necessity in a physicalist theology. Though she has feminist roots, her […]
[…] their own divinity reflected in the stories told about God. First, with Heavenly Mother as the only female divinity, divine expression of womanhood is restricted to motherhood. This excludes many women, including women struggling […]
[…] 1995 “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints. As a result, her nature, dignity, and godhood remain vague in mainstream Mormon discourse because […]
For the first century of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints, members generally did not condone artistic renderings of deity, including those of Christ. It was not until the mid–twentieth century […]
Dialogue has long been a home for important scholarship on Heavenly Mother. In the next few weeks, we are publishing a special issue, “Heavenly Mother in Critical Context.” Sign up for our newsletter to be…
[…] personal voices essays, 7 fiction pieces, 17 poems, 33 reviews, 2 sermons, and 2 roundtables. 12 Most -Read Content Published in 2021 M. David Huston, “The Theological Trajectory of ‘The Family: A Proclamation to […]
Ramona Maile Cutri (she -her) is an associate professor of teacher education at Brigham Young University. In her teaching and research, Ramona promotes intellectual and emotional engagement with diversity and inclusion as an integral […]
[…] year old”—the endearing young rascal Wilford Bushman. Wilf, like most in his rural Utah community of Anti -Nephi–Lehi, is “BUC”—“born under the covenant.” Being “BUC” assures him of eternal life with his Latter–day Saint […]