[…] Latter-day Saints has been burgeoning both in LDS and national markets—so much so that it is difficult for literary critics to keep up with this growing body of novels, plays, poetry, and literary nonfiction. […]
[…] another son, Brigham Heber, an apostle some time after 1864. Apparently, becoming an apostle was a prerequisite for serving as a counselor in the First Presidency, so this could have been a motivation for the […]
[…] high God.” These three quotes were removed and replaced by three statements about the Relief Society’s potential for service and blessings. I saw this censorship as part of a larger historical trend going back […]
[…] refuses to recognize such unions legally performed in other states or countries. In view of the pace for this state by-state political activism during the 1990s, the Defense of Marriage campaign will probably continue […]
[…] Studies on Mormon women, Mormon feminists, or any sub-group of these categories should allow individuals to speak for themselves in order to gain insights into their lived experiences as Mormons. Mormon feminists, male and […]
[…] pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad” (2 Nephi 2:11; cf. 15). Mortality For Latter-day Saint theology, mortality began when Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit and were […]
[…] (3) changes only within fixed limits of originally created kinds of plants and animals; (4) separate ancestry for man and apes; (5) explanation of the earth’s geology by catastrophism, including the occurrence of a […]
[…] this phenomenal interest, the editors of the new journal proved early on that there was a need for a scholarly publication which would satisfy the spiritual and intellectual needs of faithful but thinking Mormons. […]
[…] Christ of Latter-day Saints have endorsed and promoted racism in their theology, practices, doctrine, curricula, and culture for much of its existence, an organized, multifaceted approach is needed to undo this bigotry. The 1978 […]
[…] strides and modest growth in the expansion of its Black urban membership. It is hard to know for certain the exact number of Black members in the Church, as the institution purportedly does not […]