[…] office. Like its narrator, however, Irreversible Things demands to be read slowly. No, perhaps “demands” is the wrong word —rather, this book sits down next to you, softly puts its hands on your knee and says, […]
I first discovered James Goldberg when a friend from my mission shared a blog post from the Mormon Midrashim entitled “Explanation, Justification, Sanctification.” In it, the author shares some profound theology with his ten-year-old daughter in […]
Few topics have dominated modern Mormon discourse as much as those related to homosexuality. Especially following the contentious and engrossing debates surrounding Proposition 8 —the electoral battle in California in 2008 over the legality […]
[…] faith, my parents always dutifully had large quantities of wheat, rice, beans, and all other manner of food stored —food we never ate in our daily lives. While they rarely discussed end-time catastrophe, I […]
[…] that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father —Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for […]
[…] with Them?,” ABC Radio Adelaide, July 5, 2018. Liam Mannix, “Mormon Church Baptising Thousands of Dead Victorians —Atheist or Not,” The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Mar. 10, 2017; Ben Schneiders, “Menzies, Ned, and the Don: […]
One hundred seventy-two years ago this coming Wednesday, July 24, the first company of Mormon pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley, which was to be their new home. Being mostly a desert, it didn’t look…
Mormonism and White Supremacy is almost exactly what you would expect from a book with such a title. A brilliant and well-researched thesis analyzing the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
Heather Harris-Bergevin manages her life and that of several others from the front seat of a Prius. Sometimes she writes stuff (Lawless Women, BCC Press), usually poetry. She’s liable to break into showtunes at any…
[…] Polygamy,” is an innovating mashup that looks beyond monogamy as the only authorizing type of same-sex relationships —it really pushes the boundaries of what queer scholarship had done. Drawing on contemporary polyamory to critique […]