[…] 130 years denied the priesthood to those having any black African ancestry. Now, just three years later —in a day when Eldredge Cleaver is talking about joining the Church—it is easy to forget the […]
[…] standing on the front lines of Mormon feminism for more than three decades. I know you all —as Mormon feminists— have questions for her about feminist issues in the Church, and her thoughts about […]
[…] three daughters; second, my role as founder, in 2010, of a non-profit organization, the Mormon Women Project, which publishes stories of faithful Latter-day Saint women from around the world; and third, a twelve-year career […]
[…] event is current. Kate’s work with Ordain Women started two years ago, her excommunication came last month —its effects are being felt in a huge way tonight as I write this letter. First, you […]
[…] to blame (and discipline) certain individuals, but this development is a lot larger than any one person or group of people. The status of women in the Church was basically a time bomb ticking […]
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In the prequel to this article, I discussed in general contours the dual nature of authority —individual and institutional—and how the modern LDS concept of priesthood differs significantly from the ancient version in […]
[…] For years, we have watched men expand their roles in leadership callings. It comes as no surprise that there are LDS women who feel called by God to practice pastoral care in ways that […]
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has often been characterized in recent historical scholarship as a “moderate Mormon” movement seeking to develop an identity somewhere between the more radical Mormonism of […]
[…] general church appointee minister. He was not yet twenty-five years old. Evans did not disappoint. No one, not even the greatly respected J. J. Cornish, was more effective that R. C. Evans in the preaching […]
At the biennial world conference of the RLDS church in April 2000, the delegates voted to change their name to “The Community of Christ.” In this paper I will refer to the “RLDS church” […]