[…] took up organic gardening in the rocky soil on the hillside outside her home to raise food for her family. Soon she began not only to redeem the soil but also to redeem downtrodden […]
[…] socials. The first group was founded in Salt Lake City. Even being based in Utah, they couldn’t depend on a lot of outside support from other members or Church leaders, which became isolating for them.
[…] they were special spirits, reserved to come to earth in the last days to stand as witnesses for the Lord and to spread his gospel throughout the world. He explained that this was a […]
I am not Black, but my ancestors are. Had I been of age be fore 1978, I would not have received the priesthood. I think about this as I consider the history of racism […]
[…] Thomasson wrote in response to Lester Bush’s Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Review which that article caused him to reflect on what he believes and so it became to be very valuable for him personally.
[…] history of racism. But it is the largest in the United States to have had a codified form of racial discrimination as late as June 1978, when church leaders announced that they had received […]
[…] of what was to become one of the hottest political controversies of the year: the Utah Women’s Conference authorized by the National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year and scheduled for June 24-25
[…] university where she taught. We laughed at the poem’s pungent satire, then pondered its attack on “living for others.” “Isn’t that what we are supposed to do?” someone said. Our potential for disagreement was […]
[…] Latter-day Saint single women in the context of five questions: (1) Does she have an acceptable reason for being single? (2) Can she provide for her own economic security? (3) What place does she […]
Though leadership of a living prophet offers possibilities for both on going and dramatic change, Mormon society values permanence, order, and stability in this life and the next. “We do not need innovation,” a […]