Mormon Women & Equality, In Stereo
I recently wrote a spirited blog post about Mormon women. I argued that, contrary to two recent assertions by the LDS hierarchy, Mormon women do not have full equality in the Church (even though these...
View ArticleWhere Are All the Mormon Retreats?
Last weekend I talked too much, ate too much, enjoyed much-needed laughs, reconnected with friends, reflected more than usual about my faith, and got (a little) more sleep than usual. I was with a...
View ArticleOne Year Later, Bruce R. McConkie’s “Mormon Doctrine”: Buh. Bye.
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the quiet removal of Bruce R. McConkie's compendium Mormon Doctrine from...Read the full post here »
View ArticleWhen Theological Disagreement Spills over into Anti-Mormonism
Over the last few weeks we've seen a maelstrom over at Patheos, which published Warren Cole Smith's article "A Vote for Romney is a Vote for the LDS Church" on May 24. As this follow-up...Read the...
View ArticleMy Polygamous Heaven . . . Not
A couple of weeks ago, I received a lovely email from a woman who used to be LDS, and eventually left the Church over several issues, including the persistence of polygamous theology among Mormons....
View ArticlePolygamy by Numbers: How Many Mormons Were Really Involved?
Last week I discussed the question of polygamy's role in Mormon theology and whether the LDS concept of heaven still suggests it will involve plural marriage. I'm intrigued by the apparent gender...
View ArticleAsk a Mormon . . . But Which Mormon?
Last night at dinner, a visiting 7-year old was trying to explain to me that duck-billed platypuses (platypi?) are actually mammals, even though they lay eggs. "But doesn't the fact that they lay eggs...
View ArticleAsk a Mormon: FAQ
Today on Rachel Held Evans's blog, I attempt to answer her readers' top questions about Mormonism. You can also check out prior interviews in her "Ask" series, in which she's talked to an atheist, a...
View ArticleMormon Women Advance through Retreating
I'm coming off a weekend high: a fabulous New Hampshire retreat with my peeps, an opportunity to try out scenes from my forthcoming book Read the full post here »
View ArticleUncovering Joseph Smith’s Journals: A Conversation with Two LDS Church...
A couple of weeks ago when I was in Salt Lake City I had the privilege of sitting down with two historians who work with the Joseph Smith Papers project, an ambitious documentary history effort that's...
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