The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a strong authority structure. Power seemingly originates at the center of the Church, with the prophet and apostles, and radiates outward from there. This […]
[…] this essay, I shall begin by describing what we can learn about our Mother in Heaven from the scriptures. I then will draw from those descriptions some (very modest) suggestions for how we might […]
<i>Dialogue 51.4 (Winter 2018): 49–76</i><br>What of the Latter Day Saint movement that claimed to prophetically discern the times and seasons of these latter days and also boldly proclaimed that they were the restoration church?
<i>Dialogue 50.1 (Spring 2017): 183–192</i><br>I am concerned about the ways in which I see patriarchy swallow up the demands of feminism and use them against women. Each time we gain som
<i>Dialogue 14.4 (Winter 1981): 60–69</i><br>THE QUESTION of whether worthy women could be or ought to be ordained to the LDS priesthood has not, until recently, been considered seriously in the LDS community.
<i>Dialogue 14.4 (Winter 1981): 48–59</i><br>I smiled wryly at the cartoon on the stationery. The picture showed a woman standing before an all-male ecclesiastical board and asking, “Are you trying to tell me that God […]
[…] bishopric. There was seldom a specific mandate of authority or responsibility. Two organizational innovations tried to bring order to this untidy system. The first was an attempt to divide responsibilities along priesthood lines. The […]
[…] the state ideology, pancasila, allowed Christianity to become a viable alternative in the Indonesian situation. The New Order’s clarification of pancasila, thus continuing to guarantee religious freedom, opened the door even wider for Indonesians […]
The Doctrine and Covenants contains extremely specific instructions concerning marriage for men: In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;
[…] range of freedom is left large, and arbitrary divine interference with that freedom is kept minimal, in order that I may grow. Were God’s hand always upon my shoulder, or his Iron Rod always […]