[…] Latter-day Saints, nor did its official statement “Race and the Church: All Are Alike Unto God” in 2012 nor its 2013 Gospel Topics essay “Race and Priesthood.” In spite of significant progress made over […]
[…] a deficiency that needs to be addressed. As Gray ruefully noted to an apologetic Mormon group in 2012, “We have Patriarchs who still aren’t aware that lineage can and should be declared, regardless of […]
[…] religious studies–call it the “insider/outsider” problem. William J. Hamblin, ”Mormon Studies, without the Rose-colored glasses,” Mormon Scripture Explorations, July 29, 2012. smallaxe, “A Reponse to Hamblin on Mormon Studies,” Faith Promoting Rumor, August 2, 2012. Brian Birch, “The […]
[…] circles. It was evident just how extensive these doctrines were embedded within the culture when in February 2012, Brigham Young University religion professor Randy Bott publicly expressed much of the old racist theology that […]
<i>Dialogue 47.1 (Spring 2012): 104–123</i><br> First, the history of the temple project will be shown from the Dutch perspective, with a discussion of some of the observable effects on the Dutch saints, one of […]
[…] given Americans ample reason to reflexively associate them with political conservatism. But…” Click in for more. 5/1/ 2012: To get comfortable with the LDS world of blogging online, a good primer is this video […]
[…] essays talking about how even when members agree on certain issues, disagreements still happen especially regarding politics. 2012: “Introducing Religion & Politics” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Online, May 3, 2012. An introduction […]
[…] clearly in mainstream media descriptions of the pre-1978 priesthood ban. “Blacks could not be priests,” stated a 2012 Atlantic article, and this exact wording appears in numerous other articles from various publications. Most non-Mormons […]
[…] a number of steps that demonstrate improved understanding of, and greater compassion for, its LGBT people. In 2012, the Church quietly released its original mormonsandgays.org website that acknowledged same-sex attraction as “a complex reality” […]
[…] overwhelmingly white, its messengers elected Fred Luter, a descendant of slaves, as its Black first president in 2012. And in 2022, Willie McLaurin, a Black pastor from Tennessee, was named interim president and CEO […]