[…] racism and misogyny.”[62] Similarly, in a July 1995 interview conducted by Mike Castro of the California-based McClatchy News Service, Cleaver made no mention of his Mormon affiliation, simply characterizing his “current religious views [as] […]
[…] expansive theology of feminists like Maxine Hanks and Margaret Toscano with “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” It reiterated the Church’s fundamental belief that “marriage between a man and a woman is ordained […]
[…] most crucial moments held up a mirror to what was happening in society around them. The post– World War II economic boom that catapulted many white Americans to material success inaugurated a brief era […]
[…] remains, insofar as we really try to take up the cross, a scandal and inconvenience to us today.[3] All the uncertainty and occlusion we experience in trying to move through him toward our heavenly […]
[…] the missionary culture and wanted a physical reminder that there were others like me out in the world. She mentioned pronoun pins, and in a moment of rash decision I asked for “they/them” as […]
[…] my eye: “Relief Society—An Aid to the Priesthood.” I’m not sure this talk would seem remarkable by today’s standards, but for me it was the official voice I needed. It gave me permission to […]
[…] defend himself with his trusty Smith & Wesson .38. In retirement, he planned to go abroad to live like a king in Bolivia or Ecuador. Allison listened with an enthusiasm I couldn’t muster, leaning […]
[…] action, and for the benefit of those who may choose to profit by it.” Is it impossible today, in judging and dealing with the political controversy, to maintain this precept? James S. Olson Brigham […]
[…] the Church on the basis of rumors and misunderstandings of doctrines (as some political cultists still do today), and now a current generation of scholars holds that the “annointing” of Joseph Smith as “king” […]
[…] they are each other makes it impossible for either of them to radi cally change how they live. Everything develops a patina of strange if he or she thinks about it too much. But […]