[…] debated whether the earth and its nonhuman life forms have any purpose and value other than to feed, clothe, and shelter God’s children. A revelation through Joseph Smith assured: The fulness of the earth […]
Russell: I wanted to start off this conversation by asking David about the subtitle of his book, “How Religion Unites and Divides Us.” That concern over unity and division has been a serious one for the Mitt Romney campaign. He’s made efforts to bridge divides in order to make his candidacy appealing to a particular segment of conservative Republican primary voters who, generally speaking, have not looked well upon Mormons.
[…] long have you been sick?” Dan asks. “Where do you hurt?” “Buddy,” she pants. “Carma, could you feed him?” Next to the doggy door between the kitchen and the deck are two empty bowls, […]
[…] event that the master had sexual intercourse with a servant “of the African race,” [p.69] neglected to feed, clothe, shelter, or otherwise abused the servant, or attempted to take him from the Territory against […]
When Mormon apostle Ezra Taft Benson moved to the nation’s capital in 1953 to begin his duties as the Secretary of Agriculture, he had a secret to keep. The president of the Church of Jesus…
[…] and hear her start the car. I’d asked my twenty-two-year-old daughter where she got the money to feed the addictions she was battling. Over the past three years, she’d chosen a few subpar boyfriends […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a global church based in the United States. The cultural context of the Church as a top-down, global entity with centralized leadership necessarily interacts with local…
During 2021, the Dialogue Foundation published four issues of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, continued to produce Dialogue Gospel Study, and produced the Dialogue Topics Podcast. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Our Spring,…
Dialogue 54.4 (Winter 2021): 99–109
Reproductive gender essentialism claims exclude trans persons for their gender identity. However, these same arguments, when taken seriously, also exclude infertile and intersex women too. Such a strict definition of “man” or “woman” does not simply exclude trans folks but also any body not fulfilling its biological utility. After all, biological potential and utility is the basis of a biological sex assignment
[…] 牧 (mù) means “shepherd” or “to shepherd” and 民 (mín) means “people.” The phrase gives a “ feed my sheep” image with a positive connotation that fits the Christian context well. The only problem […]