[…] After distinguishing himself at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and serving in the army during World War II in North Africa and Italy, Arrington accepted a professorship at Utah State University. In […]
[…] it acknowledges earlier on that at least some of those contracts would be honored by the spiritual world–even if they ‘have an end when men are dead.’” (107) “in Nauvoo, proto-heavens were created by […]
[…] the top ten religion books of 2011 by Publishers Weekly. She is a senior columnist for Religion News Service and is often quoted in national news and magazine articles on Mormon issues. Although she […]
Max Mueller asks “Has the Mormon Church Truly Left Its Race Problems Behind?” in The New Republic.
Watch Jana Riess discuss her new book “Flunking Sainthood” at Benchmark Books last week.
“The scene at a Mormon congregation here on a recent Sunday would surprise Americans who think of Mormons as young white missionaries in stiff white shirts, black ties and name tags.”
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to deal with its past racial teachings. For 126 years, African American men were denied priesthood ordination, while both men and woman of African […]
[…] in touch with me. I had picked up hints of his depression but was stunned by the news of his death. Neil took life’s journeys passionately and eagerly. He hiked mountains enthusiastically and cherished […]
[…] twelve-year-old Mormon boy even if it is, technically, as much a duty of a deacon as passing the sacrament—and I doubted anyone in my presidency ever did it when they were twelve either. Certainly, […]
[…] calm. The Bishop reached for the microphone as if it were the most natural thing in the world to stop someone mid-testimony. Danny didn’t resist. He finished in a hurry, running all his words […]