Multireligious identities, postmodernism, and Mormonism
In my previous post on this topic, I gave an exceedingly brief overview of some of the differences between premodern, modern, and postmodern religious institutions in terms of their structure and conceptions of authority. It was summarized like this: Premodern Modern...
Should Mormonism Embrace Post-Modern Conceptions of Religious Structure and Authority?
If you haven’t read Diana Butler Bass, you should. Bass has a story that should resonate strongly with many in the Rational Faiths audience. She was raised in an active church-going Methodist family and converted to conservative Evangelical Protestantism in her teens....LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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