by Benjamin Knoll | Jan 21, 2018 | Featured |
On January 16 the new LDS First Presidency fielded questions from the press. In response to Peggy Fletcher Stack’s question about diversity in the highest levels of church leadership, including women in church leadership, the new First Presidency responded: President...
by Blaire Ostler | Apr 18, 2017 | Book Reviews, Empowerment, Featured, Heavenly Mother, Ordain Women, Relief Society, Theosis |
One on the most fascinating and inspiring aspects of Mormon theology, to me, is theosis. While the idea of humans becoming gods is not a concept unique to Mormonism, I have found no other religion that is so immersively drenched in process theology, eternal...
by Leah Marie | Mar 4, 2016 | Church, Featured, Feminism, Gospel Topics, Mormonism, Priesthood |
When female ordination is the topic, you can be pretty sure that the conversation is being centered around men 80% of the time. Okay, I’m being generous. Probably 95%. Instead of discussing the value of allowing women to access and yield the power of God on earth—what...
by Janan Graham-Russell | Mar 5, 2014 | Faith, Featured, Feminism, Mormonism, Racism |
In Alice Walker’s text In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens, Walker identifies a term called womanism. The term itself is derived from the word “womanish” or opposite of “girlish” i.e. frivolous, irresponsible, not serious. Walker goes on in describing it as “a black...
by Laurel Sandberg-Armstrong | Aug 19, 2013 | Featured, Feminism, Gospel Topics, Heavenly Mother, Modesty, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, Priesthood |
This is the second post in a two-part series about narrative structures in the Church as they relate to women. You can read the first post here. “The 3 Lessons” When I was serving my mission, I had a very feminist trainer. I’m pretty feminist too, but I...
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