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May 2014

May 30, 2014

Women, Blacks, and the Priesthood in Recent LDS Church Rhetoric

The open letter recently delivered by LDS church spokesman Michael Otterson to a variety of...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

Some non-arguments against ordaining women to the LDS priesthood

I’m sure all these things have been said before and better, but in order to...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

The Problem of Gendered Voice in the Church Memo to leaders of Ordain Women

The non-accidental choice of the Church to issue the recent press release through a female...

March 17, 2013

Sam Gamgee and the Relief Society

Sam Gamgee and the Relief Society[1] Whenever I watch the film version of the Lord...

February 2013

February 13, 2013

The Evolution of Faith: or is God Creating a Better Mormonism?

Not long after the Evolution of Faith: How God is Creating a Better Christianity was published,...

September 2011

September 12, 2011

Mormon Women’s Texts and the New RS History, “Daughters in My Kingdom”

The much-heralded Relief Society history Daughters in my Kingdom commissioned by General President Julie B. Beck is...

September 09, 2011

On Biblical Scripture

The Problem What makes Biblical Scripture, Scripture for LDS Christians?* Historically one prominent model for...

June 2011

June 08, 2011

Book Review: Schweizer, “Hating God: The Untold Story of Misotheism”

Title: Hating God: The Untold Story of Misotheism Author: Bernard Schweizer Publisher: Oxford University Press...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

I’m pitching the Whipple biography with all my might

Title: "Swell Suffering": A Biography of Maureen Whipple Author: Veda Tebbs Hale Publisher: Greg Kofford...

January 2011

January 29, 2011

Ten Tidbits About Prophets and Prophecy in the Old Testament

1. The biblical, or so-called "canonical," prophets--those whom we tend to consider the prophets--in many...

January 05, 2011

Isaiah 7:14 and Scriptural Hermeneutics

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and...

December 2010

December 20, 2010

Scriptural Authority, Normativity, and Hermeneutics: Women and the Priesthood

Introduction [1] The Bible often privileges men as normative for what it means to be...

December 01, 2010

Mormon Feminism at Patheos

The Mormon Portal at Patheos has an amazing forum on feminism up. The main article...

March 2010

March 24, 2010

Asherah, God's Wife in Ancient Israel. Part IV

One of the most important deities that many, if not most, ancient Israelites worshiped was...

October 2009

October 23, 2009

Church Stance on Birth Control, Public and “Private”

Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators (DMBA), the Church's insurance company, does not cover prescriptive contraception, for...

June 2009

June 05, 2009

Women as the True Disciples and Apostles of Christ in the Gospel of Mark

The Gospel of Mark, written c. 65-70 C.E., is the earliest of the four gospels...

June 01, 2009

Neither Male Nor Female

Galatians 3:28 is certainly the most important biblical text in feminist and anti-feminist interpretation in...

May 2009

May 04, 2009

Wait, that’s in the Bible?! Celestial Sex

Background/The Divine Council This post (yes, I know the title is rather provocative) was inspired...

April 2009

April 17, 2009

A Feminist Response to Valerie Hudson

Valerie Hudson Cassler’s recent defense of heterosexual-only marriage offers a heteronormative account of human relationships...

February 2009

February 24, 2009

Gender, Mormonism, and Transsexuality

The declaration that "gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity...

December 2008

December 19, 2008

Christmas and Mary

1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun,...

July 2008

July 21, 2008

Call for Papers

"Reconciliations and Reformulations": A Conference for LDS Graduate Students in Religious Studies Harvard University, February...

April 2008

April 07, 2008

What if…?

What if someone ordained their wife to the priesthood? Let's say that this husband wanted...

March 2008

March 18, 2008

Mormon Literalism and the Body

Recently, Terryl Givens has celebrated one of the Mormon "heresies" (his term) of "literalism." He...

February 2008

February 27, 2008

The Future of Heavenly Mother

Heavenly Mother (HM) has proven to be a very potent and productive figure in the...

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