Benjamin Knoll and Cammie-Jo Bollin discuss their new book, ‘She Preached the Word: Women’s Ordination in Modern America.’ Their study uses novel survey data that reveals a surprising relationship between political orientation and an acceptance of women’s ordination. This, of course, raises…
Sara Hughes-Zabawa rejoins me to discuss Fowler’s Stages of Faith: The Synthetic-Conventional Stage. Stage Three is usually entered into during adolescence. It’s that stage in which we imagine that our views represent an accurate and faithful totality of truth. This…
In June 2014 Kate Kelly, the vocal spokesperson for Ordain Women was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for apostasy. Kate Kelly had led a high profile campaign including two actions on Temple Square in order…
Sabine (name changed) had served faithfully in the church for years. Then several incidents involving her children occurred causing her to act swiftly to protect them from bullying and shaming. The result was a fall-out with her local LDS community…
Brian and Gina discuss the complexity of the experience of Mormonism when confronted with eyes wide open to both its past, its present and its changing contexts. Brians’ Website: Mormonism in Context
Kirtland is a singular place in the history of the LDS movement. The Kirtland Temple once stood as a symbol of a faith that shattered and splintered upon Joseph Smith’s death. Now it’s a powerful symbol of a shared…
Mormons don’t have a robust theology of the cross. They are more inclined to say that, ‘We celebrate the Living Christ, not the death of Christ’. Though Mormons claim to be Christian this defining sign of Christianity is missing, while…
Derrick Clements and Gina Colvin get real about the price of motherhood in this somewhat Mormon flavoured review of Tully by Jason Reitman, starring Charlize Theron.
In Part One, Peter Bleakley (London) offers optimistic and enthusiastic commentary on the new ministering programme currently being rolled out to replace Home and Visiting Teaching. In Part Two the World Ministry Tour of President Russell Nelson, Sister Wendy Watson Nelson,…
