Conversations about the religious and spiritual life on the other side of fundamentalism
 
Tag: <span>Priesthood Ban</span>

Tag: Priesthood Ban

244: Uncovering a Doctrine of Black Priesthood Denial: Newell Bringhurst

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Historian Newell Bringhurst discusses the background to his seminal work, “Saints, Slave and Blacks: The Changing Place of Black People Within Mormonism.” Originally published in 1980, Newell’s important contribution to racial politics in the LDS …

230: Race and the Making of The Mormon People: Max Mueller

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How racist was Joseph Smith?  Can the LDS Church really claim Jane Manning James as an example of Joseph Smith’s progressive ideals?  There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that Joseph Smith had a theological imagination …