Multiplicities in our Mormon Multitude: Toward Keeping a Unified (but Untidy) Household of God Although among many Mormons there often exists an assumption that working toward unity means working toward reading and applying the scriptures in nearly similar (if not identical) ways, a closer look at the scriptures and how they produce multiple, righteous lifestyle choices may reveal that our standard works resist ‘tidy” interpretations and applications. If the content and/or tone of the Word doesn’t demand us to conform to universal modes of quotidian thought and behavior, then perhaps it is possible to conceive of a Church of Jesus Christ wherein individual members can co-exist as a wholly unified, but highly diverse “household” under one Head.

Benjamin Huff, April Carlson