By Deja Earley Deja Earley is the author of To the Mormon Newlyweds Who Thought the Bellybutton Was Somehow Involved, published by Signature Books. Or right-click here to download the audio file: Five Fish in a Barrel: Phineas and His Wives My ancestor Phineas Wolcott Cook didn’t learn about polygamy before he …
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Leaderlore
A two-sentence version of this piece appeared as Aaron C. Brown’s 9 February 2011 Facebook status update. Nothing drives me crazier than hearing a well-meaning Latter-day Saint earnestly explain how some popular Mormon teaching doesn’t count as official—or as a “doctrine”—because it belongs to some other—supposedly inferior—category of teaching: “Culture.” “Policy.” “Speculation.” “Folklore.” It’s …
Approaching Scripture
My timing is impeccable. Last week I was asked to speak in sacrament meeting on the topic “Scripture”. It’s a fairly broad topic, but one that I felt comfortable with. While in a masters program in 1999 I first encountered biblical criticism (hey, I’m late to the party, but I’m here). I found that my …
Pianos & Drums: Taking The Gospel Global. What’s Universal? What’s Cultural? Lessons From Africa
Pianos & Drums: Taking The Gospel Global. What’s Universal? What’s Cultural? Lessons From Africa In her forthcoming book (fall 2000), Jan Shipps concludes that the last four decades of correlating and streamlining Church programs, materials, and procedures has resulted in the dislodging of Mormonism from its culture of origin and the transforming of it into …