By Armand Mauss Armand Mauss is the author of All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage and The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation. The “Race and the Priesthood,” Gospel Topics essay has been a long time in coming. Like the others recently posted on the Church website, …
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The Continuing Effects of the Priesthood Ban
By Mica McGriggs Mica McGriggs is a PhD candidate in counseling psychology at BYU. Her academic research is primarily in the area of multicultural sensitivity in psychology. I don’t remember the first time I learned about the priesthood ban, but I do have several vivid memories of my encounters with the issue. At my …
Keeping the Promises
The story of the relationship between Mormonism and Africans is a story of promises—promises made and promises failed. Through the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, whether as translator or composer, assured the world that all humanity is “alike unto God, both black and white, bond and free, male and female.” This assurance comes to …
Thirteen Favorable Consequences of Ordaining Women
By M. Scott Fisher Or right-click to download the audio file here: Thirteen Favorable Consequences of Ordaining Women For a PDF version of the article, click here. First published in Sunstone almost 25 years ago, every word of Fisher’s article is still relevant today. The audio version of this article includes …
Generation X and Framing Gender in the Church
By M. David Huston I am a 41-year-old Mormon male—a member of Generation X—who has slowly and painfully come to recognize the gender inequality that exists in my church. Coming to Terms “In the World” It wasn’t until I was married at 24 years old that I had my first real glimpse …
Impossible Hymn
The course of study for Relief Society and Priesthood for 2015 is the Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson. Lesson 11 is titled “Follow the Living Prophet”. This lesson has all ready generated some discussion as much of it is based on President Benson’s controversial talk given in 1980 at BYU “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the …
Women and the Priesthood: Review
By Heather Olson Beal Women and the Priesthood: What One Mormon Woman Believes By Sheri Dew Deseret Book, 2013 224 pages Sheri Dew recently penned a book entitled Women and the Priesthood: What One Mormon Woman Believes. In one very important way, this book is a step in the right direction. It is a …
Faithful Disagreement: A Model for the Saints
By William D. Russell THE COMMUNITY OF Christ has faced several divisive issues in recent history, the main ones being racial justice, women’s ordination, and LGBT ordination. Though some of these issues were handled well, we experienced significant fallout over others. The 2013 National Conference in the United States, where same-sex marriage was accepted as …
Every Good Gift: Looking On
This article features Tom Kimball who is in violation of our code of conduct. For more info on Tom Kimball and his history, click here for the January 14, 2023 statement. By Thomas Kimball As a railroad bull working for Western Pacific, my grandfather was the dread of ride-hitching hobos. Until late in life, he …
Update: Issue 171
New Wave of LDS Feminists Speak Up, Ask for the Priesthood With a number of online petitions, a Salt Lake City gathering, and the launching of websites and social networks, a new wave of LDS feminists are raising awareness about women’s issues on a scale unprecedented since the 1970’s. The Ordain Women movement was launched …