Latter-Day Saints
The ‘thee’ and ‘thou’ of Mormon prayer
By Jana Riess — December 23, 2022
(RNS) — I want the language I use in prayer to reflect my relationship with God and help it to grow.
On Mormon tithing and a $100 billion investment fund
By Jana Riess — December 14, 2022
(RNS) — Tithing can’t be reduced to checking a box that says you support an insanely wealthy institution with yet more wealth and are suddenly right with the Lord because of it.
Why the LDS and Catholic churches parted ways on the Respect for Marriage Act
By Mark Silk — December 12, 2022
(RNS) — They understand the world, and their place in it, differently.
Mormon TikTok star debunks Bible conspiracies, misinformation
By Jana Riess — December 9, 2022
(RNS) — More than a quarter-million TikTok followers enjoy Dan McClellan's unusual combination of deadpan humor and solid biblical scholarship.
Asexual Latter-day Saints face an added dilemma: Finding their place in a tradition focused on marriage
By Loretta LeMaster and ben Brandley — December 7, 2022
(The Conversation) — Recent years have put more attention on LGBTQ people’s struggle for acceptance in the LDS church, but asexual Latter-day Saints face unique challenges.
Why I stay: LGBTQ people of faith find ways to belong where doctrine rejects them
By Kathryn Post — December 6, 2022
(RNS) — 'You don’t have to give up your faith to be who you are,' said one LGBTQ Christian.
Religious freedom and LGBTQ rights are clashing in schools and on campuses – and courts are deciding
By Charles J. Russo — December 6, 2022
(The Conversation) — Yeshiva University’s legal case has garnered national attention, but several similar cases are underway.
Mormon church’s celebration of Latino cultures puts spotlight on often-overlooked diversity
By Brittany Romanello — December 6, 2022
(The Conversation) — Latina women hold few top leadership positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but their contributions help keep congregations going.
LGBTQ students wrestle with tensions at Christian colleges
By Yonat Shimron Of Religion News Service and Giovanna Dell'orto Of The Associated Press — December 5, 2022
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP/RNS) — Tensions endure at many of the hundreds of US Catholic and Protestant universities.
Why Americans are leaving their churches
By Jana Riess — December 1, 2022
(RNS) — For sociologist Stephen Bullivant, the question is why it took so long for the religious exodus to happen.
Death and the Little Black Funeral Dress
By Jana Riess — November 29, 2022
(RNS) — Each time I wear it to mourn someone I’ve loved, my dress becomes more steeped in love and history.
How opposition to Prop 8 led Latter-day Saints to back Senate’s same-sex marriage bill
By Bob Smietana — November 16, 2022
(RNS) — Same-sex marriage, long a divisive issue, could be the thing that brings Americans together, said Troy Williams, executive director of Equality Utah.
New memoir unpacks what Mormon girls are taught about marriage
By Jana Riess — November 15, 2022
(RNS) — 'I needed to learn that I get to decide what my life looks life,' says Rachel Rueckert, author of the new memoir 'East Winds.'
Abortion rights scored the biggest midterm victory
By Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins — November 9, 2022
(RNS) — Not only did voters support abortion rights ballot measures, they probably also helped Democrats stave off a red wave.
LDS Church is under fire in Australia
By Jana Riess — October 31, 2022
(RNS) — If the reports are true, the government of Australia has every right to be angry. This kind of financial practice looks terrible for the church. It feels covert and deceptive.