Black and Mormon
The Book of Mormon and racial reconciliation
By Jana Riess — September 27, 2017
(RNS) — The Book of Mormon both challenged and reinforced 19th-century ideas about race — and set the stage for a religion's controversial subsequent history, says historian Max Perry Mueller.
No gays in heaven? Avoiding new Mormon folk doctrine
By Jana Riess — February 5, 2016
Elder Nash’s devotional this week opens the door to a new Mormon folk doctrine that gay people will have to become heterosexual to reach heaven. Guest blogger EmJen explores the implications.
Mormon racism and Black self-hatred in Zion, by Darron Smith
By Jana Riess — December 19, 2013
Guest blogger Darron Smith applauds the LDS Church's recent statement on Mormonism, race, and the priesthood -- but wonders how long it will take to undo the past.
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