Brigham Young University
How outdated Mormon teachings may be abetting ‘rape culture’
By guest — May 10, 2016
Mormon women, especially at LDS-owned schools, continue to be bombarded with the notion that they are at least partially responsible for sexual assaults.
Mormon ‘gospel art’: Kitsch or classic?
By Kimberly Winston — March 17, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Mormons call it "gospel art," and it's revered less for its quality as art than as glue.
Bar association looks into discrimination complaint at BYU law school
By Mark A. Kellner — January 26, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A dissident group has complained about the school’s practice of expelling students who leave the LDS faith or live in same-sex relationships.
Religion scholar boycotts BYU conference to protest university policy
By Jana Riess — October 7, 2015
(RNS) Under the policy, students who enter the university as Mormons but then undergo a faith transition can be expelled, evicted from student housing and fired from on-campus jobs.
Religion scholar Mark Juergensmeyer boycotts BYU conference to protest university policy; cites religious freedom
By Jana Riess — October 6, 2015
"I could not speak at a conference that is devoted in part to religious freedom, at an institution that seemed to be denying that freedom to its own students," says UC Santa Barbara scholar Mark Juergensmeyer.
BYU, other Christian schools ranked among the least LGBT-friendly campuses
By Annie Knox — August 11, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY The Princeton Review released a number of annual Top 20 lists. Emerson College in Boston was named the most accommodating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
“Free BYU” campaign gains momentum as Mormon university’s accreditation nears
By Jana Riess — March 25, 2015
In a university that prides itself on its visible support for religious freedom, it’s ironic that its own students are not religiously free. It’s also unfortunate that something called an “Honor Code” implicitly encourages students who doubt their Mormon faith to lie about that fact in order to maintain their degree program, housing, and employment.
BYU graduates complain to accrediting board over school’s treatment of lapsed-Mormon students
By Annie Knox — March 18, 2015
(RNS) Students do not have to be Mormon to attend the Provo university, but those who enter as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and later leave the faith face expulsion from BYU.
If you leave Mormonism, you have to leave BYU. Now some alumni want to change that.
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — November 21, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) If Mormon-owned BYU allows Muslims on campus, why kick out Mormon students who lose their faith?
Holi festival a hit not only among Hindus
By Katherine Davis-Young — March 17, 2014
(RNS) At the largest Holi festival in the United States, the majority of participants aren't Hindus. They're Mormons.
Evangelical visits to BYU signal a new evangelical-Mormon detente
By Adelle M. Banks — October 30, 2013
(RNS) After top Southern Baptist and Assemblies of God leaders visited Brigham Young University, is there a detente -- perhaps more practical than theological -- between evangelicals and Mormons?
Jodi Arias’s Last-Ditch Defense Is . . . Blood Atonement? Are You Kidding Me?
By Jana Riess — March 9, 2013
Three stories in this week's Mormon news: Friend says that accused killer Jodi Arias is being blamed for a murder that was actually a blood-atonement conspiracy by the LDS Church. Uh huh. In happier news, the LDS Church has unveiled exciting changes to its Scripture apparatus, and thousands of new missionaries are expected to begin serving around the world.
Years of tension yield to thaw between gays, Mormons
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — January 3, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) After years of tension between Mormons and gay rights activists -- with political action and theological pronouncements on one side, protests and pain on the other -- the gulf between the two groups has begun to narrow. By Peggy Fletcher Stack.
The seven most provocative religious videos of 2012
By Daniel Burke — December 27, 2012
2012 might be dubbed the Year of YouTube - and that's especially true on the religion beat. Religious videos sparked international riots, stirred up the U.S. presidential campaign and called young believers to the front lines in battles over homosexuality and church culture. Here are seven religious videos that made news in 2012.
Evangelical author sees a “Mormonizing of America”
By Adelle M. Banks — July 16, 2012
(RNS) Stephen Mansfield, an evangelical author on the faith of politicians, has turned his attention to Mormons in his latest book, “The Mormonizing of America.” By Adelle M. Banks.
