Ensign LDS
What ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ teaches us about ex-Mormons
By Jana Riess — May 30, 2023
(RNS) — Last year’s bestselling memoir of ‘a woman reckoning with love and violence’ was also a typically Mormon tale.
In Mormonism, yesterday’s heresy is today’s orthodoxy
By Jana Riess — February 25, 2022
(RNS) — In 1973, Mormon author Carol Lynn Pearson's feature article for the 'Ensign' magazine was pulled at the last minute, and she was banned from writing about women for Church publications. What was controversial then has become the party line.
Softening Mormon patriarchy, one correction at a time
By Jana Riess — January 31, 2022
(RNS) — The LDS Church's addendum to a 1973 'Ensign' article about patriarchy shows some progress in how it conceives of women's roles — and in how it acknowledges the mistakes of its own past.
Mormon leader says doubt is dangerous, of Satan
By Jana Riess — June 8, 2017
Elder Montoya's warnings to avoid doubt at all costs ignore one of the most important truths of the process of faith formation: doubt is a catalyst to spiritual growth.
Mormons’ reactions to LGBT video reveal the LDS Church’s mixed messages about gays
By Jana Riess — March 21, 2017
Some Mormons are thrilled with a new video that shows an LDS family embracing their gay son, who is out of the Church and in a same-sex relationship. Others fear this means the Church is diluting its core message about traditional families.
Can Mormon women be witnesses to priesthood ordinances?
By Jana Riess — June 28, 2016
The Savior chose women to be witnesses to the most important priesthood ordinance of all: the resurrection.
The Mormon Reinvention of Emma Smith
By Jana Riess — April 23, 2013
The way Emma Smith's story is carefully sculpted reveals as much about gender expectations and religious norms in our own era as it did when Brigham Young declared her mormona non grata.
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