LDS church and race
Racism at BYU is a problem, study finds
By Jana Riess — March 3, 2021
(RNS) — Mormonism's flagship university has issued a self-critical report of its own racism and lack of diversity.
Leadership by old men: In Mormonism, gerontocracy is a blessing and a curse
By Jana Riess — February 15, 2021
(RNS) — With an average age of 90, top Mormon leaders are unlikely to be named in headlines about religious sex scandals. The cost of gerontocracy, though, is that they are also resistant to needed social change.
General Conference would be a good time for the LDS church to apologize to the Black community
By Kristin Lowe — September 28, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Racist statements and policies were once made by prophets and apostles, and we specifically need prophets and apostles to overturn them now,’ says guest columnist Kristin Lowe.
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.
Mormons praised — and criticized — this week for race relations
By Jana Riess — June 24, 2015
White Mormons in the United States live in a bubble of racial privilege. What changes need to happen to make the Church more sensitive to diversity?
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