LDS priesthood/temple ban
Black Mormon students respond to LDS Church’s “Be One” celebration
By Jana Riess — June 6, 2018
"The Be One celebration is a step in the right direction for the LDS Church," says a young African American Mormon, one of three guest respondents today. But the bigger task is to take its message about countering racism to every single congregation.
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.
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