Natasha Helfer Parker
Mormon excommunication was not designed to happen this way, say scholars
By Isaac Barnes May and Samuel S. Wells — April 24, 2021
(RNS) — Joseph Smith designed an innovative and humanitarian system of church discipline that protected the rights of the accused. So what happened? Two scholars explain.
Mormon excommunication: Need not be present to win!
By Jana Riess — April 22, 2021
(RNS) — I find excommunication to be not only a theologically barbaric practice but also one of dubious utility. It doesn’t come from the example of Jesus. It also doesn’t work.
Men aren’t the only Mormons who struggle with porn
By Jana Riess — March 5, 2015
In the LDS Church, counsel against porn has almost always been directed at men and boys, but the idea that this is a “men’s problem” is naïve. At the very least, it is out of date.
Mormon apostle to women: “Now, don’t talk too much in those meetings”
By Jana Riess — September 11, 2014
The “don't talk too much” injunction is not so much a random aside as a visible pattern. Elder Ballard has twice in one month told Mormon women to rein in their voices.
The “Mormon war on masturbation” video
By Jana Riess — February 3, 2014
Maybe the BYU-Idaho video and the inaccurate reportage about it will prompt Mormons to have a much-needed conversation about the ethics of masturbation -- and the ways we discuss it with youth.
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