Women

Why They Stay

By Mormon Heretic October 16, 2011 3 Comments

Interesting Presentations at Weber State

By Mormon Heretic August 7, 2011 18 Comments

Due to a scheduling conflict, Sunstone was forced to find a new venue for this year’s conference. Rather than stay at the Sheraton in Salt Lake City as they have for the past few years, the conference moved to Weber State University in Ogden. I was only able to attend the Saturday conference, but wanted […]

The Apocryphal book of Judith

By Mormon Heretic July 31, 2011 3 Comments

Many people refer to “the Apocrypha” as if it is a clearly defined set of books.  The work “apocrypha” means literally “things hidden away.”  In modern usage, an apocryphal book is any book not part of the Bible.  In that sense, the Book of Mormon could be called an apocryphal book; there is a new […]

Multiple Sealings for Women

By Mormon Heretic July 24, 2011 14 Comments

D&C 132 was recorded on July 12, 1843. In this section, God revealed to Joseph Smith the Celestial Law of Marriage, and showed that a man could be sealed to multiple wives if done with the proper priesthood authority. On the other hand, women are not supposed to be sealed to multiple men. However, verse 51 offers a […]

The Finale of MHA 2011

By Mormon Heretic May 29, 2011 2 Comments

Sadly, all good things must come to an end.  MHA 2011 finished with a bang.  Once again it was hard to pick which session to attend.  Steve Olsen, Shawn Bennion, and Brandon Plewe combined for a session titled “New Perspectives on Mormon History”.  Steve spoke on how we often argue history.  To bolster an argument […]

MHA 2011: First Impressions

By Mormon Heretic May 27, 2011 3 Comments

I’m at the Mormon History Association meetings here in St. George, Utah and thought I would give some first impressions of the conference so far.  Yesterday I had the opportunity to be part of the pre-conference tour, and learned a very interesting thing: Sin City was first settled by Mormons! The first non-Indian settlers in […]

Mormon Enigmas: Linda Newell and Valeen Avery

By Mormon Heretic May 15, 2011 13 Comments

John Larson of Mormon Expression did a book review of Mormon Enigma by Linda Newell and Valeen Avery.  I’m not going to quote the whole podcast, but John gives a very interesting introduction to the book.  In light of my recent post Latter-day Dissent, I thought I would continue the theme of how the church […]

Book Review: Latter-Day Dissent

By Mormon Heretic May 9, 2011 54 Comments

A few months ago, I received an advance copy of a new book by Philip Lindholm called Latter-day Dissent: At the Crossroads of Intellectual Inquiry and Ecclesiastical Authority.  The book is supposed to be released on Friday by Greg Kofford Books.  Lindholm interviews 5 of the “September Six”, as well as 3 others. The September […]

Stapley/Wright Discuss Healings by Mormon Women

By Mormon Heretic February 19, 2011 6 Comments

Last October, I wrote a post titled, Mormon Women Blessing the Sick, as a follow up to my post on Women with Priesthood in Ancient Christianity.  Jonathon Stapley was the first to comment, saying Equating early Mormon female healing with evidence of female priesthood is folly. Kris’ and my paper on female ritual healing is […]

The Untold Story of Joseph and Mary

By Mormon Heretic December 5, 2010 16 Comments

The biblical account of the interactions between Joseph and Mary is very small.  To me, it almost makes Joseph and Mary appear 2-dimensional, and I never feel like I know them very well.  When Joseph discovered that Mary was pregnant before their wedding, we know that he considered cancelling the betrothal.  An angel intervened, and […]