Tag Archive | Mormon Stories
Dehlin and Bennett put on Notice
Now that the Kate Kelly excommunication is in the rear view mirror, apparently enough time has passed for the Church to move forward on John Dehlin. The New York Times has reported that a disciplinary council is set for January 25. The charges against John were posted on his website, Mormon Stories. John was notified that […]
Malcolm Jeppsen’s Role in Sept Six
Malcolm Jeppsen served as a Seventy from 1989-94, passing away in 2012. His daughter, Christine Jeppsen Clark talked to John Dehlin concerning her father’s role in the September Six excommunications in 1993. The Church has long maintained that excommunications are local decisions, but Church leaders at headquarters have been known to release stake presidents who […]
Thoughts about OW Alternatives
Now that I’ve finished my transcript of Part 1 and Part 2 of Alternative Approaches to Ordain Women on Mormon Stories, I thought I’d give a recap of my reactions to them. Thanks OW! I was struck that all 4 panelists (Fiona, Margaret, Neylan, Maxine) all appreciated Ordain Women for raising consciousness of the issue. Maxine […]
Alternative Feminist Approaches to Ordain Women–Part 1
At long last, here is a transcription of John Dehlin’s podcast from episode 443 posted on October 16, 2013. In a recent post, Fiona Givens took exception to my characterization of her comments from her Mormon Stories interview from October. I promised to transcribe the whole interview (but let me tip my hat to Brent Beal at Doves and […]
Defending Male Hegemony
Fiona Givens was part of an interesting interview on Mormon Matters with John Dehlin. She spoke about a conference talk on priesthood power vs priesthood authority, and said that women already have priesthood power. (These comments appear in the interview about 8:15 in.)
Mormon Heretic 