by Thinker of Thoughts | Jul 19, 2015 | Mormonism, Race
The Stewart Udall Sequence Main | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 In parts I-IV of this series, we were introduced to “Jack Mormon” Stewart Udall. Early in his adult life he made a conscience based separation from Mormon orthodoxy, yet...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Jul 18, 2015 | Mormonism, Race
The Stewart Udall Sequence Main | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Spoken word version of this post In parts 1-3 of this series, we were introduced to Stewart Udall, a “Jack Mormon” who made a conscience driven separation from the church...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Jul 17, 2015 | Mormonism, Race
The Stewart Udall Sequence Main | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 In Part 1 we examined a statement of conscience that “Jack Mormon” Stewart Udall wrote for himself as he made the deliberate decision to distance himself from fellowship...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Jul 16, 2015 | Mormonism, Race
The Stewart Udall Sequence Main | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 In Part 1 we looked at the life of Stewart Udall, an unconventional Mormon who left orthodoxy, but still acted with principle and conscience. His written statement of the reasons he...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Jul 15, 2015 | Mormonism, Race
The Stewart Udall Sequence Main | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 “Jack Mormon” is a term that early in church history referred to non-Mormons who supported and helped the church, but in modern times is used as derogatory term to...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Jun 27, 2015 | Mormonism
The recent US Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriages nationwide has sparked a great deal of conversation and debate. Mormons who comment on the news are understandably concerned as this new ruling is at odds with what church leaders have been teaching...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Jun 18, 2015 | Mormonism, Race
In 1963 twenty year old student Ira Jeffrey Nye had finished his first year at Princeton when an article he authored appeared in the October issue of the national magazine “Look”. His essay was an honest expression of his experience as a Mormon learning...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Jun 16, 2015 | Mormonism, Race
When looking back at the issue of race in the Mormon church, it can be difficult to see things “as they were”. The stories of notable figures such as Jane Manning James who was a faithful black LDS woman sealed to Joseph Smith as an eternal servant or...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Jun 14, 2015 | Mormonism, Race, Uncategorized
[toc]In a prior post we examined the exchange between mormon sociologist Lowry Nelson and the First Presidency on the issue of racism and the ban on blacks receiving the priesthood. In that instance a member believed that what the church was teaching and the policy it...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Jun 9, 2015 | Mormonism, Race
A thoughtful reader commented on the “Racism in the Book of Mormon” post about a presentation which has been given by a group of Black LDS men which gives a whole new way to look at the Book of Mormon to demonstrate that what people think are racist...
