by Thinker of Thoughts | Jul 14, 2017 | Mormonism, Race
A few weeks ago the YouTube channel 3 Mormons released a video in which the hosts presented a number of historical observations, rationales and explanations on the issues of persons of color and the Mormon church Priesthood. I found their video to be full of...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Aug 31, 2016 | Mormonism
Historian David C Nelson, PhD discusses several fascinating and relatively unknown stories about Mormons living under Nazi Germany as well as how the memory of these stories was handled in the decades that follow. Dr. Nelson covers these stories in extensive detail in...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Sep 24, 2015 | Mormonism
The Stewart Udall Sequence Main | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 In this series, we have examined ‘Jack Mormon’ Stewart Udall and his stand against racism in the Mormon Church years before the racist policies were ended. He bravely and...
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...