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 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...
