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Polygamy and Same-Sex Marriage: The Contagion Theory
The recent policy changes in the LDS church treat polygamy and same-sex marriage as analogous...
April 2014
April 04, 2014
Some non-arguments against ordaining women to the LDS priesthood
I’m sure all these things have been said before and better, but in order to...
July 2013
July 31, 2013
Hans Mattsson and Joseph Smith’s polygamy
The online LDS response to the NYT article describing Hans Mattsson’s struggle with doubt about...
July 11, 2012
The Gender of “Church” in the BoM
I still have a “church” itch as the idea is found in the BoM. So...
January 2012
January 22, 2012
100 Years of Seminary. And BTW Gay Marriage
In 1971, Elder Boyd K. Packer gave a talk in which he stated: The gospel...
May 2011
May 27, 2011
I’m pitching the Whipple biography with all my might
Title: "Swell Suffering": A Biography of Maureen Whipple Author: Veda Tebbs Hale Publisher: Greg Kofford...
March 2011
March 08, 2011
Blessed are the virgins?
Mormons often congratulate themselves for having a relatively healthy theological view of sexuality, at least...
January 2011
January 05, 2011
Isaiah 7:14 and Scriptural Hermeneutics
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and...
December 2010
December 20, 2010
Scriptural Authority, Normativity, and Hermeneutics: Women and the Priesthood
Introduction [1] The Bible often privileges men as normative for what it means to be...
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September 29, 2010
Lucretius on Walking Pornography
If you have been around the 'Nacle for a spell you can't have missed the...
March 2010
March 29, 2010
My God Is Bigger Than Your God–Literally. Part VI
Although YHWH clearly was perceived by biblical authors in anthropomorphic terms, YHWH’s body was still...
March 24, 2010
Asherah, God's Wife in Ancient Israel. Part IV
One of the most important deities that many, if not most, ancient Israelites worshiped was...
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August 11, 2009
Desire
Michel Foucault traces the West's shift in concern from sexual acts to sexual desires to...
June 2009
June 05, 2009
Women as the True Disciples and Apostles of Christ in the Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Mark, written c. 65-70 C.E., is the earliest of the four gospels...
June 01, 2009
Neither Male Nor Female
Galatians 3:28 is certainly the most important biblical text in feminist and anti-feminist interpretation in...
May 2009
May 04, 2009
Wait, that’s in the Bible?! Celestial Sex
Background/The Divine Council This post (yes, I know the title is rather provocative) was inspired...
April 2009
April 17, 2009
A Feminist Response to Valerie Hudson
Valerie Hudson Cassler’s recent defense of heterosexual-only marriage offers a heteronormative account of human relationships...
March 2009
March 23, 2009
Enos Envy and Psychospiritual Development
The Book of Mormon's first-person story of Enos, the inheritor of the prophetic mantle who...
February 2009
February 24, 2009
Gender, Mormonism, and Transsexuality
The declaration that "gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity...
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November 09, 2008
Open Letter to Protesters of LDS Support of Prop 8
Dear Protesters, It has been a frustrating week. You're angry, maybe even irate. I understand....
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October 07, 2008
The Bridal Chamber
The Gospel of Philip from the Nag Hammadi corpus contains some important passages about a...
August 2008
August 13, 2008
Children and SSM: An Analysis of “The Divine Institution of Marriage”
As far as I know, FPR has never had a SSM post, and I think...
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March 18, 2008
Mormon Literalism and the Body
Recently, Terryl Givens has celebrated one of the Mormon "heresies" (his term) of "literalism." He...
March 03, 2008
The Problem with Laughter
Last night I attended a baptism that was accompanied by much laughter and merry-making, which...
February 2008
February 27, 2008
The Future of Heavenly Mother
Heavenly Mother (HM) has proven to be a very potent and productive figure in the...
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