{"id":531,"date":"2014-07-15T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/07\/the-end-of-the-mormon-moment.html"},"modified":"2014-07-15T08:03:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T08:03:00","slug":"the-end-of-the-mormon-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/07\/the-end-of-the-mormon-moment.html","title":{"rendered":"The End of the \u2018Mormon Moment\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

LAST month, Kate Kelly, a feminist Mormon lawyer who had called on the Mormon Church<\/a> to open the priesthood to women<\/a>, was excommunicated<\/a> on the charge of apostasy. John P. Dehlin, who runs a popular podcast on hot-button church issues and has loudly advocated for the church to welcome gay men and lesbians, also was threatened with expulsion<\/a>. Other Mormons<\/a> have faced sanctions<\/a> for participating in online forums questioning the church\u2019s positions on these and other matters.<\/span><\/p>\n

This crackdown marks the end of the \u201cMormon Moment\u201d \u2014 not just the frenzy of interest that rose (and largely faded) with Mitt Romney\u2019s campaigns for the presidency, but a distinct period of dialogue around and within the Mormon community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the last few years, observers had asked hard questions about the faith, not with the derision and malice with which Mormonism has historically been characterized, but in a spirit of honest inquiry. Journalists have examined the governance of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>, the political implications of Mormons in politics, even the prevalence of Mormon \u201cmommy bloggers.\u201d Scholars have examined Mormon history<\/a> in greater detail. Universities have created positions devoted to Mormon studies. The satirical but sympathetic musical \u201cThe Book of Mormon\u201d took Broadway by storm in 2011 and is still running.<\/p>\n

But the debate \u2014 much of it at the Bloggernacle, slang for the Mormon blogosphere \u2014 has also revealed troubling historical facts and inconsistencies in policy and even doctrine.<\/p>\n


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