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Mormon Migration Database: Blacks and Mormonism
Dr. Fred E. Woods at BYU has recently made available an online database of migration primary sources. This project compliments work done by the LDS church on overland trail sources. Work like this...
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The Long-Awaited Day
In 1973, Dialogue published an article by Lester Bush which traced the history of the LDS church policy banning members of African descent from holding the priesthood. That article itself became an...
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Reflections on Another Anniversary
Armand Mauss, author of The Angel and the Beehive, All Abraham’s Children, Neither White nor Black, (with Lester Bush) and scores of important articles on many aspects of Mormonism, has graciously...
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Ill-Gotten Gains & Illegal Immigration
I hope that Kevin Barney will forgive me for slicing the lunch meat deli-thin by using his post on tithing practices as a springboard for this related post. In my defense, I’ve been meaning to write...
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Thar He
The recent events in Egypt have kept me thinking about our history of non-violent protest in the United States. Between the observance of Martin Luther King day in January and Black History month,...
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Leaping to conclusions or asking rational questions?
So last week, I started listening to a new podcast. Slate’s Hang Up and Listen podcast features three sports reporters and their topic last week was, amongst other things, the Brandon Davies situation...
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Immigration Lolz
Imagine, if you would, the phrase ‘neener neener neener,’ sung to the tune of the Hallelujah Chorus… Presiding Bishop H. David Burton: “Our presence here testifies to the fact that we are appreciative...
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A Few Thoughts on the LDS Church’s New Statement on Immigration
The LDS Church issued a new statement today regarding immigration policy in the United States. This is not a new topic, of course. However, the statement from the Newsroom this morning is a little bit...
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Pluralism and Persecution in the UK
Despite the Telegraph’s deliberately provocative title (“Christians are more militant than Muslims, says Government’s equalities boss”), which doesn’t accurately reflect the content of the article, the...
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Latent Racism, Orientalism and “Magic Underwear” in American Society and Mitt...
As I made my way through the crowded local Costco recently, I stepped back a moment and appreciated the diversity surrounding me. Although approximately 92% of the population in the UK is white, about...
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Attractive Lies and Boring Truth
A guest post from Mike Austin. Mike is Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor of English at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas, a member of the Dialogue Board of Directors, and a...
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The Mormon Lectionary Project: Martin Luther King, Jr.
MLPMormon Lectionary Project The Feast of Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader, 1968 Exodus 3:7-12, Isaiah 40:3-8, Psalm 77:11-20, Psalm 98:1-4, Luke 6:27-36, Helaman 13:25-29 The Collect:...
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Polygamy, Society, and the Mormons
When I returned to my office after winter break, I found two large brown boxes (with “Joe Christensen” written on the sides) waiting for me in the mailroom. I was pretty sure I knew what they held and,...
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A Day of Fasting and Prayer
Nicolas Kristof has done us a great service in bringing to the nation’s (and world’s) attention the depraved and cowardly kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian girls by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko...
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Lift Every Voice and Sing
In honor of Martin Luther King, jr., whose birthday we celebrate today, here is the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”: I’ve long loved this hymn and wished that it might find a place...
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A Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Home Evening
I truly hope that Mormons around the United States (and elsewhere!) will make use of the fortuitous confluence of the (U.S.) national holiday commemorating the work and memory of Martin Luther King,...
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On Lifting the Priesthood and Temple Ban
The Daily Universe, BYU’s Student Newspaper, June 9, 1978 (source: http://tinyurl.com/nwyme3v)What was obvious[1] fell into long desuetude just a little over twenty years after the Church was...
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Empty seats: Black, White, and Mormon Conference
“Make sure to get there early and save me a seat.” I texted my husband. See, I figured that a free conference on the important and sometimes controversial topic of Black Saints in the Mormon fold would...
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A Few Thoughts on the LDS Church’s New Statement on Immigration
The LDS Church issued a new statement today regarding immigration policy in the United States. This is not a new topic, of course. However, the statement from the Newsroom this morning is a little bit...
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Columbus and Accountability
“And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who was separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters; and I beheld the Spirit of God, that it came down and wrought upon the man; and he...
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