‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Ep 2 Recap: A Family Man With a Wild Side
Spoiler: this recap covers some of the crucial investigative developments featured in the second…
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‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Ep 1 Recap: A Trio of Bombs Launches SLC into a Panic
Below is a recap of the first episode of Murder Among the Mormons, a…
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‘Murder Among the Mormons,’ Latest True Crime Doc From Netflix, Highlights Issues of Faith, Skepticism, and Authenticity
Note on spoilers, etc: This essay covers the broad outlines of the Mark Hofmann forgery…
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‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Has a ‘Real Religion’ Problem
Religion is a frequent guest star on Bravo’s The Real Housewives franchise—who could forget Kyle…
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How an 1843 Revelation on Polygamy Poses a Serious Challenge to Modern Mormonism
This week, new legislation goes into effect in Utah that decriminalizes polygamy among consenting adults….
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Some Mormons See a Message in the Angel Moroni’s Fallen Trumpet
Some Mormons See a Message in the Angel Moroni’s Fallen Trumpet On March 18, 2020,…
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Did Romney Cynically Cite His Mormon Faith for Impeachment Vote as Critics Claim?
So it turns out that at least some Republican leaders only care about faith when…
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Mormon Statement on Feminism is Relevant and Timely… But Only by Coincidence
“What is the Church’s stance on feminism?” This is the question addressed in a brief anonymous…
Read MoreChanges in Role of Mormon Women Can’t Be Discussed—But Let’s Discuss Them Anyway
It’s gaslighting, moral cowardice, and yet another betrayal to deny women’s anger and pain, only to go and make some of the changes women have sought while still explicitly denying that women ever had any sort of legitimate complaint.
Read MoreKavanaugh Hearings Are a Commentary on Mormonism
I strongly suspect that what Senator Orrin Hatch found so objectionable about the Kavanaugh hearing was that women were allowed to ask questions of a man.
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