What Good Is a Prophet?
“Claiming to speak for God is a tricky business — especially when God changes his mind, often, on hot-button political issues after receiving immense public backlash.” – Lauren Jackson, writing for CNN about the...
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Can you Trust in the Character of God?
Throughout my faith transition I have had to wrestle with the construct of “God” in an entirely new way. In my childhood, and throughout my time as a traditionally believing Mormon, I was taught...
Exponent II Spring 2016 “Exclusion Policy” Issue Available Online for Free
Due to increased interest in the Spring 2016 issue of Exponent II, which examined the November 2015 Exclusion Policy, we have decided to make the entire issue available online for free. You can access...
“You’ll Be Back”
By Angelica & Eliza, the Schuyler Sister Wives There’s a revolutionary musical taking over the world. And unless you’ve been hiding with the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran, you’ve heard about Hamilton too. One...
Matrimonios igualitarios: El panorama religioso y político de México/ Equal marriages: A political and religious mexican picture
Click for English Translation Cuando me bauticé en la Iglesia SUD ya tenía la suficiente madurez intelectual para haber formado mi ideología política y social, ya me identificaba como progresista y feminista, apoyaba la...
A Postscript
The announcement of the Exclusion Policy in November forever shifted the community of those associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I wrote then of my anger and horror over the...
Theological Thorns and Same-Sex Marriage
Last November, revisions to Church Handbook of Instructions 1 included policies of ordinance exclusion to minors who reside with same-sex parents and of mandatory disciplinary council (essentially mandatory excommunication, I believe) for Church members...
Exponent II Spring 2016: The Exclusion Policy
The following is the Letter From the Editor, by Pandora Brewer, for the Spring 2016 issue about the exclusion policy. In order to guarantee that you will receive a copy of this issue, you...
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