Category: Research
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Everything You Thought You Knew about the Priesthood and Temple Ban Is Wrong
A new book on the subject, already in its third printing, peels back decades of accreted myths and half-truths. Written By Alice Faulkner Burch Upon first encountering this book, I did not like the title. By the time I ended the first chapter, however, I understood how fitting it was.…
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BYU study explores Black experiences in LDS Church, discovers both the good and the bad
“Some people see my race rather than seeing me for who I am” — Participants find profound spiritual joy in the faith, along with heartbreaking “racism and isolation.” Kristie Stanger-Weyland has to remind herself that people are trying to be helpful when they assume she is a convert to The…
Black Lives Bless 