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Flunking Sainthood
Mormon Testimonies, Religious Kitsch, and Chieko Okazaki
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Jana Riess
I’m traveling this week, so there’s not much time to blog today. At the FAIR conference, I caught the second half of a fascinating presentation this morning on the LDS Church and immigration policy. At the Sunstone Symposium I’ve had the pleasure of meeting other bloggers whose writings I have loved: Kathryn Lynard Soper (Segullah),…
Alabama Churches Fight New Anti-Immigration Law
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Jana Riess
Yesterday in Alabama, leaders from the Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, and Methodist denominations filed suit to halt enforcement of the state’s harsh new immigration law. (Apparently they’re in good company: late yesterday, the justice department of the federal government also sued to stop the law from taking effect as planned on September 1.) What’s so bad…
Ask a Mormon . . . But Which Mormon?
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Jana Riess
Last night at dinner, a visiting 7-year old was trying to explain to me that duck-billed platypuses (platypi?) are actually mammals, even though they lay eggs. “But doesn’t the fact that they lay eggs automatically disqualify them from being mammals?” I asked skeptically. She was exasperated in the way that only an especially precocious schoolage…
Quiverfull, the Duggars, and Reading Psalm 127
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Jana Riess
Ever heard of the Quiverfull movement? Chances are you have and just didn’t know it. If you’ve ever watched 17 18 19 Kids and Counting with the Duggar family, you’ll be familiar with the basic premise: don’t use birth control, have as many kids as the Lord will send you, and be grateful for every…
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