Posts Tagged ‘ joanna brooks ’

Are progressive Mormons pushing the church toward a tipping point for gay rights or are they just a decidedly vocal minority?

Recently, Professor Ralph Hancock wrote a critique of Joanna Brooks’ memoir Book of Mormon Girl and specifically a criticism of what he termed “Mormonism Lite,” which is equated with a liberal set of political ideals.  In his latest missive, Prof. Hancock calls out Wheat & Tares along with ByCommonConsent and Times & Seasons: In particular, [...]

What puts the Mormon in Mormon Girl? And what would it take to add the ex- in front?

Why is it that the most legitimate form of Mormonism I know of happens to be the one I grew up with?

…if you wanted to make a TBM (true believing Mormon) cry you just tell him that the church is not true. If you want to make an uncorrelated Mormon cry tell him the church is not changing. ~Kiley, “The middle path…” We were going to be queens. The above quote was just part of an [...]