#Mormonism

EJ Watson

ejwatsonjr

Something we keep forgetting in this debate about queer Mormonism is that Mormonism =/= the Church. The Church consists of a group of well-meaning but bigoted, queerphobic, authoritarian men. Mormonism

Actually Persephone 💀🌸

murffyslurtz

The whole phrase “The people aren’t perfect but the gospel is!” is deeply flawed. First of all, the gospel is not perfect AT ALL, and it’s actually the gospel doctrine

Prof. Taylor G. Petrey

TaylorPetrey

I've been preparing a syllabus on "Race and the Bible" which has been a really fulfilling exercise but I noticed something interesting I wasn't looking for but of course jumped

native women for blm✌︎

ansleighwright

This is a thread about me doing some research on different religions to try to understand other’s way of thinking. It’ll be a long term thing. So I’m starting with

𝔹𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖

mmmeeggss

the mormon church doesn't even claim "mormon" anymore so basically it's punk now to call oneself Mormon there's plenty of LDS restorationist churches that aren't tcojcolds founded on tbom/Joseph Smith

Zelph on the Shelf

zelphontheshelf

We get a ton of messages from people asking for advice on helping loved ones leave/“wake up” from Mormonism. Leading cult experts say it’s almost impossible to deprogram someone who’s

Future Deep State Employee

MrSmithInDC

Genuinely crying a little bit thinking about my great great grandpa who was the mayor of his town in Switzerland and immigrated to the US in the 1920s when he

Benjamin Park

BenjaminEPark

Though I've slacked off lately, I really loved doing #ReviewThreads this year, where I highlight and digest new books in a series of tweets.So here are my tweet reviews of

Rachel Rizzo

RachelRizzo

I’m so glad @mckaycoppins wrote this piece on the history/future of #Mormonism, its role in America, & personal identity. Growing up as a non-Mormon in Utah, it's a religion with

Prof. Taylor G. Petrey

TaylorPetrey

2020 was a really good year for Mormon Studies, and capped off a decade of fantastic developments and scholarship that I think mean that we can finally retire the nostalgia

R.Сам 🦋🐏

Logo_Daedalus

The real blackpill for american rightists is that there are absolutely no elites who aren’t embarrassed by the “folk culture” of america— & this is due to evangelical protestantism (which

Sam Brunson

smbrnsn

This month's @TheAtlantic story by @mckaycoppins is getting a ton of love in my (Mormon) Twitter circles.Love that is, frankly, warranted. This is a great exploration of what it means

Benjamin Park

BenjaminEPark

There’s been a lot said about whether BH Roberts lost faith in the Book of Mormon. I think much of the debate is misplaced: what he was argued was not

Zelph on the Shelf

zelphontheshelf

One of the most harmful characteristics of high-demand religions and cults is that they become people’s perceived identities. Which often means people’s perceived identities become dependent on defending the indefensible—because

Benjamin Park

BenjaminEPark

After spending all day writing about the Reed Smoot congressional hearings (1904-1907), it was a bit of a whiplash to read this @DeseretNews editorial that pushes back on @mckaycoppins's essay.

🌈Dr. Frizzle

Swilua

thinking about power dynamics in relationships and how we all know certain relationships are taboo because of the power differential but how we don’t talk nearly enough about what a

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