We examine the fascinating era of the 1970s feminist Mormon history studies. We focus on the central figure of Claudia Bushman and her push to build a non-existent world within Mormon studies. A group of east-coast women scholars began publishing controversial history in the form of Mormon Sisters and the resulting Exponent II quarterly journal. The official church historian, Leonard J. Arrington, encouraged and assisted where he could, but the General Authorities, especially Ezra Taft Benson, Mark E. Petersen, and Boyd K. Packer, couldn’t handle the prospect of women scholars publishing in academic journals about Mormon women’s issues. The retaliation, blacklisting, and PR fights quickly followed Claudia Bushman, Marueen Ursenbach Beecher, and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich as they worked to advance the burgeoning field. After that we review the movie/book Hidden Figures and discuss the new White House Press Secretary!
Links:
Interview w/Claudia Bushman
https://rsc.byu.edu/conversations-mormon-historians/claudia-l-bushman
Some Reflections on the New Mormon History by Bob Flanders
https://www.jstor.org/stable/45224462?seq=2
History of Exponent II by Carrel Hilton Sheldon
https://test.exponentii.org/1999/08/27/history-by-carrel-hilton-sheldon-arlington-massachusetts/
Where to get Mormon Sisters and Confessions of a Mormon Historian
https://www.benchmarkbooks.com/
MOGP:
Hidden Figures: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, By Margot Lee Shetterly
Happy News: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/05/lesbian-karine-jean-pierre-will-become-new-white-house-press-secretary/
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In this episode, we talk about Mormon priestcraft and show just how much they fit into their own description, all while denying it, of course. (Mormons and their leaders are awfully good at that!) This will lead us directly into part 2 of Bruce R McConkie’s book Millennial Messiah. We have an enjoyable time also discussing Martin Luther and the rise of Protestantism. We will also talk about why we think McCrankie hated Catholicism so much. Then we’ll close it out with some amazing news about a successful Malaria vaccine. Enjoy!
Show notes:
Main topic: Priestcraft
Priestcraft: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/priestcraft?lang=eng
The Dangers of Priestcraft: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teaching-seminary-preservice-readings-religion-370-471-and-475/the-dangers-of-priestcraft?lang=eng
A Popular History of Priestcraft In All Ages and Nations: https://archive.org/stream/popularhistoryof00howiuoft/popularhistoryof00howiuoft_djvu.txt
MOGP: Millennial Messiah by Bruce R McConkie
Martin Luther: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
The Ninety-Five Theses by Martin Luther: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses
Protest Reformation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation
Catholic Counter-Reformation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Reformation
Council of Trent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Trent
These countries have the most religious freedom: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/religious-freedom
Tyndale Bible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible
Happy News:
More Than One Million African Children Protected by First Malaria Vaccine: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220421-more-than-one-million-african-children-protected-by-first-malaria-vaccine
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Hey guess what. It’s Gen Con time. AGAIN! It keeps showing up every six months. Go figure.
In this episode we talk about what slipped through the cracks of this General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And yes, the timestamp is accurate. It’s a long listen, but hearing us dissect #GenCON is much, much, MUCH better than actually watching the 10 hours for yourself, right?
This episode has a general content warning as there are talks involving some damaging concepts including death of a child, suicide, and, of course, LGBTQ+ issues because those mormon leaders just won't stop being bigots. So fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!
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It’s time to break into our next long-form review of Mormon literature; Bruce R. McConkie’s Millennial Messiah! We get an idea for the purpose and objective of the book as well as McCrankie’s pet issues right off the bat. He speaks of the heresies integral to false prophecy and warns of the various movements and political groups are anti-Christ. But before we crack open the spine of this tome, our main segment is a brief deep-dive into Mormon prophecy. What is it? From where does it come? How reliable are Mormon prophecies and can they be trusted? And the greatest question with which some believers may wrestle, what’s Joseph Smith’s batting average? We round out the show with some happy news about government diversity in Portugal!
Show notes:
Mormon Prophecy:
https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/archive/publications/the-truth-about-the-god-makers/ic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prophecies_of_Joseph_Smith
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-march-september-1838/41
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-1839/2#historical-intro#josephsmithpapers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_of_1833
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43200790
https://mit.irr.org/joseph-smith-william-miller-and-prophetic-speculation
MOGP:
Book of Common Prayer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer
Edward VI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI
Indulgences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence
Protestant Reformation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation
Happy News:
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