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Discussing Difficult Topics: Race And The Priesthood, W. Paul Reeve, Thomas A. Wayment
Discussing Difficult Topics: Race And The Priesthood, W. Paul Reeve, Thomas A. Wayment
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
Wayment: Paul, tell us a little bit about your background on race and Mormonism. What brings you to this discussion?
Reeve: I started research for the book Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015) in 2007. I was familiar with some of the existing historiography in the field of whiteness studies. The whiteness historiography has largely revolved around immigration and labor history. There have been studies of Irish immigrants who were racialized as not white or not white enough. The histories of Irish immigrants trace the ways in which …
Religion Of A Different Color: Race And The Mormon Struggle For Whiteness; For The Cause Of Righteousness: A Global History Of Blacks And Mormonism, 1830-2013, Patrick Q. Mason
Religion Of A Different Color: Race And The Mormon Struggle For Whiteness; For The Cause Of Righteousness: A Global History Of Blacks And Mormonism, 1830-2013, Patrick Q. Mason
BYU Studies Quarterly
W. Paul Reeve. Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Russell W. Stevenson. For the Cause of Righteousness: A Global History of Blacks and Mormonism, 1830-2013.
Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2014.
Last Laborer: Thoughts And Reflections Of A Black Mormon, Scott R. Parkin
Last Laborer: Thoughts And Reflections Of A Black Mormon, Scott R. Parkin
BYU Studies Quarterly
Last Laborer: Thoughts and Reflections of a Black Mormon by Keith N. Hamilton (Salt Lake City: Ammon Works, 2011)
A Reflection From An African Convert On Official Declaration 2, Khumbulani D. Mdletshe
A Reflection From An African Convert On Official Declaration 2, Khumbulani D. Mdletshe
BYU Studies Quarterly
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will commemorate in June 2018 the fortieth anniversary of the coming forth of Official Declaration 2. This anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on the legacy of the priesthood ban and the 1978 revelation. The revelation came through the prophet of the Lord, Spencer W. Kimball, and has had critics and supporters. As a convert to the Church and especially as a black African convert, I have experienced a long journey but a worthwhile one. This essay will focus on this personal journey and how I came to understand the background history …