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This year marks forty years since The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began, once again, to ordain black members of African descent to its priesthood. Forty years since the church began administering it sacred temple ordinances to black [...]

Jane and Emmais a new film based on the historical relationship of Jane Manningone of the few black converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during its infancyand Emma Smith, who

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What comes to mind when you hear the term “American Christians”? Most people today think of the so-called Religious Right, a loosely knit group of conservative Christians who oppose legal abortion, fa

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How can scholars of religion explain religious faith without explaining it away? Over the centuries many scholars have come to discuss religion as a purely human phenomenon, leaving no room for “speci