Some LDS scholars get in trouble with Church authorities: Michael Quinn, Maxine Hanks, Lester Bush, to name a few.  Yet others like Dr. Richard & Claudia Bushman can write about controversial topics a

We’re continuing our conversation with Dr’s Richard & Claudia Bushman. I asked Claudia more about her writings on women in church history. Women in History Claudia:  When I went to graduate school, I

Saints Volume 3 is coming out soon, part of the first update of Church history in almost 100 years. But did you know that back in the 1970s, Dr. Richard Bushman was part of a project to update Church

Dr. Claudia Bushman helped re-start a Mormon women’s publication called Exponent II.  She will talk about how she did that as a busy graduate student, mother, and how Church leaders felt about the Equ

I’m excited to introduce a pair of amazing historians:  Dr Richard Bushman, and his wife, Dr. Claudia Bushman. We’ll learn more about their backgrounds in Mormon history.  Claudia is the incoming pres

The Act in Relation to Service legalized slavery in Utah in 1852.  Dr. Sally Gordon tells more about how the statute affected both Indian & black slavery in Utah. Indian & Black Slavery Sally:  There

Dr. Sally Gordon spoke at BYU for the Religious Liberty conference in March. I asked her to give any advice to religious leaders. Advice to Religious Leaders GT:  Do you have some advice for religious

Antonin Scalia’s polarizing religious decision in 1993 seems ready for the chopping block.  The Supreme Court justice wrote a decision that limited the free exercise clause of religion.  Dr. Sally Gor

Subscribe at Patreon.com/GospelTangents for full, uncut interviews or Gospel Tangents Website for transcripts. In 1962, the Supreme Court banned school prayer.  It was a controversial decision to be s

Subscribe at Patreon.com/GospelTangents for full, uncut interviews or Gospel Tangents Website for transcripts. Kody Brown is the polygamist and star of the tv show Sister Wives. He sued the state of U