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Mormonism and gender issues/Women/Role in the Church
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The role of women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormons")
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- Mormonism, women and the priesthood
- Mormon cultural issues related to women
- Mormon women and childbearing
Mormonism, women and the priesthood
Summary: Why do women not exercise priesthood authority in the Church?
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- Question: Why do women not hold priesthood offices in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
- Question: Did Joseph Smith intend to ordain women to the priesthood?
- Question: Why are there no women prophets in the church today?
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- Question: Does Mormonism devalue those who are not married or who do not have children?
- Question: Do Latter-day Saint teachings about childbearing put an improper burden on women?
- Question: Are Mormon women taught to be “gratefully subservient to Mormon males” and that women must “not aspire…to independent thought”?
- Question: Is there some rule in Mormonism that states that women cannot open Church meetings with prayer?
- Question: Are Latter-day Saint (Mormon) women placed under covenant in temples to subordinate themselves to their husbands?
Mormon women and childbearing
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- Question: Do Latter-day Saint teachings about childbearing put an improper burden on women?
- Question: What is the stance of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on birth control?
- Question: What is the Mormon position on abortion?
Videos
| The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace, Andrea Radke , 2004 FAIR Conference |
- Part 1: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
- Part 2: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
- Part 3: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
- Part 4: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
- Part 5: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
| The Lives of Mormon Women, Claudia Bushman, 2006 FAIR Conference |