Flunking Sainthood Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/jana-riess/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:43:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Flunking Sainthood Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/jana-riess/ 32 32 Why are Mormon lifestyle influencers so popular? https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/why-are-mormon-lifestyle-influencers-so-popular/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/why-are-mormon-lifestyle-influencers-so-popular/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:42:44 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163809 (RNS) — Lifestyle influencers with ties to the LDS church navigate a tightrope between traditional and modern. And America is eating it up.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/why-are-mormon-lifestyle-influencers-so-popular/feed/ 0 The behind-the-scenes battles to lift Mormonism’s racial priesthood-temple ban https://religionnews.com/2024/08/13/the-behind-the-scenes-battles-to-lift-mormonisms-racial-priesthood-temple-ban/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/13/the-behind-the-scenes-battles-to-lift-mormonisms-racial-priesthood-temple-ban/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:16:26 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4161731 (RNS) — Historian Matthew Harris details how LDS prophet Spencer W. Kimball pushed for racial equality in the church.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/13/the-behind-the-scenes-battles-to-lift-mormonisms-racial-priesthood-temple-ban/feed/ 0 The sad comedown of the Mormon Satan https://religionnews.com/2024/07/22/the-sad-comedown-of-the-mormon-satan/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/22/the-sad-comedown-of-the-mormon-satan/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:14:25 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4158596 (RNS) — Satan has become that voice of chronic self-doubt in your head, telling you that you’re not good enough, and, hey, you really ought to eat that second brownie.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/22/the-sad-comedown-of-the-mormon-satan/feed/ 0 Why I’ve been AWOL https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/why-ive-been-awol/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/why-ive-been-awol/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:17:09 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4153493 (RNS) — I am fine. Or at least, as fine as I ever am when I’m writing a book.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/why-ive-been-awol/feed/ 0 Eternal polygamy? How LDS temple sealings and cancellations became a raw deal for women https://religionnews.com/2024/05/17/eternal-polygamy-how-lds-temple-sealings-and-cancellations-became-a-raw-deal-for-women/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/17/eternal-polygamy-how-lds-temple-sealings-and-cancellations-became-a-raw-deal-for-women/#respond Fri, 17 May 2024 19:30:52 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4148937 (RNS) — Surprise: LDS Church policies around temple sealings and cancellations used to be more equal for women than they are today. What happened?

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/17/eternal-polygamy-how-lds-temple-sealings-and-cancellations-became-a-raw-deal-for-women/feed/ 0 The best way to honor Melissa Inouye’s memory is to be a kind and persistent badass https://religionnews.com/2024/05/03/the-best-way-to-honor-melissa-inouyes-memory-is-by-being-a-kind-and-persistent-badass/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/03/the-best-way-to-honor-melissa-inouyes-memory-is-by-being-a-kind-and-persistent-badass/#respond Fri, 03 May 2024 21:57:08 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4146388 (RNS) — Melissa said it's not enough to memorialize our loved ones who die too young. We have to carry on their work.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/03/the-best-way-to-honor-melissa-inouyes-memory-is-by-being-a-kind-and-persistent-badass/feed/ 0 It’s not just young women who have a problem with Mormon temple garments. It’s young adults, period. https://religionnews.com/2024/04/18/its-not-mormon-women-who-have-a-problem-with-wearing-garments/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/18/its-not-mormon-women-who-have-a-problem-with-wearing-garments/#respond Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:04:20 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4143328 (RNS) — An LDS church leader recently said that garment rules were getting stricter because of the laxity of young women. Let’s expand that to ‘young people.’

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/04/18/its-not-mormon-women-who-have-a-problem-with-wearing-garments/feed/ 0 Mormonism is still growing, but slowly https://religionnews.com/2024/04/12/mormonism-is-still-growing-but-slowly/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/12/mormonism-is-still-growing-but-slowly/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:53:42 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4142940 (RNS) — There's something for everyone to cheer — or boo — in the most recent data on the LDS church.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/04/12/mormonism-is-still-growing-but-slowly/feed/ 0 LDS leaders announce new Mormon temple for Cincinnati https://religionnews.com/2024/04/08/lds-leaders-announce-new-mormon-temple-for-cincinnati/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/08/lds-leaders-announce-new-mormon-temple-for-cincinnati/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:45:37 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4141902 (RNS) — The LDS Church has had a presence in the area since the earliest days of Mormonism in the 1830s.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/04/08/lds-leaders-announce-new-mormon-temple-for-cincinnati/feed/ 0 Community of Christ celebrates 40 years of women’s ordination https://religionnews.com/2024/04/05/community-of-christ-celebrates-40-years-of-womens-ordination/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/05/community-of-christ-celebrates-40-years-of-womens-ordination/#respond Fri, 05 Apr 2024 21:33:48 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4141575 (RNS) — 40 years ago this week, the world's second-largest Mormon denomination announced it would start ordaining women. That decision forever changed the church, which is now gearing up for its first female president.

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