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Mormon softball team banned from Christian league
Mormon Life says: Sad news.
Members of one church were told they weren't allowed to participate in a Mercer County softball league because of their beliefs. Players from Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church in Slippery...
Church leaders join in Pacific freedom of religion conference
Mormon Life says: Though the Church is a minority in the Pacific Islands, leaders were invited to discuss managing religious diversity.
Elder James J. Hamula joined Samoa’s head of state and leaders of other faiths last week in the first “Managing Religious and Cultural Diversity in the Pacific” conference at the National University...
The New Yorker weighs in on 'Latter-day' politics
Mormon Life says: The author says Romney presents the opportunity to discuss the "utterly American" story of Mormonism and how it contributes to America's ongoing story.
What is wrong with talking about Mormonism when talking about Mitt Romney and his run for the Presidency? On CNN last Sunday, David Axelrod, President Obama’s strategist, promised that his campaign...
Famed atheist supports placing Bibles in public schools
Mormon Life says: He says he wants to do it because reading it is the best way to disprove it, but it's still an interesting development.
Atheist Richard Dawkins says he supports the Department for Education's drive to make sure every public school in the nation has a copy of the King James Bible. "A native speaker of English who...
Do Mormons really want recognition as a 'mainstream' religion?
Mormon Life says: Review of an article that says, in part, "great days have unexpected consequences."
To members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who view Mitt Romney's successful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination as a significant step toward acceptance of the...
Defending the Faith: 'Parallels' of prophets not parallel
From time to time, some triumphant atheist or other challenges me with a list of supposed parallels between the biblical depiction of Jesus and the stories of other important religious figures (mythical or historical), such as Krishna, Tammuz, the Buddha, Muhammad, Mithra, Cadmus, Osiris and...
New guide advises Evangelicals on how to talk to Mormons
Mormon Life says: An Evangelical preacher says understanding the LDS faith isn’t just about being nice, it’s a Christian mandate. He's even written a new book on it.
Richard Mouw never intended to start a riot within the Evangelical community by saying his fellow believers had "sinned against Mormonism." But that’s exactly what happened. Mouw, president of...
Mormonism and Its History—Past, Present, and Future
Every religion has many dilemmas when it comes to its history. How does a group incorporate the idea of a God or Universal force or will that acts in the development of that group and/or the unfolding of world events when such things are not acceptable claims in academic disciplines? How does a...
Modesty, faith often cut from the same cloth
Modesty — so often interchangeable for "frumpy" in an ultra-modern age — is still a widely held conviction for many faiths. Parents of any faith who try to instill an appreciation for modesty must fight against the cultural tide preaching an opposing message. Many cultures work to preserve...
LDS student says Catholic school helped her grow
Rachel Wozniak, an eighth grader at Christ the King School here, will speak to fellow graduates about how the school changed her life. This is a theme that was echoed by Elizabeth Condie, another eighth grader, earlier this year at the Endowment Luncheon. They are friends who came from different...
Public displays of faith: Do they affirm faith or trivialize it?
For many of the 100,000-plus in attendance at Penn State's spacious Beaver Stadium that crisp November day, it was one of the most enduring images of the 2011 college football season: a pre-game gathering of uniformed players and coaches from both the Penn State and Nebraska teams in the center of...
Would America elect a Mormon?
Mormon Life says: Over the years, political prejudice for every religion has almost disappeared with the exception of Mormonism, which has actually risen. Why?
For most of American history, voters wanted their president to be white, Protestant and male. But such prejudices have eroded — dramatically, in some cases. The last Democratic presidential...
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I Choose to Be Pure
Mormon Life says: Young adults from six different faiths share why they choose to be sexually pure.
Change lowers LDS Church growth rate
Mormon Life says: This might technically be true, but according to the researchers from the Religion Census, "It's no big deal."
If you suspected the newly released U.S. Religion Census overstated the LDS Church’s growth rate, you were right. That’s because, this time around, the Utah-based faith changed the way it reported...
Religion census reveals substantial LDS growth
Mormon Life says: The maps and graphs are the best part.
At a time when major religious groups around the United States are experiencing significant declines in membership, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to grow substantially,...
