Margaret Toscano Critiques Women & Priesthood Essay($12.00Value)

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We’re continuing our series on the “Gospel Topics Series ” book, edited by Dr. Matt Harris and Dr. Newell Bringhurst. Dr. Margaret Toscano has been writing about women and priesthood since the 1980s, and she tackles the essay titled, “Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women.” She’ll talk about the changing definitions of priesthood over the years, and whether early Mormon women believed they blessed by virtue of the priesthood they received as part of the temple endowment. We’ll talk about different interpretations on the idea that women did or did not hold priesthood, and even tackle some of the arguments not only in the essay but voiced by Dr. Jonathan Stapley as well. We also discuss the recent issue where Fiona Givens abruptly resigned from the Maxwell Institute over her remarks comparing the Heavenly Mother to the Holy Ghost. It turns out that there is a lot of ancient Christian speculation over this fact, so it seems surprising that Fiona was forced out of the Maxwell Institute over the issue. Check out our conversation...