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Romney's tithing and the case of the Mormon Blue Blood41 comments

kiwimormon wrote 9 months ago: Seriously? So Romney doesn’t want to disclose his financial returns because he feels that the amount … more →

Tags: Church & Culture, New Zealand and US Mormonism, mormon finances, LDS culture, mitt romney tithing, mormon blue bloods, mormon elitism, LDS premortal theology

Could this be a Kiwi Mormon Moment as well?8 comments

kiwimormon wrote 11 months ago: I remember the day I first wrote the word ‘girl’.  I was five years old and in Mrs Brunsden’s Primer … more →

Tags: New Zealand Mormon Culture, Mormon Cultural Identity, New Zealand and US Mormonism, Mormon church discourse, Mormon Culture, the "Mormon Moment", american mormonism, US mormonism, international mormons

A Kiwi-Mormon comment on the US-Mormon election34 comments

kiwimormon wrote 1 year ago: So its election year in the US.  It’s the year that we get to trust the American public to select th … more →

Tags: Church & Culture, LDS Church Politics, New Zealand and US Mormonism, Mitt Romney, American Politics, presidential election 2012

Why Jesus wants Mormon women to play rugby10 comments

kiwimormon wrote 1 year ago: I’m just a New Zealander.  I’m a South Seas outlier looking on at my big brother, the  U … more →

Tags: Church & Culture, Mormon corporate culture, Mormon Cultural Identity, New Zealand Mormon Feminist Thought, john dehlin, Mormon church discourse

The Church of what?47 comments

kiwimormon wrote 1 year ago: In October 2010, in a fit of pique with our increasingly banal church publications, I wrote the foll … more →

Tags: Church & Culture, Mormon corporate culture, Mormon Cultural Identity, Mormon church discourse

Racism and the Mormons: A case of Brian’s lost shoe?13 comments

kiwimormon wrote 1 year ago: Yes, I know The Life of Brian is irreverent!  But there’s nothing quite like a jolly good satire to … more →

Tags: Mormon Cultural Identity, mormon church history, Mormon church discourse, racism mormons, Priesthood Ban, Blacks and the Priesthood, Joesph Smith Blacks, negro doctrine

What US Mormons can learn from NZ Mormons about gay stuff28 comments

kiwimormon wrote 1 year ago: It sure beats me how the issue of opposing same-sex unions became such a hot political potato in the … more →

Tags: LDS Church Politics, New Zealand and US Mormonism, LGTB


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