Stumbling blocks and stepping-stones
Subtitle: including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex children of God in the LDS Plan of Salvation
By: Duane E. Jennings ; edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson
Contributors: Anderson, Lavina Fielding, 1944- editor
Publisher: Mormon Alliance
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Salt Lake City, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 843
Subjects: Doctrines; Mormon Church; Homosexuality; Mormon gays; Transgender people; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Doctrinal Theology; Religious life; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Description: "As the personal stories and expressions of official policy in this volume make clear, LGBTI Latter-day Saints have endured countless experiences of marginalization and judgment, absorbed countless expressions that who they are is evil, and that their only hope is to repent from something they did not choose. The Mormon Alliance fully supports the position of author Duane E. Jennings that gender variation is part of God's divine creation, that LGBTI are beloved children of God who are called to live lives of love, compassion, and fulfillment, and that the Church as an organization is falling short of Zion by its historic treatment of LGBTI folk. The past decade, in particular, has seen both small steps forward and disheartening retreats to short-sighted and fearful traditions. Such an approach denies both the record of science and insightful analyses of ancient and modern scripture."--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 695-770) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1: Part 1. The stumbling blocks: obstacles to acceptance; title: Part 2. Stepping-stones toward a Zion community; title: Part 3.The restoration and continual revelation: more stepping-stones; title: Volume 2: Part 4. The Church in crisis; title: Part 5. Stepping up to Zion; title: Part 6. Appendices.