Episode 68: To Ordain or Not To Ordain? That Isn’t the Only Question.

Perhaps nothing has a greater impact on a woman’s experience in our church organization than the fact that she does not and can not hold the Priesthood. Do Latter-day Saint women need ordination? Do they want it? While the answers to these questions may not be clear, what is clear is that many women feel little space to discuss their true feelings about the nebulous messaging we receive around power and authority, and our inability to hold and access Priesthood directly. In the Season 4 opener, Cynthia and Susan take a deep breath and wrestle the question of women’s ordination.

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Notes & Quotes:

The All Male Draft, Sunstone Foundation, by Ian Thomson
The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation, by Russell M. Nelson, October 2021
The Keys and Authority of the Priesthood, by Dallin H. Oaks, April 2014
"There is Always a Struggle": An Interview With Chieko N. Okazaki, Dialogue, by Greg Prince, 11/15/2005
The Rise of the Liberal Latter-day Saints, The Washington Post Magazine, 09/27/2021
It’s Good for Girls to Have Clergywomen, Study Shows, Religion News Service, by Jana Riess

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