6.5 Women and Priesthood, Part I

Our first of a multi-part series on women and the Priesthood of the Church.  Themes for this part include defining terms, Priesthood vs. religious office, and Priesthood in the past.  Join us!

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh

YouTube channel!  Thanks Eric!

https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat

https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/

Men and Women and Priesthood Power, by Elder M. Russell Ballard

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2014/09/men-and-women-and-priesthood-power

Wiki: Mormonism and women

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_women

LDS website: Women and Priesthood

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/relief-society-organization/work-and-purpose/women-and-priesthood

Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/joseph-smiths-teachings-about-priesthood-temple-and-women

Women Are Not Better at Multitasking. They Just Do More Work, Studies Show, by Leah Ruppanner

https://www.sciencealert.com/women-aren-t-better-multitaskers-than-men-they-re-just-doing-more-work

Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time, by Sarah Ruden

https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Among-People-Reinterpreted-Reimagined/dp/0385522576

Eric’s initial take on Sarah Ruden: We got mysteries, we got apples, we got St. Paul. . . .

https://thmazing.substack.com/p/we-got-mysteries-we-got-apples

Stapley, Jonathan A. and Wright, Kristine, Female Ritual Healing in Mormonism (January 1, 2011). Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 37, pp. 1-85, Winter 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1754069

A Society Meet For Male Priesthood, by Fiona Givens

https://web.archive.org/web/20140223100456/https://difficultrun.nathanielgivens.com/2014/01/20/a-companion-meet-for-male-priesthood/

D&C 25:7: Emma Smith being “ordained” but footnote 7a says “set apart”

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/25#p7

History of the Young Women’s Organization Timeline Infographic, by Deborah Owen.  Laurels used to be Junior Gleaners!

https://makingprogresspersonal.com/2015/03/history-of-young-women-organization/

Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity, by Olga Khazan

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/warm-offices-women-productivity/589966/

Original study: Tom Y. Chang ,Agne Kajackaite (2019). “Battle for the thermostat: Gender and the effect of temperature on cognitive performance.” PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216362. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216362

2 Ne 2:25

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/2#p25

How Rare a Possession

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIhAsifEMFs

The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, by Joseph M. Spencer et. al.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085HJWGSQ

Family Proclamations, by Blair Hodges

https://www.familyproclamations.org/