Book Review: My Lord, He Calls Me, Edited by Alice Faulkner Burch

The full title of the book I’m reviewing is My Lord, He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black American Latter-day Saints, a collection edited by Alice Faulkner Burch. This is a collection of firsthand accounts, meaning that my expository nonfiction review rubric isn’t quite appropriate and neither is my creative nonfiction one, seeing asContinue reading “Book Review: My Lord, He Calls Me, Edited by Alice Faulkner Burch”

Michael Servetus, John Calvin, and Progressive Mormon Reformers

I will burn, but this is a mere incident. We shall continue our discussion in eternity. —Michael Servetus As part of my research into Unitarian Universalism, I’m watching Long Strange Trip, which is a six-part documentary about the history of Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism. I recently watched part one, which covers the beginning ofContinue reading “Michael Servetus, John Calvin, and Progressive Mormon Reformers”

Book Review: Mormonism and White Supremacy, by Joanna Brooks

Today I’ll review Mormonism and White Supremacy: American Religion and the Problem of Racial Innocence, by Joanna Brooks. Spoiler alert: I recommend it. 5 stars.