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5998
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English
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Mormonism and the Negro : Faith, Folklore, and Civil Rights
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Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Winter 1967
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2
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19-39
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This paper will expand upon these observations by arguing for three propositions: (1) the actual authoritative Church doctrine on the "Negro question" is extremely parimonious, although it is not entirely without biblical precedent, and it is not too difficult to accept if it is linked cautiously with the doctrine of pre-existence; (2) although there are, of course, scriptural references to the War in Heaven, to the curse and mark on Cain, to the curse on Canaan, and to the blackness of Cain's descendants, there is no scriptural warrant for linking any of these to a denial of the priesthood; and (3) none of this has anything to do with the civil rights issue until it can be demonstrated (and not just inferred) that the Church's internal ecclesiastical policy carries over, in the form of civil bigotry, into the secular behavior of Latter-day Saints. As part of this last argument, I shall present recent empirical sociological evidence to the effect that there is no such carry-over. [From the text]
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Fawn M. Brodie as a Critic of Mormonism's Policy Toward Blacks--A Historiographical Reassessment
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From the Outside Looking In : Essays on Mormon History, Theology, and Culture
Moderation in All Things : Political and Social Outlooks of Modern Urban Mormons
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Mormonism's Worldwide Aspirations and its Changing Conceptions of Race and Lineage
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Out of Obscurity : Mormonism Since 1945
Parallel Paths : LDS General Conference and Mormon History
People of Paradox : A History of Mormon Culture
Saints, Slaves, and Blacks : The Changing Place of Black People within Mormonism
Shifting Borders and a Tattered Passport :
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The Mormon Church and Blacks : A Documentary History
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