Structural Faith
So there's this thing going on in Mormondom. So our lesson in Relief Society yesterday was this . So something occurred to me when I glanced at the words, " Every act or ordinance performed in the Church is done under the direct or indirect authorization of one holding the keys for that function." Many other key phrases, sentences, and whole paragraphs reiterate the basic belief that although our leadership is organized into a rather complex hierarchy, leadership is not superiority. And as we discussed it, I realized that few or none of the other women understood the academic teachings our lesson flatly refuted. They talked rather about where to seek answers, than how to approach the source of a question. But the magnitude of this incredible doctrine is lost without a clear comparison between what we say, and what they say. What my sisters didn't need to understand to grasp the doctrine was Structural Sexism. If you look at the hierarchy of the church, it is a clear...