‘Mormon Land’: Historian discusses the new LDS leadership and the question everyone is buzzing about: ‘What about women?’
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune)
A choir featuring members from more than 50 countries sing at the general women's session of the 186st Annual LDS General Conference, Saturday, March 26, 2016.
“What about women?”
That question, posed to new Mormon church President Russell M. Nelson, reverberated long after this week’s news conference introducing the new LDS leadership.
In the latest edition of “Mormon Land,” we examine the new First Presidency’s answers — which set off a debate inside and outside of the faith that continues to this day — with LDS historian Ardis Parshall.
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