Should Women Stay Silent in Church?

Keywords

silence, women in religion

Abstract

“Sit down and be quiet!”

I wasn’t being particularly reverent in response to my kids’ lack of reverence at Church. My approach to whispering was more of a hissing that echoed off the walls of the chapel during the quietest moment of sacrament. Ward members wondered if a snake had snuck into the meeting.

I was so anxious that my kids not interrupt or distract anyone else during sacrament that I ended up being the hypocritical offender.

I’m grateful for forgiveness and forgetting: the ward members have forgiven my parental outburst and my kids have forgotten the episode. How do I know? I’ve had to repeat that parenting tactic since then.

And I’m grateful that my one momentary statement of apparent necessity has not become etched in stone to be repeated, misinterpreted, and misapplied across the years and throughout the world.

Original Publication Citation

Should Women Stay Silent in Church?, October 28, 2019.

Document Type

Other

Publication Date

2019

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Marketing

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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